Happy 28th Birthday, Uncle Nick!
As I was considering what to write about
Uncle Nick’s birthday, my first thought was that his day wasn’t as exciting as
Michael’s was yesterday because getting a first driver’s license is a big deal
for most teens; but then I remembered that he and Aunt Deborah are ending their
day with a kid-free night. I won’t need
the details to know that they’re having more fun tonight than Michael and I had
last night.
That should make up for having to work all
day, and since it feels as though I’ve been working all day too; they’re having
more fun than I am. Unless they totally
waste their kid-free night opportunity, I also plan on being asleep long before
they should be; so let’s move this update along so I can get to that napping
part of my plan for tonight.
Tai Chi by the river was chilly this
morning, but we’ll just need to get used to that – or move our workouts
indoors. None of us want to do that
before we have no other choice, though, so we plan on dressing more warmly and
enjoying the great outdoors while we exercise.
Michael stayed for a quick breakfast, but then he was off and running to
get to his morning weight training. I
had more time to get ready for school, so I took care of the kitchen clean-up
this morning; and spent a bit of time with Ethan and Ehlana before meeting up
with Rowen for the walk to school. I’m
not writing much about our classes yet this fall, but to be honest; I just like
hanging out with Michael and our friends all day. It’s tough to find anything exciting to write
about when my first blast through the Grade Ten material happened when I was a
toddler – and I can still remember every detail of those studies. If it wasn’t for the fun with friends part of
school; I’d be totally bored.
Now that I think about that, maybe that’s
at least part of the reason why Gwyneth Hathorne is accelerating her education
so publicly. Dark Magi Masters aren’t
likely going to have friends their own age for various reasons; so sitting
through years of boredom at school would just drive them crazy. I’m not making excuses for her, since she’s
making some really bad choices too from what we know of her through our
monitoring of the Hathorne Industries systems; but that doesn’t mean that I can’t
relate to some of the issues she has being a Magi Master kid.
Moving along, my cheerleading practice was
an entertaining way to end the school part of my day, and then I headed over to
Uncle Nick and Aunt Deborah’s house to help out with the tail-end of the
pre-dinner work that Mom, Aunt Leanne, Grandma, and Grandma Ayres all helped Aunt
Deborah with. This dinner party lasted
several hours from that point until everyone headed home for the night; so all
of the birthday fun was spread out a bit instead of being compressed the way it
had been for Michael’s dinner party last night.
The roasting of the birthday boy was a bit more advanced too, but I wasn’t
really in on any of that anyway because I was on kid control for the meal
before moving on to help with the fairly major clean-up. The only news from the dinner party that
matters, though, is that Uncle Nick had fun.
Mom and Dad took Ethan, Ehlana, and me home
by nine; and then I used a time-phase while we all worked or studied in the
office together for a couple of ‘real time’ hours. That was a lot of work with a bit of fun
mixed in here and there; and then I came up to my room and let Mom and Dad take
care of getting the twins tucked in for the night. I was beat by then, so my bedtime routine took
all of about five minutes, and once I’m finished with this update; I’m going to
crash for the night.
Thursday is game night at the Inn, and I
should probably help out at the Inn during dinner; but I’m seriously thinking
about skipping all of that and staying home.
I’ll see how I feel by tomorrow afternoon; but I don’t think that I have
many more late nights in me for this week – or hours-long time-phases; since
that’s just as tiring as staying up and working until three or four in the
morning.
Sleeping is now at the top of my to-do
list, and I don’t have anything to add to this update anyway; so, until next
time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
