We still had some rain hanging around here
this morning, so Tai Chi was indoors, and I got a bit damp going over to
Michael’s house for breakfast; but the rain ended before we walked to church –
and we had great weather for the rest of the day.
While the morning workout wasn’t as much
fun indoors, the breakfast with Michael and his family was amazing; and I
stayed with Michael during the church service even though that meant missing
out on some family fun with my family.
It sometimes sucks to have to pick between our families, but in this
case; we’ll actually see my cousins more often over the next year than we’ll
see Jake and Stephanie. Yes, they’ve
been away at school for the past two years; but we still at least got to see
them at Christmas. That’s also the main
reason I had for going to help out at the Inn today.
Before I get to that part of the report,
though, I did have a few hours of fun with my family; and that started after we
got home from church. I was put on kid
control and entertainment duty while the parents and grandparents worked on our
barbeque lunch. Jaimie, Kaitlyn, and
Jayden, and Kara, Eddie, and Nicole are all at their own homes by now as I
write this; so I tried to spend most of that play time before and after lunch
with them. We went swimming; played
Frisbee; and went for a short canoe ride after lunch before wrapping up that
fun with one last swim ahead of departure time for our outbound cousins.
I haven’t written much for the weekend
about Uncle Blaine and Aunt Alison, and nothing about the Johnson-McEwan
weekend guests; but that’s mostly because I haven’t done all that much with any
of them while busy with everything else.
The goodbyes for everyone happened first at Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s
house; and then at Uncle Mark and Aunt Grace’s place when Jaimie, Kaitlyn, and
Jayden went home with their parents.
Kara, Eddie, and Nicole were split up for the trip; and each got to have
one set of cousins to themselves for the long drive home. All of my cousins seemed to be happy to be
leaving; though Jaimie and Kaitlyn also wished that they were getting to spend
the second week with us – and with Dawn and Jillian.
Michael was with us and on his afternoon
break while those departures were in-progress; we had time for a long swim at
my house once we were down to just two visiting cousins; and then I went back
to the Inn with him to help out with the buffet rush while Ethan and Ehlana
took care of keeping Dawn and Jillian entertained until dinnertime. The Inn was busy for both buffet
sittings. It was really hot in the
kitchen; we were a bit short-staffed; and the only real break I took through
until close was when I stopped to go and have dinner at the late buffet with my
family.
I really loved getting to spend that time
with Michael and his family, but it was also an exhausting afternoon and
evening for all of us. It was going on
ten o’clock by the time we were finished the work and could head home; and I
only stopped long enough to share some hugs and kisses with Michael, his
parents, Jake, Stephanie, and Rebecca before coming home and heading up to
bed. There was a short chat with Mom and
Dad in the office on my way upstairs, and another, even shorter one with Dawn
and Jillian in the lounge; but then I was ready for a soak in my Jacuzzi and
some wind down time. Dawn and Jillian
were finishing up a movie by then, and while multi-tasking in the tub with my
computer wasn’t an option with them in the lounge; they’d headed for bed by the
time I was out of the Jacuzzi and ready for bed too.
Once I was tucked into bed with Mandy and
my computer, I got right to work on my email and computer checks; took care of
one bit of family business that couldn’t be left for tomorrow; and used a bit
of Magi power to speed all of that up so that I can still be sleeping before
midnight. The way I’m feeling right now,
I’ll be out for the count about two minutes after I put my computer away. Since that is all of the news I have for
today, and I’m too tired to bother with a look at the week ahead; I’m just
going to get right to that nap time right now.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
