I’m writing this while spending some
quality time in my Jacuzzi tonight; and it is so great to just relax for a
while and know that I don’t have hours of work left to do before getting around
to the sleeping part of my night.
We had a pretty good day at school, with a
mix of work and play time that included two tests; but the real fun got started
after we were set free for the day. The
study session with Michael, Tim, and Rowen was at my house – mostly so that we
could work on our music as well as a bit of studying for our last test of the
year and the usual homework assignments.
I haven’t mentioned it before now, but there are two big events on the
schedule for Friday – at least for some of us.
Tomorrow afternoon, that’s the Seniors’ Christmas party in the church
reception hall that the band will be playing at; and the school Christmas dance
is tomorrow night. That was the top chat
topic of the day for the tweens and teens at school, though if I’m being honest
about it; I don’t really think about it anymore now that Michael and I just do
all of those things together now. Yes, I
guess we’ll technically be on a date tomorrow night, and we’re going to have
fun; but I mostly just had other things to deal with before today that kept
that dance – and other things – on the back burner while I was busy.
Anyway, Michael, Rowen, and I practiced our
music for tomorrow afternoon and the parade on Saturday; and then Tim joined us
to practice ‘our’ song for the school Christmas pageant next week. Michael and I needed to get to the Inn after
that. It wasn’t a particularly busy
night for customers, so we didn’t have to work too hard; and we even had extra
time for dinner before helping out with the clean-up and dining room set-up for
game night. We had another quiet evening
for gaming this week too; but that didn’t translate into any championships for
the Stone or Proctor families. Rowen and
Tim won the junior title; and the Carter family took home the senior
championship. Since one of their KidZone
friends, Caroline Carter, ‘helped’ her parents to win; they were happy for
their friend; and know that our best chance will be next week when Mom gets
paired up with Miranda for the last game night of the year while Dad’s away and
working in the city.
We stayed to help with the clean-up; walked
home with Michael and his family; and then moved on to our place to get started
on work, exams, or a Magi lesson. Doing
exams that late sounds tough for Ethan and Ehlana, but they were doing a short,
practical exam; and it was actually a breeze for them. My Magi lesson was probably harder; but it
was more fun too. Doing the bedtime
story and tucking my brother and sister in for the night was great; and the
Jacuzzi time right now is awesome.
Getting to sleep before midnight on a
Thursday for the first time in what feels like a very long time is going to be
good for me, but if I’m going to hit that little goal; I need to wrap this up,
get out of the tub, and finish getting ready for bed. The only thing that was missing from an
otherwise really good day was much in the way of Michael and me alone
time. The good news is that we have the dance
tomorrow night and we’re babysitting on Saturday night too; so I’ll probably
just keep Michael here on Saturday night.
I am sure that we are going to find some time to work on making some
Christmas magic for two this weekend – and hopefully we’ll be able to find more
time for that over the holidays too!
That’ll be something worth dreaming about
tonight, so let’s finish this up with the nightly Christmas music video so that
I can get right to that. My pick for
today makes my list because I love teen musical movies, and that includes several
movies by this teen and tween-favorite pop-and-movie star. It’s definitely been a recent favorite
Christmas song for kids and teens – even if some of those teens are too cool to
admit it. I guess that means that I’m
either not cool, or don’t care what other people think about what I do and don’t
like when it comes to music; but I’ll let you, dear future reader, decide that
for yourself while you watch the video in your now and I go get some sleep in
mine.
May the Magi Force be with you!
