What a difference a week makes!
Just seven short days ago, we were still on
summer holidays; the weather was scorching hot; and we were having a blast with
the holiday weekend fun and championship baseball games. This weekend, we spent the day catching up on
yard work and chores in and around the house, and while we’ve had a fairly nice
weather day; it definitely felt like fall instead of summer around here.
That was obvious to us first thing this
morning when Tai Chi by the river required jackets or sweatshirts for comfort
instead of tees and shorts. Breakfast
was not out on the back porch this morning either; but then it isn’t a back
porch anymore – and closed off while the construction on the new sunroom
continues. While I’m thinking about
that, I’ll mention that I’m the least-affected by the work going on for the
sunroom so far. The little crew working
on the project is at the house shortly before I leave for school and they’re
finished by the time I get home. I don’t
see that changing much between now and when they’ll be finished the job, since
the weather won’t likely get in the way of their work or schedule; so my only
inconvenience so far has been the need to walk around the house to get to the
river on the days we’ve been able to exercise outdoors.
Work was the name of the game for us from
the time we finished having breakfast through until we wrapped up for dinner at
six-thirty. I won’t bore you with the
details, but mowing the lawn; working in the gardens; and what felt like a
billion other little chores kept Dad and I busy the entire time while Mom took
care of the house work and some running around with some help from Ethan and
Ehlana that included some Magi-powered cleaning that doubled as a bonus lesson
or three. We stopped for lunch and an
afternoon break; but we were all also fairly tired out by the time we were done
and ready for a quiet night at home.
For me, quiet was relative, since Michael,
Tim, and Rowen came over to spend the evening with me; but we basically just
cuddled in pairs on the sectional sofa and watched college football. Rowen and I would have been good with
watching a movie instead, but Tim was working today too; and in desperate need
of a college football fix after being too busy to watch more than snippets of
the games so far – and that actually means for the college season so far. Kyle’s team, by the way, is off to a decent
start this season, and he’s the main reason for that; but they’ve started out
with an easy first two games this year; and still won’t be a match for the top
teams when they start playing them as the season goes along. You wouldn’t really know that from listening
to Tim tonight; but he’s welcome to live in his rich fantasy world where
football glory is possible for even the lowliest of teams for at least another
week.
Kyle’s game was earlier in the day and not
televised on any of our local networks anyway.
I’m not really interested in writing or even thinking about football
right now anyway; so let’s just move along.
The game-watching part of the story was just background noise for me
tonight even if it was entertainment for Michael and Tim. It was the cuddling with our respective
boyfriends and the quiet chat time that was important to Rowen and me. That likely sounds incredibly boring for
teens living in cities or larger towns with better date-night options and
opportunities, but after a long work day for all of us; doing nothing for a few
hours worked for us.
Rowen and Tim stayed until the end of the
game we watched and then headed over to her house for some along time before
Tim needed to be home for the night.
Michael stayed and we had a minor make-out session before he went home
too, but that really wasn’t much more than bonus cuddling with just a bit of
quietly hot play time because we really were both tired out tonight. Michael went home at a bit after midnight; I
got ready for bed; and have been doing my nightly computing and a bit of family
business work since then. There isn’t
anything exciting to report there either; so let’s just wrap this up with a few
details that I haven’t included yet.
Naomi and Aiden were with us for Tai Chi
and breakfast this morning after their sleepover with the twins. They were both picked up not long after
breakfast; and Ethan and Ehlana were on their own for the rest of the day –
from a hanging out with friends perspective.
Michael and I took a break from the football to tuck them in for the
night when Mom sent them to bed, so I didn’t actually spend a lot of time with
them today; and should try and do better tomorrow before we’ll all be busy with
our next school and work week. I’ll try
to do that, but I’m also going to help out with the buffet shift at the Inn and
Michael and I still have some homework to get done during his break tomorrow
afternoon; so we’ll see how that goes.
That last bit sometimes seems to be the
story of my life, and what I usually end up seeing is my best intentions
getting side-tracked by the too-busy that life throws at me. I will keep trying, though; so don’t give up
on me! ;^)
I need to get some sleep now to be ready
for whatever adventures are ahead of us tomorrow, though, and don’t really have
anything to add to this update; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
