We had an even better start to our day than
I’d expected; thanks to Mom and Dad inviting Jacob and Miranda to join us for
breakfast – and Jacob’s contribution of one of his breakfast specialties to the
light breakfast I’d planned for everyone.
Tai Chi by the river had a bit of bonus entertainment because we had a
small audience – including first-time spectator, Peter. He was especially impressed with the twins
and their best friends; but thought that Mom, Dad, Michael, and I were fun to
watch too. Since Jacob whipped up his
dish in our kitchen, Mom added pancakes and bacon to the menu too; with the
only downside to the expanded breakfast being the extra clean-up after we
finished eating.
Getting everyone ready for church and then
walking there kept us very busy; and I was a bit amazed that we actually all
made it there on time. Jenny was
particularly happy about that because Peter came to church with us; and that
earned him bonus points with me – and with Jenny’s parents. I sat with Michael and his family during the
service until we went to Sunday school; and then we enjoyed the comparative
quiet in our class – though that started and ended with football talk that was
mostly with the guys and girls that hadn’t been at the game on Friday
night. Michael was able to skip most of
the post-church chat time with our friends and everyone else because he needed
to get to the Inn; and I walked him to the Inn to spend that bit of extra time
with him before he went to work and I came home.
We had some drop-ins to pick up overnight
bags and one car before lunch; and Mom just went with an easy-meal before I
took care of the clean-up and she and Dad went to work in the office. The temperature wasn’t quite as nice today,
and it was cloudy most of the day, but it was still nice-enough out for Ethan,
Ehlana, Naomi, and I to decide to go out to play instead of staying cooped up
in the house. We rode bikes; played at
the park; and had our snack break at the falls.
Michael joined us for some of the playground action and the snack break;
and then we saw him safely back at the Inn before we walked Naomi and Aiden
home on our way back to our house.
Other than stopping for another easy-meal
dinner; we worked or studied in the office for the rest of our day. That included all of my work, studying, and
Mom’s Magi lesson; and we spent a lot of that office time in a time phase. My only goal with that was to work faster and
get to bed early after a string of very late nights. That worked; and we were all ready to head
for bed by nine o’clock. I let Mom and
Dad take care of the bedtime routine for Ethan and Ehlana – and spend that time
with them ahead of Dad’s trip to the city; while I came up to my room for a
nice soak in my Jacuzzi.
I’m still doing that as I write this; and
it’s time to wrap this up, get out of the tub, and into bed so that I can get
started on the bonus sleep I really need right now. With Dad in the city next week, Mom and I
will still be busy around here; but it won’t be as bad now that I’m done with
cheerleading for another year. Now that
I’m thinking about Dad’s trip, though, I will lose a bit of sleep tonight with
our usual early-morning wake-up call to see him off on his trip. I don’t want to miss that, and don’t have any
other news to report; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
