Morning Tai Chi with Michael, Naomi, Aiden,
and my family made for a fun start to the day; and then it was all crazy-busy
as we rushed around getting everyone fed and ready for church. That was particularly crazy for the girls;
since we needed to share bathroom time to have time for doing our hair and the
rest of the usual dress-up work that goes into making us look our best. My bathroom and bedroom were used for that;
though I spent more time in the kitchen helping out with the cooking and
cleaning.
It was definitely a lot colder outside this
morning; so we had parents stopping in to help out with the transportation to
the church; but Mom and Dad still took the minivan and truck too. That was more because Michael and I needed to
be at the church early for the teen praise team warm-up; and Rowen and Tim came
with us because they were involved in the teen-led service too – doing a skit
and reading bible verses. Playing and
singing at the service was a lot of fun; and I think that our program went over
fairly well with our families, friends, and neighbors. There weren’t a lot of the usual compliments
after the service, but that had more to do with the cold than anything else. It was just too cold out to hang around for
long visits or to wait for those of us who needed to pack up musical
instruments or other gear before moving on.
I wouldn’t have been able to stay anyway;
since I needed to get to the Inn and start helping out with the lunch rush prep
work in the kitchen. Miranda and Jacob
had expected a full house for lunch and both buffet sittings; and their
customers did not disappoint them.
Except for short meal breaks and an afternoon break that Michael and I
used to do our homework; it was non-stop action all day at the Inn. They even probably had an extra hundred or so
diners for the two buffets thanks to starting early and wrapping up late – and turning
over more tables than usual.
I missed out on my own family dinner there;
though I did take a short break to see Uncle Mark, Aunt Grace, and Caleb. They’d gotten home with enough time to unpack
and start loads of laundry before coming to the late buffet, and while I didn’t
get to hear any travel stories; they did assure me that they had a great trip
and visit with Uncle Mark’s family.
While I did miss getting to do that with everyone, I didn’t miss out on
anything at home. Dad was working in the
office all afternoon and evening; Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana went to play at the
lab for a few hours with Uncle Adam; and Mandy had an afternoon nap.
Okay, the nap would have been nice; but I’ll
survive. ;^)
Anyway, I stayed at the Inn until Michael
and Rebecca were sent home about mid-way through the end-of-night clean-up; did
a chilly, quick goodnight hug and kiss with Michael in front of his house; and
got home by nine-thirty. Mom did my Magi
lesson with me; we did the bedtime routine with the twins; and then I was sent
up to my room with orders to only do the can’t-wait family business work and my
usual computer checks before going to bed.
Mom did not supervise that tonight because she had other plans for the
rest of the night that included Dad; and is definitely nothing I’ll need to get
details about.
I multi-tasked my family business work with
some Jacuzzi time; cheated with a time-phase so that I could enjoy that for
longer than I would have been able to do in real time; and then finished
getting ready for bed before snuggling in with Mandy and doing my computer
checks and this update. We’re getting a
bit of snow overnight, and I’ll probably have to trade Tai Chi for shoveling in
the morning; but it was a fairly quiet email and information night. There wasn’t even much news from my favorite
collegians; though that could be because they were all too busy with Valentine’s
Day weekend fun and just didn’t have any kid-rated news to pass along.
Thanks to using the time-phase, I do have
the option of being asleep before midnight, though, and I am tired after a late
night and busy work day, so that’s all I have for tonight; and, until next
time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
