We’ve had another busy day, and as
expected; I’ve been up late getting my work done after a play evening at the
Inn.
For the second day in a row, the busy has
also meant not spending any time with Aunt Grace, Uncle Mark, and Caleb; but
they’re busy too – and still had lots of first-time visitors stopping in to
meet the new baby.
While they were busy with that, I had another
busy day at school; with more music practice time and other holiday fun. There was a test thrown into the mix, and we
had fun at lunchtime too; so we managed to keep ourselves entertained. One teen news story that is making the rounds
this week is actually something that started out on the Thanksgiving weekend;
but is still developing – a new romance between Lily Ayres in our class and
Reid Spencer. He’s in Grade Eight, and
that’s certainly gotten the attention of the younger teens and tweens at
school; though not always in a good way for Lily.
I wish that kind of thing didn’t happen,
and it really isn’t that common here; but we’re not completely exempt from
stupid teen rumors here. The really dumb
thing about un-flattering comments about Lily is that she doesn’t deserve them;
and the truth is practically opposite of some of the whispered comments I’ve
hear around here this week. Lily’s had a
few boyfriends now, but to be blunt; those dating experiences haven’t worked
out because she isn’t ready to go where some of the guys our age want to take
their relationships. Dating Reid could
be a good match for her, so I hope they ignore the peer drama; and just have
fun together.
Moving along, our after-school fun started
out with a study session at my house so that we could also again keep an eye on
Ethan and Ehlana while Mom was busy.
That might sound boring, but it wasn’t.
The assignments part of our work didn’t take long; and then we spent the
rest of that time practicing music. For
Michael, Rowen, and me; that started out with a run-through of our band music
for the parade tomorrow night. It’s
raining now as I write this, and it might still be coming down by parade time,
so while Tim was wishing that he was coming along to spend time with Rowen; he’s
not upset about missing out on the potential getting rained on thing – or playing
in the band with us. We also practiced
our song for the Christmas pageant, and though we still have some work to do on
that; our audience of two thought that we did a great job.
Michael and I needed to get to the Inn to
help out with dinner after that; so we were on the run again – and so were
Rowen and Tim. They had other plans for
the evening that didn’t include going to game night with us, and while we had
fun at the Inn; I also have no doubt that they had more fun – especially when
they got around to having some alone time.
I wonder if Michael and I could get away
with skipping some game nights in favor of a little make-out time at home? Probably not.
Anyway, we did have fun – both while helping
out in the kitchen with Rebecca; and while playing the games with our friends
and family. Michael and I even won the
junior championship this week, though it was a fairly quiet night at the Inn;
so we had a fairly small group of competitors.
One thing that added some fun to the mix was having Grandpa Duncan and
Grandma Mercy there to play with us.
That gave them a chance to visit with some old friends; and Uncle Mark
and Aunt Grace got to have a couple of hours on their own with Caleb.
My real study and work time didn’t start
until after we got home; and that wasn’t until we’d all stayed to help with the
post-gaming clean-up – and the goodnight hug and kiss I shared with Michael in
front of his house on the way home.
Ethan and Ehlana had some college work they wanted to do then too, so
Mom did my Magi lesson with me first before we tucked them into bed for the
night. I came up to my room after that
while Mom went back downstairs to do more work in the office with Dad; and I
started out my studying with some Jacuzzi time multi-tasking. As always, it’s funny that my family business
work is almost always on projects that are for one or two seasons ahead of ‘now’
– or looking even further into the future; and that’s always more noticeable
around holidays. It was all about
Christmas music at and after school today; yet tonight I worded on everything
from Valentine’s Day and Easter projects and plans to summer camps and fashion.
That’s a topic I’ve covered often enough in
this journal, though, and I’m tired and ready for some nap time; so let’s leave
that line of thought right there and call it a night.
You’ve probably guessed by now that Michael
and I especially love Christmas songs with cool harmonies. My Christmas music video pick for tonight is
one of my favorite versions ever-so-far of Deck the Halls. I hope you like it too!
And on those harmonic notes; until next
time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
