Happy 2nd Birthday, Gerry
Bishop!
Michael’s cousin probably had a happy day,
but I’m really only mentioning his big day because I should include Michael’s
family in my updates now and then – even if we don’t actually see the Stone
side of his relatives very often. This
year, as far as I know, his grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins will only be
coming here for Jake and Stephanie’s wedding.
That makes me feel a bit sad, but it’s their choice; and we can’t do
much about that.
Here at home, my day started very early
when Mom, Ethan, Ehlana and I got up to see Dad off on his way to the
city. Since I’d been up late with my
work and studies, that meant only having a pair of naps on each side of that
little bit of fun; and then it was time to go outside and meet Michael by the
river for Tai Chi. I used a bit of Magi
Healing to make up for the lack of sleep this morning too; so I was good to go
by the time we needed to get to school.
We had a spit or two of rain today, but
mostly had a good weather day; and being outdoors was an option both at
lunchtime and after school. It was a
fairly quiet day at school; so the fun really kicked up a notch or three once
we were set free from our last class and quickly got our homework for the day
out of the way. We did that at Michael’s
house, with the ‘we’ including Rowen and Tim; and then we went out for a bike
ride for an hour or so. That was a nice
break that included a bit of play time at the school playground when we crossed
paths with Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana while they were hanging out there with Liz,
Philip, Naomi, and Eli. I was with
Michael at his house for dinner and the evening; and the fun there included an
experimental, gourmet meal; some wedding work fun; a music practice; and a
short make-out session for Michael and me before I needed to head home and get
back to my studies and work.
Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana had a quiet evening
while I was gone. They’d had an
easy-dinner; and then worked in the office – with Mom keeping busy with family
business work while the twins studied for their college courses. Mom did a Magi lesson with all three of us
after I got home. That was fun, but my
actual lesson tonight was learning to teach lessons – something that Mom is
doing more often with me now; and she’ll continue to do that over the next few
years. Maybe I’ll even be helping her
out with teaching lessons for other Magi; but that won’t be a big part of my
future.
We did the bath and bedtime routine with
Ethan and Ehlana after our lesson before I was sent up to bed too so that I
could get started on my studies and work.
Despite having an extra-long day already by then, I wanted to get all of
my work done tonight; so I’ve been doing that since climbing into bed with Mandy
and my computer more than three hours ago.
Most of that busy has been reasonably interesting and kept me
entertained, but there isn’t anything special to write about; and I’m very
ready to wrap this up and head off to dreamland.
I’ll help Mom as much as I can over the
next few days, though I’ll have band and teen praise team practices tomorrow
too; and we’ll all have game night at the Inn on Thursday. With everything we have going on, keeping
busy while Dad’s away won’t be a problem; so I expect that the long days will
continue all week. That’s another good
reason for me to end this update and get to the sleep part of my night; so that’s
all for now, and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
