Having a three-day weekend just two weeks
after March Break feels a bit strange, but I’m not complaining; and it’s really
nice to be done school for the week a day early.
My day started out with another Tai Chi by
the river workout, and then Michael stayed for breakfast before hurrying off to
school for the usual morning weight training with Tim. Normally, I’d add ‘the other guys’, but in
this case; they were on their own because the rest of their usual gang skipped
the workout today. A lot of the kids and
teens seemed to be absent at school today too; though we were pretty much all
there – physically. That made it tough
for our teachers to keep us focused on lessons; and we really didn’t get a lot
accomplished – unless you count having fun all day as an accomplishment.
Tim’s football buddies might have skipped
out on him for weight training, but he didn’t have a problem with getting two
teams together for a scrimmage at lunchtime; so Rowen and I sat on the
bleachers with some of our girlfriends and watched the action. Playing the game too had been an option, but
while I don’t have a problem with getting dirty; I wasn’t dressed for football;
and it’s a pain to get dirt and grass stains out of pastels – even for a Magi
Master! ;^)
Getting a dash or two or rain this morning
made that decision easier too; though it was nice enough again by
lunchtime. It was nice out after school
too, but I couldn’t skip out on the work again today because I was helping Mom
and Aunt Leanne with getting ready for the weekend. That was okay, since Rowen, Tim, and Michael
were all helping their parents too – either at home or the store, shop, or Inn;
and we had fun with the work too. That
could be because we did a lot of it with a bit of Magi power assistance. Whether we were cleaning bedrooms and getting
them ready for guests or pre-cooking a few meals for the weekend; using our
Magi gifts to speed up the work was a blast – and Aunt Leanne even let Zack
play with us a bit too. He preferred
trying to float cookies from the counter to his hands over using his
telekinesis to work with veggies; and thought that it was a lot of fun to try
and sneak the cookies past Aunt Leanne or Mom.
They did let him succeed a couple of times; though that was more to keep
him busy while he ate his little prizes than to keep him interested in the
little game that also helped to exercise his Magi talents.
We had dinner together too, since a lot of
that work happened at Aunt Leanne and Uncle Adam’s house; so Dad came over
after work and used the barbeque to grill some chicken, burgers, and hot dogs,
and by then; we had lots of cold salads to go along with the meat options. While Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne have all of
their inbound family staying with them this weekend, none of the Johnsons
arrived until later this evening; so we were all able to go next door to Uncle
Mark and Aunt Grace’s house for a visit after Uncle Blaine, Aunt Alison, and
the kids got to town along with Grandpa Duncan and Grandma Mercy. They were able to leave as soon as Jaimie and
Kaitlyn were finished school; and managed to make good time getting here too.
That visit was fun, and while I’d love to
have the rest of our family here too; it is nice to be able to spend some time
with only part of our family when it isn’t so busy that there isn’t really a
chance for more than cameo moments with each person. In addition to visiting, we also went for a
little walk around the new section of town so that Uncle Blaine could see the
progress there with the construction; though there really wasn’t much of a
change since Christmas for brand-new projects.
He’s been an architect for quite a while now, but he still has that
little-boy excitement when it comes to seeing his designs come to life; and it’s
fun to see how much he obviously loves his job.
We didn’t go over to the med center too; but he could see the river side
of the building from our side of the river; and he’ll probably go over there
sometime tomorrow or Saturday.
While the family fun was great, it was also
nice to come home to the comparative quiet when it was time to get Ethan and
Ehlana into bed for the night – at the same time that Aunt Alison wanted to get
Jayden off to bed too.
I helped out with the bedtime story and
getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for the night; and then came up to bed while
Mom and Dad decided to do a bit of work in the office first – mostly because
Dad doesn’t want to have a pile of work to do on Sunday night. While I was ready to get changed and into bed
with Mandy too, I’ve also been doing some work and studying too; since it wasn’t
that late yet when I started – at least compared to most of my nights this
week.
There isn’t anything important to report
from any of that, though; and I’m definitely ready to sleep now. We’ve got the Good Friday service at church
in the morning before moving on to a weekend of family and friends
adventures. The best part of that is
going to be spending a lot of that time with Michael; since the Inn will be
closed both tomorrow and Sunday – as will all of the stores in town. I’ll save the daily fun details for each
journal update – not to be cryptic or anything; but only due to the fact that I’ve
had enough for today and want to get some sleep now.
With that at the top of my to-do list now,
I’m out of here; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
