Happy 13th Birthday, Emma!
We had a little bedtime chat on our
computers tonight, so I know that she had a great day and fun party. I wasn’t there for it, but Rebecca went out
to the farm after school to help out with the party; and hang out with Lucas
once he was finished his chores for the night.
Emma’s had a nice day for a party too, and
while it’s still cooler than it was earlier this spring; it was nice to see a ‘7’
in front of the temperature reading again today – even if it didn’t stay there
for all that long. It was a bit chilly
for Tai Chi by the river too, but we went outdoors anyway before getting on
with the rest of a fairly normal weekday morning.
Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I got our school
day off to a great start by having a bit of birthday gift fun with Emma before
classes started; and Rowen and I had met up with our boys early so that we
could do that pretty much as soon as Claire dropped her kids off on her way to
work. That was an entertaining way to
start our academic adventure; though I can’t say that our classes today were
even remotely close to being birthday party fun.
We did have a good day, though, and in
addition to more lunchtime football; we also had a bit more birthday fun with
Emma when Lucas and Rebecca had a birthday cake for her; and even managed to
get most of the students around her to sing the birthday song to her. Thanks to the nicer weather, the afternoon
classes either sped by or dragged on forever; depending on the perspective of
the students; but we all did eventually get set free to move on – whether that
was to go out and play; attend a birthday party; or move on to band practice.
Michael, Rowen, and I were, obviously, in
group three; and Tim was happy to razz us about being stuck indoors while he
could go out and have fun with some of the other guys. I would have liked to have some outdoor play
time; but I love playing in the band and being on the teen praise team
too. Our band practice went well-enough,
and we’re generally a pretty happy group; but I guess it doesn’t really fit to
report that we had fun while practicing songs for the Memorial Day parade; so
let’s just say that our practice went well today.
Michael and I walked with Rowen to the
computer store on our way to my house; we stopped in for a visit with her
parents; and then decided to stay and do our homework there when Tim caught up
with us before we moved on. That didn’t
take too long, and then it was time for Michael and I to get home for a quick
dinner before moving on to the church for our teen praise team practice. The only news from that meal was that we
managed to get through sharing daily updates with my parents, Ethan, and
Ehlana; and three out of four of them had more fun today than Michael and I
did. If you didn’t guess that the lawyer
was not one of those three; you obviously live in a future where lawyer jokes
no longer exist! ;^)
Yes, you, and every other lawyer in the
world, might wish to see that day, Dad; but it probably isn’t going to happen.
Michael and I were semi-drafted to sing a
Mother’s Day duet while at our practice tonight; though Stacey didn’t have to
twist our arms at all since we know that our Moms and Grandmothers will love
having us do that for them – and all of the other Moms. Stacey picked the song for us, but we’ll work
out how we’ll make it a duet; so we’ll need to put that together over the next
week between now and our next practice.
Michael came home with me for a while after
we’d finished up at the church. Mom did
a Magi lesson with both of us; we took care of getting Ethan and Ehlana off to
bed; and then spent just a little time on that song in my room before using the
majority of the time we had left together for a minor make-out session. Michael went home at ten-thirty, and after
having a little chat with Mom and Dad in the office; I came up to my room to
get started on my full nightly computing, studying, and family business work.
After catching up on my sleep last night,
that was a lot easier to do; and I used a bit of time-phasing to get done a bit
earlier than usual. That’s really only a
trade-off of extra rest while using up more energy; but I’ll take the extra
couple of hours of sleep tonight and be happy.
Tomorrow is an after-school work day, but
if we have another nice day; I might need to have some outdoor play time first –
especially when the forecast is for a wet weekend. I’ll let you know how that goes, but for now;
that’s all I have for this report.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
