Happy 20th Birthday, Violet!
Her official exit from the teen club was
fairly low-key, since she and Dillon were both working today; but we did have a
special birthday breakfast for her; there was a video chat on Mom’s computer
with Uncle Rick, Aunt Melissa, Dawn, and the boys while we had breakfast; and
we did a birthday dinner here too with most of our family, Dillon’s, and any
friends that could join us for that couple of hours of fun.
Since the weather forecast happily proved
to be wrong again today, and our play day was a go at school; fun was the name
of the game all day – at least for the kids and teens at our school. I won’t suggest that was universal around
here, since adults did need to work, and it wasn’t all fun and games for every
non-school kid either. I’m thinking
about Ethan and Ehlana for that; and only because they finished up their last,
third-year college exams today while I was busy playing with my friends and
pretty much goofing off all day.
They actually did that while Mom was at the
school taking a morning and lunch shift volunteering for one of the food
booths; and Grandma and Grandpa stayed and watched the twins while they wrote
the exams – and Grandma made up a batch of potato salad for the birthday
dinner. It wasn’t all work and no play
for the twins. They did get to play at
the lab in the afternoon for a while with Dillon; and we went to the park to
play after I was finished school – mostly to be out of Mom’s way while she was
leading the dinner work crew. I wasn’t
drafted for the pre or post-dinner work crews because I was put in charge of
kid control instead – which is why I really did pretty much get to play
straight through until after my baseball practice.
I’m getting a bit ahead of the story; so
let’s back up to the play day part of my adventures. The games for play day were changed up a bit
this year, but the competition is basically the same; and Michael, Tim, Rowen,
and I did very well for our class ‘team’ – and for ourselves when it came to
individual or paired contests. Sure,
every kid and teen ends up with at least a couple of ribbons or prizes by the
end of the day, and it is all just for fun, but I do like to win; and Michael,
Tim, and Rowen are fairly competitive too.
Let’s not go into the details of every event, and I’ll instead just
simply report that we were the top four student gamers today – and we had a
blast all day.
While having the great weather was perfect
for our play day at school, and I was happy to be able to play outside with
Ethan, Ehlana, and my cousins; I would have been okay with a rained-out
baseball practice. Yes, we needed the
workout to get ready for our next game; but I also would have liked to get to
be at home for all of Violet’s birthday dinner party instead of having to leave
before most of the guests had even been served their cake and ice cream
desserts. Rowen and I still had fun
playing ball with our team mates and friends too, and no rain meant that the
dinner party could be outdoors; but sometimes I wish that I could multi-task to
the point where I actually can be in two places at once.
Unfortunately, I’m fairly sure that people
would notice if I put the entire ball field into a time phase to get through
our practice in minutes instead of normal time – or did the same for Violet’s
party or some other event.
That’s really too bad; since it would be
very cool! ;^)
Anyway, the party was over long before I
got home from my practice; mostly because there was still work going on at the
med center tonight; and half of our guests were helping out there – including Violet
and Dillon. They’re heading up to
Woodvale after work tomorrow; so they wanted to put in the extra time today
since they won’t be able to help out this weekend. Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana were home, and hadn’t
helped out tonight, but since Rowen came home with me so that we could go for a
cool-off swim; I didn’t get started right away on my work and studying. We took Ethan and Ehlana with us for the
swim; had a snack break with Mom after that; and then Rowen stayed to do a Magi
lesson with me before heading home.
That was fun, since we haven’t gotten to do
that much in quite a while; but it was time for me to seriously get to work after
she went home for the night.
Ethan and Ehlana were finished their
college classes, and Mom and I got them off to bed first; but then she and I
both worked in the office on the family business until it was
past-midnight. She was off to spend some
time with her Jacuzzi after that, but I got ready for bed; snuggled with Mandy
and my computer; and got busy with one last round of language studies that
included finishing up every last bit of work for my study plan. Now I can take the summer off without having
those bits of unfinished work bothering me – even though that’s a bit
ridiculous when you consider the fact that my self-imposed curriculum is
actually way more than it needs to be to become proficient in any given
language. It’s just the way I seem to be
wired, though; so I’ll just go with it and move along.
Mom had given me an archive assignment
tonight too, and I read through all of that between the language studying and a
final computer and email check. It’s
taken longer than I would have liked to get everything done, and it’s heading
toward four o’clock now; but I’ll also be able to take the weekend off – except
for any can’t-wait work that comes up for the family business between now and
Monday. The good news is that we won’t
be doing anything at school tomorrow anyway; and we’ll be set free early too. We haven’t made any firm plans for our first
night of summer holidays, but if the weather cooperates; there might be a minor
camping adventure here. I’d thought about
suggesting a bigger camping adventure for Saturday night, but since it’s Father’s
Day on Sunday; I’m sure that all of my friends want to be at home with their
fathers for breakfast as much as Ethan, Ehlana, and I do.
Maybe we’ll work on that for next weekend!
I guess the only thing that I’ve skipped
mentioning for tonight was the short bit of girl chat time that I had with
Violet after she and Dillon got home tonight.
She was tired out by then, and didn’t stop to visit for long; but wanted
to check in with me in case we don’t get a chance to talk before she and Dillon
head for Woodvale tomorrow. There are a
couple of details from that conversation that don’t need to be included in this
report, but what was most important was that Violet had a happy birthday even
with all of the work; she’s excited to be going to spend the weekend away with
Dillon and her family; and from what she told me about her plans for the next
three days, she’s going to need a vacation when she gets back to rest up from
all of the fun.
There isn’t going to be much rest in my
near future; so I should get started on the nap time that I do have available
before it’ll be time to get up again. I’ve
had one of those really good days, and hope that our summer will be amazing too,
but that’s all I have for this update; I’m past-ready to get some sleep; so I’m
out of here and off to dreamland.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
