We didn’t get as much snow as was forecast,
but it is cold; and I’m wishing that I was with Grandma and Grandpa this week
while they’re having fun and doing a bit of work here and there on a few
islands in the southern Caribbean. They’ll
be on islands in that area for the rest of their trip, but if it’s this cold
when they get back; they’ll want to turn around and head south again about an
hour after they get here!
Or less.
Starting my morning out with some snow
shoveling started earlier than I’d expected; since I hadn’t thought about doing
that work before Dad headed for the city.
He tried to do that on his own before hitting the shower to get ready
for work, but I heard him out there; and quickly got up and went out to
help. We probably need to work on the
quality part of our father-daughter time; but we still had a nice little chat
while we cleared the driveway, sidewalks, and brushed the snow off of his truck
and Mom’s minivan. Mom had gotten up by
the time we were back indoors; she had hot drinks ready; and cooked breakfast
for Dad while he had his shower and got ready for work and I hauled most of his
luggage and cases out to the truck before having that hot drink and getting
warmed up.
Ethan and Ehlana got up in time to see Dad
off too; and then we had an hour or so of cuddle time with Mom and Mandy in Mom’s
bed before getting up again. Tai Chi was
an option for Mom and the twins, but I went outside again to help Michael with
shoveling at his house instead. Then it
was time for a shower; I got ready for school; and had breakfast before Rowen stopped
in to pick me up for the chilly walk to school.
The Valentine’s Day weekend news was at the
top of the gossip network chat list, and while we didn’t have any major teen
drama in my class; everyone wasn’t universally happy either. While the stories were the top entertainment
for the day, the biggest change at school was moving into the next study
modules in most classes that would keep us busy through to March Break. That, by the way, is just four weeks away,
and with our trip to Florida coming up so soon; I’m really looking forward to
the holiday this year more than ever before.
Having the new work at school kept us busy;
and we had new projects and assignments to work on by the end of the day
too. Our after-school studying was at
Michael’s house, so Rowen and Tim went there with us; and we worked pretty much
until Michael and I were drafted to help out with the pre-dinner work in the
kitchen and Rowen and Tim moved on to their own dinner plans at her house. Rebecca had basketball practice after school,
so she didn’t get home until dinner was nearly ready. They have a home game coming up on Wednesday
that Michael and I will probably go to see instead of working after school, and
from what Rebecca told us tonight; there’s a chance that our team will actually
make the playoffs if they win that game and another team loses their last match
of the season. Rebecca isn’t very
hopeful for our chances in the playoffs if we do make it; but Carolyn is
apparently fired up and hopeful.
The rest of my evening was fun, and while
dinner was great; it was the music and play time with Michael and his family
that I loved the most. Michael and I
practiced for band and the teen praise team practices we’ll have tomorrow
night; though we don’t have anything else going on with either group for a
while now. Our next praise team services
will be at Easter; and the school band doesn’t have anything booked until
Memorial Day. I wrapped up my play time
at the Stone’s house by nine; Mom did my Magi lesson with me as soon as I got
home; and then we headed for bed after getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for
the night. I didn’t have a supervisor
for my work; but Mom didn’t need to do that tonight – I’m good with heading off
to sleep in decent time tonight after the early morning shoveling and
everything else that I’ve been doing since then.
There isn’t anything else to cover tonight
from the family business work or my nightly computer checks, so I guess that’s
all I have for now; and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
