It’s been another beautiful weather day –
this time nice and warm with lots of sunshine; but not too hot for the
chores. I could add that it has also
been a perfect weather day for playing; so I’m sure that everyone around here
getting to do that had a great day – especially all of the campers out at
Quarry Lake and the other area campgrounds.
I’m wishing just a little bit that I’d
gotten to be one of those people getting to play all day; but the work needed
to get done if we want to have fun next weekend with our family and friends.
The yard work was hardly exciting, so I won’t
bore you with all of the details; but mowing the grass, wedding gardens, and
getting canoes and bikes ready for the holiday weekend were all on my to-do
list – with help from Dad where needed.
We got started on that early; worked until a bit after twelve; I hit the
shower and got ready for my ball game; and then took a sandwich and drink to go
when Rowen picked me up on her way to the park so we’d be there in time for
team warm-ups.
It was a perfect day for our game, and this
week; we were up against the Fix-it Shop Stingrays. We were the home team, and while that
designation really didn’t matter that much in our little town; it did help to
make for a shorter game today when we didn’t need to play the bottom of the
final inning. There wasn’t a big turnout
of spectators for the match; and even my usually robust cheering section only
had Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana because Dad stayed home to keep working and my
aunts, uncles, and cousins were all busy too.
Since I’ve already mentioned that we didn’t
need to use our last at-bat, you know that our Piranha team won the game; and
we did that fairly convincingly by a score of eleven-to-five. The highlights for Rowen and I were two
double plays on defense; and one triple, two doubles, three base hits, and six
RBI’s between us. Michael came over to
catch the end of the game while on his afternoon break, but Tim was busy all
afternoon and couldn’t come to watch us play too. While Michael’s break timing had been so that
he could spend time with me instead of just watching me playing baseball with
my friends.
I was okay with that plan, but for the
record; our boys don’t seem to have that same issue when it comes to having
Rowen and me watching their football games.
Michael’s break time plan for spending time
with me didn’t really end up being all that much of a break for him. Rowen and I skipped the post-game ice cream
run to the Emporium; we all went back to my house for a swim and snack break
there; and then I needed to get back to work on my chores while Rowen moved on
to check in at the computer store with her parents before eventually meeting up
with Tim to spend the rest of the day with him.
My work was a bit more fun while Michael stayed and helped out, but he
eventually needed to get back to the Inn; and Dad and I kept working until
nearly seven o’clock.
Mom had worked inside most of the day; and
pre-cooking for the holiday weekend was a big part of her jobs for the day. One advantage of her efforts was that she
made a bit extra of several dishes and combined them for our dinner. We had that meal out on the back porch; I
took care of the clean-up with support from Ethan and Ehlana; and then I hit
the shower again to get cleaned up before taking the rest of the night
off. Since Dad had most of his work done
already, he and Mom took the night off too.
We watched a movie in the living room that Michael caught the last half
of after getting here from the Inn; he and I did the bedtime routine with the
twins; and then we came up to the lounge to hang out – I mean make out – for a
couple of hours.
There was a movie on the television that we
didn’t watch, and while I still could give you the details of that show thanks
to my photographic memory; I can also assure you that the memories that Michael
and I made together were way more interesting – and hot! ;^)
Since that was definitely the highlight of
my day, I’ll end this update there – and hopefully take those happy memories
into dreamland with me.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
