Another frosty morning gave way to an only
slightly warmer day, but since I spent most of my day indoors; it wasn’t an
issue.
Tai Chi by the river was too chilly for
comfort, but breakfast in the sunroom was again a lot of fun and much
warmer. Our time at church was
highlighted by the work we did during Sunday school to get ready for the holiday
weekend service; and we are ready for that with everything except the final
set-up. The service was a bit long, so
Michael, Rebecca, and I headed straight over to the Inn once we were set free;
and then we kept busy all day – including during our afternoon and dinner
breaks. I’m not going to bore you with
the work details, but we were surprisingly busy for the Sunday ahead of a
holiday weekend – and that was partly because of my family.
More specifically, that was to collective
family and some friends of Violet’s, Dillon’s, Josiah’s, and Christina’s; since
they were the guests of honor at the late buffet sitting for ‘our’ family
group. The parents or cousins of the
four collegians hosted the dinner; and they booked tables for the late buffet
so that all of the store owner members of the family could attend. I couldn’t join them for that because we
really were too busy in the kitchen for anyone to take the extra break time;
but I did stop by for a quick visit that didn’t allow me enough time to talk
much with anyone.
I skipped over our afternoon break, but
then Michael and I just did our homework and had some down time at my house
before heading back to the Inn; so there isn’t anything newsworthy to report
there. While I was busy at the Inn and
doing homework, Mom and Dad needed to work in the office; Ethan and Ehlana
spent the afternoon with Violet and Dillon – and part of their afternoon was
spent playing in the lab with Uncle Adam.
There’s a very good chance that Dillon and Ehlana will spend some extra
time in the lab while he and violet are here; though that might depend on how
much work Dillon needs to get done for his college classes – including getting
ready for his final exams. Ehlana will
be happy with any time he can spend with her at the lab; and Violet can always
hang out with Mom or Aunt Grace while they’re busy.
Moving along, while I missed out on spending
time with my family; I was happy to spend the day with Michael. The work was tough because we were also a bit
short-handed today; and that was mostly because of people wanting time off this
weekend knowing that next weekend will be an all-hands-on-deck weekend. Sure, we’ll all get Thursday off, but Black
Friday will be crazy; and so will the four-buffet shift on Sunday. I’m not going to think about that too much –
especially when Michael won’t get to miss two of those work days while playing
football instead. I still need to decide
how much time I’ll spend at the Inn, but since this is an ‘away’ holiday for
our family; I might put in more time there this time; and maybe a bit less over
Christmas.
Michael, Rebecca, and I put a lot of hours
in at the Inn today, and we were late getting out of the place once we finally
had all of the work finished. That’s why
I was late getting home – and why everything else on my schedule has been
behind since then. Mom still did a Magi
lesson with me; I spent some time with Ethan and Ehlana when they were sent up
to bed; and then I had a short girl chat with Violet while Dillon took his turn
grabbing a shower – and after she’d finished using my Jacuzzi. It was past-midnight by the time Violet went
to her room, and though everyone else was in bed by then, nobody was sleeping;
so I decided to have a soak in my Jacuzzi too instead of just getting changed
and into bed with Mandy.
My multi-tasking while in the tub wasn’t
very effective because I needed some down time to just relax before getting
serious about my studies and family business work; and that delay pushed my
schedule back even further. Once I was
finally in bed, I kicked up the work speed quite a bit, but didn’t use a time
phase – mostly because you shouldn’t do that when you’re tired. The results can be a bit unpredictable, and
if you start nodding off; it’s possible to actually have your time phase invert
so that you slow down time instead of speeding it up. Even working as quickly as I could in normal
time, it still took hours to get everything done; and it’s now heading toward
four-thirty. The work is done, though;
so I won’t need to play catch-up in a week when I’m trying to stay ahead of the
game so that I’ll be able to take the holiday weekend off from my studies and
most of the family business work.
I will likely need to do a bit of
self-healing, though, and should get started on what nap time I can get; so,
until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
