It felt more like winter than fall
yesterday morning with the temperature dipping below freezing overnight, and
while it warmed up a little by the afternoon; our start to November definitely
felt like fall with a hint of winter on the way.
No, that use of the word ‘yesterday’ was
not a mistake. It’s Sunday morning; and
I’m writing this while taking my turn getting ready for church while Dad,
Michael, and Ethan are busy making breakfast.
The reason for that is because I fell asleep on the sofa in the lounge
last night after a very long, busy work day and didn’t get any of my usual
bedtime computing finished. The bad part
of that is the fact that I also missed out on most of the alone time
opportunity I had with Michael after we helped with getting Ethan and Ehlana
off to bed for the night. The good news
is that Michael fell asleep too; and was still cuddled with me on the sofa when
we woke up this morning! ;^)
We are so going to get razzed about that
today – especially since we’ve already been advised that pictures were taken to
prove how cute we are when we fall asleep together like that, but my parents
weren’t able to wake us up and send Michael home anymore than his parents could
when we had that sofa sleepover at his house; so I’m really okay with the
teasing and jokes cost that will come along with getting to do all-night cuddle
sessions with Michael. You could also
say that my highlight of the day for yesterday and this morning was that
getting to wake up snuggled with Michael.
Since we did work pretty much the rest of the time yesterday, though;
that’s not really saying much about the fun level of our day.
Okay, there was some fun here and there
too. Breakfast with a gang of kids and
teens yesterday was awesome, and Aunt Leanne and Uncle Adam came over to join
us for that – and help with the cooking and clean-up before taking their little
angel home with them. That was also a
lot of work for Michael, Tim, Rowen, and me to help out with both the work in
the kitchen and juggling getting all of the younger kids ready for the day
before breakfast. Not all of our little
guests were particularly excited about their wake-up calls – especially after
getting upwards of several hours less sleep than normal. Then there were the fully-charged kids – like
Zack and Leah. Keeping up with them was
tougher than dealing with the cranky kids.
Those hours of whirlwind action, fun, and
entertainment were followed by an all-day yard work session that included
packing up the Halloween decorations for another year and putting them
away. Michael, Rowen, and Tim had all
moved on by then, so Dad and I did most of that work while Mom was busy with
the twins and the indoor chores; and we kept busy right up until I was set free
to hit the showers and get ready to go and help out at the Inn for the dinner
rush. Before I get to that part of the report,
I’ll also mention that the yard work just wasn’t much fun today – not even the
decorations clean-up. Dad and I were
frozen most of the morning, and even with the help of the new lawn tractor and
the cool vacuum-bagger gizmo on it; working in the leaves and garden just
sucked today. I am so glad that the fall
clean-up work is nearly finished for another year!
The main reason I was helping out at the
Inn last night was because Jacob and Miranda were a few teens short of the
normal crew – including Rebecca. Most of
them were at a birthday party; though a couple were off for other reasons.
Happy Birthday, Paul!
That’s the first time his birthday has been
mentioned in my journal, and while I didn’t have anything to do with his big
day at all, Michael and I did get a little gift for his teammate that we sent
along with Rebecca when she and Lucas went to the party. Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I were not invited
too, and there might be some speculation about whether that was because this is
also Paul’s first birthday with Vanessa as his girlfriend; but I’m sure it had
more to do with Paul not being able to invite all of his family, friends, and
everyone on the football team too. I do
hope that he had a good day; and I’ll pass on the news if there was anything
worth reporting once we get the party report from Rebecca later this morning or
afternoon.
With the light staff at the Inn, we were
very busy there; though the dinner crowd was lighter than usual for a Saturday
night – probably due to Halloween overload.
I’m not going to suggest that the work at the Inn was the reason for why
Michael and I both fell asleep within fifteen or twenty minutes of snuggling
together on the sofa in the lounge last night, but for me; the combination of
not much sleep Friday night with the crazy-busy morning; tough, cold yard work
day; and the hours in the kitchen at the Inn definitely did run down my
batteries to the exhaustion level.
The early crash and nap also means that I
don’t have any other news to report today, and I do need to finish getting
ready for church in time to have breakfast; so, until next time – sometime tonight...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
