Michael, Rebecca, Rowen, and Tim all worked
tonight or had other chores that they decided to do tonight so that we can all
hang out together tomorrow night and have our sleepover. That’s why I was free for a family night at
home, and while I would have loved to share that fun with Michael; I managed to
keep entertained while he was busy at the Inn.
Dinner and a movie night was at our house
this week, and we had a full aunts, uncles, and cousins turnout. The entertainment started out shortly after
Aunt Leanne came over after work and the baby needed a bit of prenatal
attention that Mom let me get involved with.
Mom’s prenatal training program is developing as she gets more
experience with my cousins and a few other Magi mothers and babies; but the
level of success is quite dependent on the Magi potential of the baby. My newest, unborn cousin is showing a lot of
potential; she’s very active; and outgoing enough that she happily allowed me
in on the empathic link she’s already sharing with Aunt Leanne, Uncle Adam,
Mom, and the twins. Ethan and Ehlana are
fairly new to linking with the baby too, but since they are with Mom a lot;
they’ve also been around for quite a few of the prenatal sessions that she’s
been doing with Aunt Leanne since the baby became empathically active.
Compared to that fun, cooking dinner wasn’t
as exciting; though there was some multi-tasking there. Dad, Uncle Nick, Leah, Aunt Grace, and Caleb
were all able to join us fairly early; but Aunt Deborah, Uncle Mark, and Uncle
Adam were a bit late getting away from the clinic so we started dinner nearly a
half-hour later than planned. We’ve had
a mostly-sunny day, but the temperature dropped back to something closer to
seasonal; so we were indoors for dinner.
I was on kid control during the meal, and missed out on most of the
adult conversation while I was busy keeping up with Ethan, Ehlana, Zack, and
Leah. That worked out okay for me when I
also got to keep the four kids entertained between dinner and the start of the
movie instead of cleaning up; and then I had alternating cuddle buddies during
the movie too while the adult couples snuggled together – and usually had at
least one baby or toddler to cuddle with as they took turns helping out with
all of the kids.
None of that sounds all that exciting as I
write it down, but we did have a really good night; and I loved the family time
that we don’t seem to manage to fit into our collective schedules very often
lately. Now that all of my aunts and
uncles have young kids, movie night doesn’t run late; and all of our guests
were on the way home by a bit after ten o’clock. I did the bedtime routine with the twins
after that; and came up to my room once they were tucked in. Some Jacuzzi time was an option then; and I
multi-tasked some family business work and language studying while having my
soak in the tub. I didn’t actually need
to do that tonight, but putting in the extra work was an option; so I did that
instead of just goofing off for an hour.
That’s pretty much all of the news from the
play time tonight, but before I wrap this up; let’s do a quick review of the morning
and school day news. As I mentioned, it
was cooler today despite the sun and no rain.
Though it was really too cold to be outdoors for Tai Chi first thing
this morning, we bundled up and went out anyway. It’s tough to switch back to being indoors
once spring arrives, and I am glad that we went out to the river; but it was
too cold and the warm clothes and exercise weren’t enough to off-set that
today.
Maybe that’s why Mom opted for a hot
breakfast and drinks, but whatever the reason for that; Michael was happy to
change his plans and join us for that meal instead of starting his day out with
Pop Tarts or a breakfast bar on his way to morning weight training with the
guys. After that great little start to
our day, it was time for another adventure in high school academics for the
teens in our little group while Dad went to work and Mom took Ethan and Ehlana
over to the lab to spend the morning there with Uncle Adam while she did some
computer work in the archive.
I haven’t mentioned the archives progress
lately, but that is coming along on schedule.
That means that we still have about three years of travel and work to do
before all of the archives around the world have been moved here; but that’s a
job that Grandpa Grant and Grandma Eleanor are happy to lead for us –
especially when it comes to the world travel part of the job! Roughly, though, that means that we’re
closing in on having a quarter of the archives here now; and Mom and Ethan are
having a lot of fun with the work they’re doing with those books, scrolls, and
the rest as they receive and organize everything. That work here will take decades; and we all
hope that this will be the final, permanent home for the archives. If you’re reading this in my distant future;
maybe you’ll know whether that’s what happens or not. ;^)
Getting back to the daily report, we had a
busy enough day at school, and it was at least nice enough to be outdoors for
our lunch break – even if it wasn’t exactly shorts and tees kind of warm
outside. There wasn’t any major
excitement or teen drama; though Jenny was joking about partying all weekend to
celebrate her first boyfriend-free weekend since last September. Rebecca, Lucas, Rowen, Tim, Michael, and I
also spent some time talking about our sleepover plans for tomorrow night, and
Gil’s birthday on Sunday was news for his friends; but all of that was kept
fairly low-key. We were given a fair bit
of homework for the weekend, but Michael, Rowen, and I got a lot of it done
during the day anyway; and Rowen will help Tim to catch up if needed.
The only other action I didn’t mention was
that Ethan, Ehlana, and I went for a bike ride shortly after I got home from
school so that we could check out the progress of the work at the park. We didn’t stay there long, and after days of
rain and wet; there wasn’t much progress anyway. Since my brother and sister are excited about
the new playground, I’ll predict that I’ll be spending lots of time there with
them once it is finished; and I’ll figure out a way to add that bonus fun into
my schedule somehow.
Okay, that’s enough for tonight. I have a chores day coming up starting first
thing in the morning, and I don’t want to be too tired for our sleepover fun
either; so I’m out of here and off to dreamland.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
