Happy 15th Birthday, Roger!
He’s had a great day, but let’s do this
update in order as much as possible; and I’ll get to the party part of the
report soon.
Our early-morning wake-up calls or alarms
came in time for Dad to get ready to head for the city; and for Mom, Ethan,
Ehlana, and I to be up to visit with him and see him on his way. We followed that up with some cuddle and nap
time in Mom’s bed; got up a second time for Tai Chi by the river; and Michael
joined us for that and for breakfast too.
He needed to get to football practice after that, but instead of going
along; Rowen and I stayed at my house and had a little cheerleader workout and
planning session that was all about making up new cheers and picking music to
use with them. That was fun; and then I
spent the next four hours or so taking care of Ethan and Ehlana while Mom did
her work in the office.
Michael was busy with chores at home until
after lunch, but he joined us for the last couple of hours of that play time
before we both needed to get ready for Roger’s dinner party at Quarry
Lake. Jacob gave us a ride out there at
four-thirty; Rowen and Tim came with us; and we got right to the having fun
with our friends part of the day with a swim in the lake. It’s been another scorcher out, so most of
the party guests went for a swim then too; and we followed that up with drinks
and some social time while we waited for dinner. The meal was a blast too, but the four of us
didn’t actually get to hang out with Roger much because we were a handful of
picnic tables away from him during the meal.
Actually, we didn’t spend much time with
him at all – just a cameo moment here and there while he was usually busy with
his family, girlfriend, and their best friends.
That sounds funny, I guess; but it just happens that way at some of the
bigger parties. It was also really busy
at Quarry Lake too; so that was part of the problem we had with hanging out
together because it was just too busy to have our entire group doing any
activity at the same time or in the same area.
We did all get to swim; go rock climbing; and ride the zip line. Doing all of that with Michael, Tim, and
Rowen were the best parts of the party for me; and I’m sure that everyone there
had as much fun as we did – except for maybe Roger’s parents and the other
party helpers.
We all headed home when the park closed to
day visitors at dark; Tim’s Mom picked us up; and Michael and I were dropped
off at his house so that we could do our goodnight hugs and kisses there while
Rowen went home with Tim for a while. I
didn’t stay with Michael because I wanted to be home to help Mom with the
twins; I had work to do too; and we have the shopping trip in the morning. Michael would have preferred some bonus alone
time, and I would have loved that too; but not if it meant staying up until
three or four to get my work done.
Even using a time phase to help with the
work; it’ll be nearly midnight by the time I’m done this update and off to
sleep. Before I got to the nightly
computer checks and family business work, I had a chat with Mom, Ethan, and
Ehlana; got the latest shopping news; did a Magi lesson with Mom; and then took
care of getting my brother and sister into bed on my way up to my room. The family business work was the biggest part
of my computing since climbing into bed with Mandy; and I did the equivalent of
about five ‘normal’ hours of work – with normal being at my usual,
non-time-phased, Magi-powered work speed.
I did that tonight because I likely won’t be able to do more until
Wednesday, and now that Rowen and I have added cheerleading into the activity
mix; I’ll have even less daylight time for my part-time job.
What I really need most right now, though,
is to get some sleep so that I’ll be ready for a long, busy day of travel and
extreme shopping. While I’ve skipped too
many of the details from nearly everything I’ve done today, but I am also too
tired out for that to bother me much right now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
