Happy 15th Birthday, Karla!
I can’t say that I’ve had much to do with
making her special day a great one, but Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I did get a
gift for her; and Michael and I worked the buffet shift and helped out with the
work side of her birthday dinner while she was there with her family and a
handful of friends. She is currently one
of the few remaining singles in our class, and actually seems to be happy
enough to be between relationships. It’s
early in the school year, though; so I expect that’ll change sooner instead of
later.
We’ve had a fairly nice weather day around
here, though it’s also still definitely feeling like fall too. Tai Chi by the river was a bit chilly, but
breakfast with Michael and his family was great for me; and then we had a good
morning at church too. That one word –
good – pretty much describes my day, and while that is a bit bland-sounding, I
have had fun today; and life can’t be great all of the time no matter how
wonderful we might think that could be.
For today, good meant church and Sunday school with my family and
friends followed by lunch at home that Grandma and Grandpa joined us for; some
park play time with Ethan and Ehlana while Mom and Dad were busy in the office;
and some study time with Michael while he was on his afternoon break.
I went back t the Inn with him after that;
we worked the buffet shift until close; and only talked with Karla for a few
minutes while she was at the Inn for her birthday dinner. We did that together while taking one of our
breaks, but despite the fact that summer is over, the Inn was still busy for
both buffets; and we took shorter breaks to keep up with the workload. My day wasn’t over once we left the Inn and
walked home. I said goodnight to Michael
at his house; came home; and had a visit with Mom, Dad, and the twins in the
office. Dad’s going to be in Crystal
Springs next week, and he still had work to do before he’d be ready. Ethan and Ehlana had been studying while Mom
and Dad were working; and they kept doing that while Mom did my Magi lesson
with me. That was more of a self-taught
lesson tonight with supervision; and she multi-tasked her work too.
Too bad I couldn’t have done that too; but
it wasn’t an option. For me, that lesson
was just the start of my work and study night.
After my lesson, I took care of getting Ethan and Ehlana into bed for
the night; came up to my room; and hit the Jacuzzi for some quality tub
time. Multi-tasking while doing that was
an option; and I got my archive assignment finished by the time I was out of
the tub and finished getting ready for bed.
After getting settled in with Mandy for the night, I worked on my
language studies and family business work; followed that up with the usual
nightly computer checks; and I’m now wrapping it all up with this report. The good news is that I got everything
finished. The bad is that Dad will be
getting up to head for Crystal Springs soon; and I’ll only have time for a
couple of naps on each side of his departure.
It’s going to be an even busier week with
Dad out of town, and I’d better get started on that first nap; so, until next
time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
