I am currently soaking in the tub; it’s not
much past-ten; and Mom ordered me to skip the work and studying tonight to
catch up on my sleep. Apparently, my
Magi-powered self-healing this morning didn’t fool her at all. No, that isn’t a surprise; but then I don’t
think that I would have done much work tonight anyway. I really am still worn out. Since I missed any details from the action on
Sunday; let’s get this report started with the fun on Sunday morning and go
from there.
Dad was totally outnumbered for morning Tai
Chi and breakfast, and while Michael helped him out with that while we
exercised; he went back home for the better breakfast and to hang out with
Ryan. Tai Chi was by the river, and
Sophia came out to watch us while Naomi and Ehlana did their own workout and
Michael and I went with the long form that Mom and Dad chose for the day. Our breakfast wasn’t Jacob Stone spectacular,
but it was pancakes and bacon; so I was good with the plan. Ehlana, Naomi, Sophia, and I had fun with
getting ready for church between our workout and breakfast; and then I helped
out with the clean-up before it was time to go.
Mother’s Day is next up for the big events
at church, and the kids and teens started working on that during Sunday school
this week. While craft gifts are a big
part of that action; some of us will also be participating in the service; so
there was some work going on for those skits and scripture readings. The service today was only slightly longer
than average, so we were set free and able to get on with our day with lots of
time to get home and do a few things before lunchtime. Naomi and Sophia went home with their own
families after church; we got Ethan back; and Mom and Dad were planning on
spending the afternoon with us.
The family play day plan didn’t work out as
well as it could have thanks to a few hours of rain in the afternoon; so our
play was more along the lines of watching a movie in the living room and
hanging out around the house. There was
also some study time for Michael and me when he came over for his afternoon
break that was delayed a bit thanks to a busy lunch rush; and then I went back
to the Inn to help out with the dinner buffets.
That was a few hours of busy fun and work;
but I don’t have any major news to report from the Inn. We saw a lot of prep-line action; way more
dishes than I was motivated to deal with; and I must not have been the only
teen in town dragging a bit last night since the wrap-up took longer than
usual. My ‘few hours’ there were more
like five; but who’s counting when you’re having fun?
Staying at the Inn pretty much until close
meant getting a late start to my studies and work at home, but being tired made
the family business work in particular tougher to get done; which is why I was
up so late. Mom did my Magi lesson first
once I was there; we did the bedtime routine with Ethan and Ehlana after that;
and then I got on with my studies and work once they were tucked in and I was
changed and in my own bed with Mandy.
Those hours of study and work felt very tedious and unexciting last
night, so let’s just skip the details; move on; and write about a slightly more
interesting Monday!
Okay, now that I think about that, the Tai
Chi, week-day breakfast, and our classes at school weren’t all that exciting;
but the time with Michael and our friends or family was good for all of that too;
and we managed to fit in some light teen fun here and there around the lessons
and assignment work. Football at
lunchtime was on, but Rowen and I were spectators today instead of players.
The best part of my day started after
school. Michael and I had Rowen and Tim
with us for studying at Michael’s house.
We got that out of the way quickly enough; and then went for a bike
ride. We had nice weather for that; and
we did the usual rounds to check out what was going on in the new section of
town; over at the med center; and at the park.
The kids are mostly interested in the new playground progress, and that’s
coming along and should be finished in time for the holiday weekend; but we
were more interested in the park trail expansion that’s in the works too. Progress on that is harder to keep track of
because we’re not able to go everywhere they’re working; but some of the new
trails may be open for the holiday weekend too.
Since the crew working on those trails are using most of the kid and
teen-made trails for the project too, and Michael and Tim contributed to those
efforts over the years; they’re fired up about what the pros will do with ‘their’
trails. Rowen and I are just looking
forward to riding them and having fun.
The trails – riding the trails. Quit laughing. I only phrased it like that because Tim
intentionally took that comment the wrong way this afternoon; and I wanted to
include an example of what passes for teen humor in my ‘now’. That probably hasn’t changed in the future;
but you never know and miracles do happen every day! ;^)
Rowen and Tim moved on when it was time for
all of us to be home for dinner. I was
with Michael and his family for that; Jacob cooked up another magical,
experimental meal; and I am so going to keep Michael forever. He doesn’t actually have a problem with that –
even if a tiny part of my motivation is because I love his father’s
cooking. After dinner, it was music
practice time for Michael and I while Rebecca went out to hang out with Jenny
and Jacob and Miranda went for a walk.
We did practice – honest! We also
had a fun little make-out cameo too, but we are healthy teens; so you can’t
blame us for being completely normal when it comes to things like that and
parent-free opportunities.
We followed up the music and make-out
session with an hour of chat time with Michael’s parents; and then I went home
at nine-thirty so that I could get started on the work and studying that Mom
vetoed. I didn’t argue, and not only
because that would be pointless. By the
way, for those of you thinking right now that you had it tough with your
parents; imagine having a Magi Master for a Mom. If you’ve lived here in Witch Falls at the same
time we do; be very glad that we’ve never had a mother-daughter fight. That would be seriously scary!
Anyway, Mom sent me to bed, so I only had a
little update chat with her, Dad, and the twins. You’ll likely think that it’s funny that I
was sent to bed before Ethan and Ehlana were; but they’ll be in bed too by the
time I’m finished in the Jacuzzi and have my hair dried. I did check my email and deal with a quick family
business issue that was for something that couldn’t move along without my
input; but that was it for the computing – other than this report. I didn’t want to skip it two days in a row.
That does pretty much bring you up to speed
on what’s been happening in my life, though, and I have orders to get unplugged
for the night; so that’s all for now, and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
