This update is coming to you in time-phase
mode on Sunday morning because I fell asleep last night; and Michael and I
ended up having another sofa sleepover in the lounge.
My Saturday started out great with Tai Chi
by the river and breakfast with our sleepover guests. Rowen, Naomi, and Aiden had fun too; but they
also all went home or on to the computer store fairly early while I was put to
work on the yard chores for the rest of the morning. That kept Dad and I busy until we stopped for
lunch; and then I was set free to clean up; we had lunch with Mom and the
twins; and then my afternoon study buddies began arriving. We didn’t have all of my friends there for
the afternoon, since some of them were working all day; but Michael, Tim, and
Rowen all had the rest of the day off for studying. Michael, Tim, and some of the other guys also
had their afternoon baseball game, but instead of sending them off to do that;
we just took our studying on the road with us so that we could keep working and
watch the game too. Getting to cheer for
our boyfriends was just an added bonus – even though it was also tough to do
that and tutor several different subjects at the same time.
Ayres’ Arrows were playing Connor’s
Catapults; and Michael and Tim’s team fared better than Mom and Dad’s team did
last night. They were the home team, and
while the Catapults did get a lead in the top of the first inning, and managed
to keep the game close for the first few innings; the Arrows eventually got a
lead that they kept through until they earned the twelve-to-seven victory without
needing to bat in the bottom of the final inning. Our cheering might have helped; though the
Catapults’ players had their fair share of cheerleaders too – and that didn’t
help them.
I’m not suggesting that our squad was
better – just that cheerleaders are as likely to distract a group of teen boys
as motivate them. ;^)
The game started at three, so it was time
to head home for dinner after that; and Mom and Dad pretty much had the full
gang of study teens for that meal – including the farm teens that had all come
into town by then and met up with us at the park for the outdoor study and
baseball time. Going for a swim in the
river was an option that quite a few of us took while waiting for the food to
be ready, but the river was fairly cool today; so we didn’t stay in for long. Our meal was all easy food; Mom had lots of
donations dropped off with the teens; and Dad and Uncle Adam took care of
grilling all of the burgers and hotdogs that twenty-plus teens can demolish in
a single sitting. We ate outdoors too,
and pretty much just sat wherever we wanted – down by the river; around the
yard on lawn chairs; or at one of the few tables that we set up mostly for the
parents and grandparents. Michael, Tim,
Rowen, and I were with the group by the river; mostly so that we could keep an
eye on Ethan, Ehlana, Zack, and Leah while they ate and played there.
Cleaning up was easy too, since most of the
dishes and cutlery were of the recyclable variety; and then it was time to get
back to the studying for a few hours. We
did that in my room and the lounge, and while we were a bit crowded; it was
also a lot of fun. Okay, the majority of
my friends might disagree with that fun assessment; so I’ll qualify that and
suggest that Michael, Rowen, and I had a lot of fun; and we did our best to
make the work as entertaining as possible for the rest of our friends – including
Tim.
Most of my friends either had eleven o’clock
time limits for the studying or alternate plans after that until whenever they
needed to be home for weekend curfews.
Michael and I thought that worked out great for us, since Ethan and
Ehlana were in bed by then; Mom and Dad went to bed once we were the last two
teens standing; and he didn’t need to be home until twelve-thirty or one.
The fact that he didn’t make it home was a
good thing from our perspective, but we were even happier to have the alone
time in the lounge. Yes, I did fall
asleep, and so did he sometime after I did; but that didn’t happen until after
we enjoyed some very overdue play time for two that was fairly hot and
clothing-optional.
Yes, that was the best part of my day;
though everything I was doing added up to one of those really good days – even without
any major fun adventures.
My Sunday has started out great too. Michael and I shared a fairly spectacular
wake-up make-out session, and Tai Chi by the river was a blast that included
some bonus teasing for us from our parents, Ethan, and Ehlana. Yes, that was both sets of parents; because
Jacob and Miranda came over with Michael and set up a joint breakfast at their
house after he’d run home to get changed before meeting us outside. Those last-minute breakfast plans are part of
the reason why I’m doing this while in a time-phase – and also getting my hair
done and ready for church after grabbing a shower. I need to get downstairs to help out with our
breakfast contributions; and then we need to head over to Michael’s house.
That’s going to keep the fun going today,
and then we have a lot on the go for the rest of the day; but that’s mostly going
to be studying for exams after church and for most of the rest of the day. Michael has the day off from the Inn – and pretty
much the entire week while we’re busy with exams. I’ll still have my family business work to
keep up with every day; but I’ll skip my language and archive studies so that I
won’t be burning out with another week of not much sleep.
We’ll see how well that works out for me,
but I do need to get going, so that’s all I have for this morning; and, until
next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
