I’m going to keep this short, because it’s
late again; and I’m running on fumes.
It feels as though I’ve been on the run
constantly since Tai Chi this morning – mostly because I have been. Whether that was being busy with my classes;
cheerleading practice at noon; band practice after school; helping Mom out
around the house when I could after that; our teen praise team practice earlier
this evening; or the work I’ve been doing since then, there haven’t really been
any breaks at all today.
Michael was with me for dinner, and again
after our praise team practice, so that was an improvement over not spending
any time with him last night; but we also worked most of the time he was
there. Even while having dinner with
Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana; we still helped out with the pre-cooking that was in-progress;
keeping that work going and eating on the fly so that we kept up with the
cooking schedule that had the oven on and filled from late afternoon until
shortly before we went to bed tonight.
I know, that seems like a lot, but with a
big chunk of our family home for Thanksgiving this year, we have a lot of big
meals to deal with; and Mom is taking on the bulk of that work for our
collective families while Aunt Leanne is dealing with morning sickness now and
Aunt Deborah and Aunt Grace are getting very close to their delivery
dates. They’re both doing pretty much
all they can just to keep up with work and daily life now – especially when
they’re also getting ready to be off work for most of the winter. For Aunt Deborah, her maternity leave is
scheduled to start after work on Friday, and while Aunt Grace is going to try
to keep working right up to the last minute, their due dates are only about a
week apart; and having two Thanksgiving babies is technically possible.
How awesome would that be?
Then again, if the guys win their playoff
game this week and make it to the championship game next week; adding in two
new babies being delivered over those four days when we’d be gone for two of
them might be just a bit too much for us to deal with. That would also mean that we won’t be around
for more than half of those meals we’ve been cooking ahead for, and we’d miss
out on the fun plans for Friday and Saturday too; but let’s not go there unless
we actually need to add a major football event to our holiday weekend. Actually, now that I think about it, Michael,
Tim, and I might need to at least talk about that contingency tomorrow, and
check in with Rowen’s parents too. Her
birthday is on that Saturday; and being away for most of the day would make it
tough to have a party for her – though with holiday weekend guests and
everything else; we weren’t exactly planning on a major event anyway.
So much for this being a micro-report; but
apparently my mind is rolling on despite being exhausted.
Since I’m not quite ready to pass out, and
I’m thinking about the holiday; I should do a college teen update. Violet, Dillon, Josiah, and Christina will
all be home for the long weekend; but since Violet and Dillon have the entire
week off; they’ll be spending the first half of the week in Woodvale; and then
coming here with their family for the holiday.
Jake and Stephanie will be staying in New York again this year; but will
spend the four days together somewhere – and probably have a lot more fun than
they would if they were here; working at the Inn on the Friday and Saturday;
and trying to do that along with two tough travel days.
At least we’ll get to have them home for
Christmas.
All of that work at the Inn might be very
motivating for Michael at the game on Friday – not that I’d suggest that he
would intentionally play harder just to get out of helping out for two of the
three busiest days of the year at the Inn or anything. It would be a nice bonus, though! I’d get to spend more time with him too, but
since that’s a trade-off with losing the chance to hang out with my aunts,
uncles, and cousins; I have mixed feelings about that – especially when I won’t
get to see most of them very much at Christmas either.
I don’t want to go there tonight, though;
so let’s move along. Michael went home
at eleven as we were winding down the pre-cooking. Mom did my Magi lesson with me after that
while Ethan and Ehlana did some homework in the office. We tucked them into bed by midnight; and I’ve
spent the last three and a half hours doing my studying, archive assignment,
and family business work. Nothing really
needs to be added to that, and I really do need to get some down time now; so
that’s it for tonight.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
