Happy 13th Birthday, Jillian!
I hope that Jillian, and Dawn, are having a
good day, and I sent a gift up to her; but don’t have any other involvement in
her birthday fun today. It’s funny, but
what I usually think about for both her birthday and Dawn’s is that I’d be a
grade behind Michael, Tim, and Rowen if my birthday had been just a month later
than it was. Being one of the youngest
in my year has really only been weird while everyone else crossed over ahead of
me; but isn’t really an issue now.
I’ll let you know if I feel differently
about that again when all of my friends start getting their driver’s licenses
ahead of me for that next, all-important teen milestone; though I don’t think
it’ll be a big deal for me. At least
Michael and Tim will be closer to the middle of the pack for that – and I’m
sure that it’s going to be a very big deal for Tim.
I’m going to move this along, because it’s
late; and I’m getting tired out fast. My
day wasn’t birthday party kind of fun, but being at Michael’s house with a gang
of teens did make for a very entertaining and crazy-busy few hours. Michael and I were on our own for Tai Chi; we
helped with making breakfast and cleaning up while also taking turns hitting
the shower and getting ready for church.
Jacob made another amazing gourmet breakfast for us, and the only blip
in the morning fun came when Lance once again left Jenny hanging and didn’t go
to church with us – or give her a ride there on his way back to Maple Valley.
Maybe going to a non-denominational church
is against his religion. ;^)
Whatever his reason for doing that, Jenny
wasn’t happy about it; but didn’t say anything until after he’d sped off in his
car while we were getting ready to walk to church with my parents once they’d
met up with us on their way there. The
main teen news at church was the ongoing work during Sunday school that we’re
doing to get ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The kids are mostly doing Thanksgiving-themed
lessons and crafts right now, but the teens are all working on everything from
skits and songs to sets and props for the services we’ll be leading – and the
Christmas show.
That was fun, and so was my afternoon –
whether studying with Michael, Tim, and Rowen during Michael’s afternoon break
or playing and biking at the park with Ethan and Ehlana. We had a nice day to be outdoors, and I really
enjoyed spending an hour and change of play time with my brother and sister;
but then I moved on to the Inn in time to help out with the buffets. It was a fairly busy night there, and we
needed to work fairly hard to keep up; but I still always have fun with Michael
and Rebecca. I stayed until the late
buffet was winding down, but not until close this time so that I could get home
and started on my usual school night work and studies. Michael and Rebecca were sent home then too,
so I was able to do my goodnight hug and kisses with Michael on his front
porch; but we didn’t drag that out too long either. He was getting as tired as I was by then
after a couple of late nights in a row.
Mom did my Magi lesson with me as soon as I
got home, and Ethan and Ehlana were working on some college tests; so I didn’t
help with getting them off to bed until after they were finished their work for
the night. I needed some Jacuzzi time
after coming up to my room; but multi-tasked that with my archive assignment
and language studies. Once I’d had a
nice, long soak in the tub and had my hair dried, I continued the language
study time in bed while cuddling with Mandy; moved on to the family business
work from there; and did a last round of email, news, sports, and entertainment
checks once I had the work finished for the night.
I don’t have any news from any of that
worth mentioning, but tomorrow is going to be a good day because Michael and
Rebecca are going to be spending the night here while Miranda and Jacob head up
to Garden City to see the newest member of the Stone family. They’re going to leave early in the morning,
and then get home again sometime on Tuesday evening. That’ll mean basically having no break during
their days off; but I’m sure they’ll enjoy getting to spend a little time with
Jacob’s parents, sister, and the rest of their family there.
The football game on Friday is really the
only other major event on the schedule for next week, so it might actually be
comparatively quiet. If that works out,
I should probably put in some extra time on my studies and family business job
so that I’ll be ready to work a bit less over the coming holidays; but we’ll
see how that goes. Something always
seems to come up to add to the busy, and since I’m feeling tired almost every
night right now; I may need to actually do a little less before I get too worn
down.
I don’t have enough hours left in the night
right now to get a lot of rest, but it is time to wrap this up and get the few
hours of napping in that I can manage before it’ll be time to get up again for
Tai Chi; so that’s all for tonight; and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
