Happy 7th Birthday, Kaitlyn!
We sent gifts and had a breakfast-time call
with her; but that was our only involvement in her special day. She did have a fun afternoon planned, though;
so I’m sure she’s had a great day.
It was definitely not birthday party
exciting around here today, but before I get to that; I need to do the football
report that I apparently wasn’t excited enough about yesterday to add to my
journal. Tim was happy to remind me
today at church just how important it was; so here’s the quick update.
For round three of the high school
playoffs, we’ll be on the road and up against Hillcrest. That news has a lot of the guys worried
because Hillcrest handed us our first loss of the regular season back in week
four; and that was on their home turf too.
Their record for the season was better than ours too; so we’ve got our
work cut out for us this time to overcome the odds. Tim is definitely one of the guys who are
worried about the match-up, but Michael is okay with it – and they do at least
have the advantage of some game experience against Hillcrest. Yes, that goes both ways, but I agree that it’s
better to be up against a team that you know a bit about instead of one you
haven’t played before at all – at least this season.
I’m not sure why Tim thinks that the
college football report is all that important this week. Kyle had another good game, but his team lost
again; and they basically have zero chance of earning a bowl game
invitation. Rowen would tell you that
Tim spent too much time watching and talking football yesterday, but she did
eventually manage to distract him for a little quality make-out time too before
she needed to go home for the night. If
you’re wondering whether Michael misses watching all of those games or not; I
can assure you that he doesn’t – and I’d know if he was just telling me that
without meaning it.
Anyway, I’ll skip the rest of the football
chat that Tim needed to talk about with us, but if you’re interested in the
college highlights; I’m sure you can look up the history online – or however
you’ll do things like that in the future.
My personal life was not at all affected by the number one college team
losing their game – or by any of the other wins and losses. My day was filled with mostly-normal,
unexciting action; but it was all important to me because I got to do
everything with my family and friends.
Tai Chi was indoors; Michael stayed for
breakfast so that he could get in on the phone call to Kaitlyn; and we had
another busy morning at Sunday school while getting ready for
Thanksgiving. Michael was at the Inn for
lunch; so I was at home with Mom, Dad, and the twins for a soup and sandwiches
lunch that Ethan, Ehlana, and I followed up with some play time while Dad got
back to work in the office. Rowen and
Tim came over in time to do homework with Michael and me during Michael’s
afternoon break; and then I went back to the Inn with him to help out during
the buffet rush.
We stayed until close tonight because
Miranda and Jacob were a little short-handed; so I came straight home from
there except for a quick round of goodnight hugs and kisses with the Stone
family in front of their house. Mom did
my Magi lesson then while Ethan and Ehlana were finishing up some college
assignments; I tucked them in for the night; and have been working on my
computer since getting changed and into bed with Mandy. That was three and a half hours ago, but I
had a lot to do – especially with Thanksgiving now just a week and a half
away. With Dad in the city this week,
Mom’s going to be even busier than usual; and we need to get ready for the
holiday weekend incoming.
This is going to be an extra-busy holiday
for us – and especially for Michael and me because the Stone family is going to
be here for this holiday instead of Christmas after deciding that they’d rather
make the long trip with a new baby now instead of at the end of the year when
the weather might not be very good. That
is going to mean that I won’t be able to do everything with my family, but
since Michael almost always spends more time with my family; I’m okay with
having the occasional weekend where we need to hang out with his family
instead.
It’s late, and I need to get up to see Dad
off on his trip to the city in a couple of hours; so it’s time to wrap this up
and get started on that nap. That isn’t
going to be much down time for me, but I’d better just get used to that for the
coming week – we’re all going to be very busy.
That is all I have for tonight, though; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
