This has been a very busy day, with a lot
of work this morning and afternoon; and some quiet play time tonight.
It was definitely as chilly as advertised –
or forecast – this morning; so Tai Chi was indoors; and Mom cooked up a pot of
apples and cinnamon oatmeal for us to have for breakfast before Dad and I went
outside to get to work. As I mentioned in
my last update, the good news this fall is that Dad has his nice new lawn
tractor with the awesome vacuum, mulcher, and rear-bagger system. That definitely made a huge difference with
the work today, but it didn’t automate all of the work.
Leaves still needed to be raked out of the
gardens, away from the trees and bushes, off of the paths and driveway, and up
from the banks of the river. While that
was still a lot of work; being able to clean up those leaves – and the rest of
the yard – with the lawn tractor saved us hours of raking and bagging. That was the good news, but the less exciting
part of that for me was that Dad just had other jobs on our to-do list that we
could do instead. That’s why we were
able to keep working until nearly seven o’clock without running out of jobs to
do; and we only took three short morning, lunch, and afternoon breaks that were
as much to give us a chance to warm up as they were a chance to rest and eat.
Mom had dinner ready by then, but sent Dad
and I off to have showers and get changed first; and then we sat down to eat
after that. Rowen and Tim came over for
eight o’clock, and Ethan, Ehlana, and I were set free so that we could come
upstairs to the lounge and hang out there.
We watched the latest Sofia the First episode, which was a cute
Halloween show; and then Tim and Ethan played video games while we waited for
Michael to come over after finishing up at the Inn for the night.
When he joined us, the boys played video
games for a while longer until Mom and Dad came upstairs to get the twins and
put them to bed – mostly because they wanted to go to bed early too. Once we’d taken care of the goodnight hugs
and kisses; it was time for some cuddling.
Rowen and I were happy to do that with our respective boyfriends; and we
watched the new Monster High video – Freaky Fusion. For the record, the boys did not get to pick
the show tonight, and Tim kept a running monologue of jokes going on during the
show; but they didn’t mind watching it as much as he protested.
The trade off for girls’ choice movie was
that we ended the night with watching a lengthy football recap show until it
was time for Michael, Tim, and Rowen to head home by shortly before
midnight. I won’t bore you with the
details that you could look up anyway if you really care, but the one thing
that Tim cared about was that Kyle’s team won their game this week; and Kyle
had a particularly good game with two sacks and three turnovers.
We really had fun hanging out with Rowen
and Tim tonight, so even though that’s meant missing out on another alone time
opportunity; Michael and I were okay with the trade-off and the best friends
time. That does remind me that I’m also
way overdue for some quality time with my best girlfriend; so I’ll see what we
can do about that next weekend. Fall
Festival sleepovers are an option; and we should definitely do that!
Getting back to the news for tonight,
though, after my friends went home; I came back up to my room and got ready for
bed. Sleep wasn’t an option at that
point because I needed to get some family business work done first. That ended up taking more than an hour and a
half; and then I did some language studying before moving on to my usual
computer checks and this journal update.
I probably shouldn’t have done all of that
extra work and studying, because Michael and I need to be at church early to
get ready for leading the service with the teen praise team; but I’ll use a
little Magi self-healing if needed in the morning. We’re also helping with the buffets tomorrow
too; so it’s going to be yet another long, busy day for us.
We are going to get to spend a lot of time
playing next weekend, though, so I’m going to keep working hard for the next
few days so that I’ll be ready to take most of those three days off to enjoy
the fall festival.
That’s it for now, and I do need to get
some sleep; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
