Happy 14th Birthday to me!
Okay, that’s a bit silly; but then I wasn’t
exactly running around making a big deal of it today. I did still receive a lot of best wishes from
our friends and neighbors anyway; though that wasn’t more than normal for
anyone else – except maybe for the fact that my big day landed on a Sunday this
year; so more people saw me today than on a weekday or Saturday.
I also don’t want to make this a major
report either; since I don’t think that my own birthday should be a top news
event. With that in mind; let’s keep
this short and sweet.
Morning Happy Birthday hugs and kisses with
Michael was as great a start to the day as the end-of-night hugs and kisses
were a few hours earlier. Tai Chi and
breakfast were great too; if a bit crazy.
I’m not going to go nuts about listing birthday gifts; but Mom and Dad
did get me my first Smartphone. That was
mostly because they want me to be connected while we’re on our vacation in
Florida next month, and while it isn’t that big of a deal to me; it will be
cool to have most of my portable computing and media on one device instead of
using my iPod or notebook computer all of the time. Michael and Rowen must have been in on the
gift idea; because they picked up some accessories for me to go along with the
phone. As I mentioned already, that was
all fun and I loved my gifts; but let’s leave that there and move on.
It was crazy-busy getting everyone ready
for church and out the door, but it was also nice enough out that walking to
church was an option; and we had another beautiful, mid-sixties and sunny
weather day. That’s why we had lunch
outdoors and then had another afternoon outdoor play day. All of my overnight guests stayed with me all
day – at least until Rebecca and Michael needed to get to the Inn and help out
with the dinner buffets. We had one
break in the fun for a homework study session, but that didn’t take long; and
we managed to get that done while having a snack and drinks out on the back
porch.
While some of my friends went home by late
afternoon, that was mostly so that they could get cleaned up, changed, and then
meet up with me, my family, and some other invitees to my birthday buffet
dinner at the Inn. We went to the late
buffet so that Michael and Rebecca could still do that with us after helping
out with the work in the kitchen until the first wave of food went out for the
late buffet. The other reason for going
to the late buffet was so that Rowen’s parents and other working parents could
come too; and we actually had a fairly large block of seats in the dining
room. That was fun too, and I loved that
one last blast of fun with my friends; but I actually don’t have any great
stories to write about from our dinner tonight.
I actually didn’t even get to spend much time with my aunts, uncles, or
any of the other adults while I was busy with my friends.
I also didn’t get to end my birthday with
any wild and crazy goodnight moments with Michael either. He needed to get back to helping out in the
kitchen after dinner; and I went home with Mom, Dad, and the twins after doing
a quick round of thank-you and goodnight hugs and kisses in the kitchen with
Michael, his parents, and Rebecca.
The rest of my night included a Magi
lesson; forty-five minutes of supervised family business work; and the Jacuzzi
time that I’m enjoying right now while multi-tasking my bedtime computer
checks. I won’t be doing any language or
archive studies again tonight, but after only getting a couple of hours of
sleep last night; I’m okay with that particular order. I’m also pretty much ready to get out of the
tub now and finish getting ready for bed too; so that’s all I have for tonight,
and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
