I am not going to tell anyone that I used
the ‘S’ word in my journal last night, because that could put the blame for the
white stuff that we woke up to this morning squarely on my shoulders. There wasn’t a lot of snow, and the ground
was too warm for it to hang around long; but there was a thick dusting out
there first thing this morning.
Enough that Michael, Rebecca, and I had a
nice little snowball fight in the back yard with Ethan and Ehlana between Tai
Chi and breakfast.
That made for a fun start to the day even
if it wasn’t much fun going from warm and Tai Chi by the river to below
freezing and snowy in just twenty-four hours.
So was my wake-up call, thanks to Ehlana and Ethan waking Michael up
first and then getting him to attempt the sleeping beauty wake-up for me while
they watched on and giggled at us. Having
snow outside and two of our favorite guests with us had Dad deciding to cook a
pancakes and bacon breakfast for us, so the fun kept rolling while we enjoyed
that; and then took turns getting ready for work or school along with getting
the kitchen cleaned up. Mom and Dad didn’t
enjoy cleaning off the van and truck, but at least the driveway and sidewalks
didn’t need to be shoveled; and they did have some teen help for the work that
earned us a ride to school instead of needing to walk there in the cold.
Rowen caught up with us in time to get a
ride too, and that gave us a few extra minutes at school before classes started
to check in with some of our friends and compare first-snow stories that were
mostly all about playing in the fluffy white stiff. As I mentioned, it didn’t stick around on the
ground for long, and was pretty much melted by the time we were in our home
rooms and getting started on our school day.
The cold was a big story there today, but football still ruled. Now it just included speculation on what the
sub-freezing weather might mean for our game on Friday. That will give the players on both teams a
challenge, but I’m also sure that Coach Robinson will have the guys as ready as
they can be by then. They certainly got
a good chance to practice for that this afternoon – just as Rowen and I did for
our cheerleading practice at noon.
Speaking of cheerleading, I can also report
that Vanessa and Nora are finished being mad at us now for sure. Part of that was confirmed today when they
were overheard joking about not being stuck outdoors and freezing at lunchtime
today; but the main reason they’re happy campers now is because they’re going
to be on the basketball cheerleading squad.
Some of the other girls on our squad will be doing both, but it is
optional; and Rowen and I both think that we have enough on our plates without
adding another three or four months of practices and games to our schedule for
more cheerleading. The fact that it
works out great for Vanessa and Nora is a nice bonus; and we’re happy to be off
their naughty list in time for Christmas! ;^)
This update is getting a bit disjointed
now, but while I’m on basketball; I should have mentioned in yesterday’s update
that Rebecca is trying out for the team this week. Unlike football, most of the girls and guys
can make nearly all of the other sports teams, but Rebecca really likes court
sports; and I’m sure that she’ll be one of the best players – along with
Carolyn Landry and the rest of the usual group of sport-loving girls she hangs
out with. Carolyn will be happy to have
Rebecca on the team with her for sure – though she isn’t happy with me for
declining her invitations to do several sports with her so far this year. I’d have fun doing that, but can’t do
everything; and playing on school sports teams just isn’t high on my list of
priorities.
Okay, let’s get back to the school part of
the report. It’s Veteran’s Day, so that
was worked into the program, but since I just wrote a Veteran’s Day in my
journal last year; I won’t bore future readers with yet another review so soon
after that – and there wasn’t as much going on for us anyway compared to last
year when government and civics was such a big part of our curriculum all
year. I had two tests; Michael, Rowen,
and I aced them as always; and Tim is starting to scare himself with just how
well he’s doing again this year. I haven’t
mentioned his academic successes yet this year, and he isn’t getting perfect
marks all of the time like the rest of us in our little foursome do; but he is
running a solid, low-nineties average in most subjects. What’s funniest about that is the fact that
he doesn’t even really mention that with the other guys. For some strange reason, football stats are
okay to be proud of; but being one of the top five students in every class is
embarrassing. He is okay with the marks
making his mother very proud and happy, though; so he keeps working with us even
when he’d sometimes rather be doing anything else.
I don’t feel as though I’ve had any down
time at all since this morning; and found myself once again wishing that I had
a little more free time and less responsibility and commitments. Cheerleading practice a noon; band practice
after school; studying between then and our teen praise team practice; and that
practice kept me busy through until nearly nine o’clock. Michael, Rebecca, and I even studied while
having dinner. Add in a near-double Magi
lesson after that; extra archive homework; an hour of language studies; and two
hours of family business work, and it’s been a very long day.
Rebecca went home tonight when Michael and
I walked over to the church for our practice after we cleaned up from
dinner. Michael went home after our
practice because he knew how much work I had waiting for me at mine; and we
even kept our goodnight hugs and kisses short – and out on his front porch in
the cold so that I wasn’t tempted to get comfortable with some cuddle time in
his living room and end up staying there too long.
With his parents still inbound on their way
home from meeting his new baby cousin; that was way too tempting. Yes, Aunt Leanne; I definitely need to get
away from my parents more often!
That didn’t happen tonight, though; and
blowing off my responsibilities won’t happen very often anyway.
There really isn’t anything else that I
need to write about from that studying and work tonight, though, and getting
started on my nap now is an option; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
