Happy 14th Birthday, Sally!
For the first time since moving here, I
haven’t really gotten to celebrate it with her; but Michael and I were busy at
the Inn – partly because her birthday dinner was there this year. We did take a break while they did the cake
and ice cream dessert and Sally opened her gifts; but we were in the kitchen
the rest of the time that she was there with her family and quite a few of our
friends – including Rowen and Tim. She
has had a good day, though; and loved the gift that Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I
picked out for her this year.
The weather was nicer for her special day
too, and though it was still chilly this morning; we went outside for Tai Chi
by the river and just dressed extra-warm to do that. Michael and I really needed to run after that. We hit the showers; got ready for church; I
went to his house for a breakfast-on-the-fly that was way better than Pop Tarts
to go; and then we went on to the church to warm up with the teen praise
team. While our service wasn’t quite the
events we do for holiday weekends, it was still very upbeat and entertaining
for the congregation; and Michael and I had a lot of fun while singing,
playing, and helping out with one of the skits.
After that, we were busy working for the
rest of the day except for our afternoon break and that cameo visit with Sally
and her family and friends. Our
afternoon break included some study time, since Michael and Tim hadn’t done
their homework yet; so even that was more work than play – though we did sit
outside by the river to do that; and Rowen and I mostly had a little chat while
the boys worked.
Michael and I stayed at the Inn until
close; we had company for our goodnight hug and kiss, so that was uneventful;
and then I got started on my usual school night studies and work after getting
home. Mom did my Magi lesson first
because the twins were working on some college assignments, but then we tucked
them into bed; and moved on to some quality Jacuzzi time before going to bed
too. I’ll take a wild guess that Mom and
Dad had more fun before going to sleep than I’ve had; but let’s not go there.
While they were playing, I did my language
studies while in the tub; got ready for bed; and then moved on to my archive
study assignment once I was cuddled in bed with Mandy and my computer. There was nearly two hours of family business
work to do after that, and though I was tempted to use a time phase; I didn’t
do that tonight. It’s closing in on
three-thirty now because of that choice, but I need to keep putting in extra
time for the next few nights if I want to take the weekend off for the
festival.
Yes, sometimes it does suck to be a junior
Magi Master! ;^)
Only sometimes, though; and there is lots
of awesome to off-set the not-so-fun parts of the job.
I’ll keep the college teen update short,
and don’t actually have much to report.
Believe it or not, most of my favorite collegians are already starting
to get ready for their mid-terms. How
time flies when you’re having fun! The good
news for us with that is knowing that those mid-terms will be the half-way
point of the semester – and we’ll be half-way to having them home for Christmas
break. Violet and Dillon get to come
home for Thanksgiving too, but this year; they’re reversing what they did last
year and will be in Woodvale first and here for the four-day weekend.
That’s getting ahead of things when we
still have the fall festival and Halloween between now and then; but I am
looking forward to the holidays too – and I am used to thinking about things
like that months in advance when I’m working on the family business. I need to be thinking about my more immediate
future, though; and that means getting some sleep. We only have a short school week thanks to
the fall festival, and a short nap to get that started fits right in; so let’s
get to that now.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
