Happy 34th Birthday, Mr. Seager!
My involvement with his big day was limited
to dropping off a gift with him before first class this morning, but I’ve heard
that he’s had a good day – including Naomi’s first in-school birthday visit to
her father where she gave him flowers, hugs, and kisses in front of his entire
class with the willing help of some co-conspirator teachers.
I’d write that my day wasn’t birthday party
kind of fun by comparison, but it actually was; thanks to Jacob and Miranda
having Rebecca’s sweet sixteen birthday dinner a day early so that they could
celebrate it with her while not working at the Inn. There’s actually another reason for doing
that, but it’s a surprise for Rebecca; so we’ll save that up for tomorrow. I’m getting ahead of the story; so let’s
cover the news from home and school first.
Tai Chi was indoors; the rest of my
pre-school morning was uneventful; and the highlights of my school day were
that birthday visit with Mr. Seager, music time with the kids, and lunch time
with my friends. Band practice was all
about getting ready for the Pinehurst parade on Friday night; and then it was
time to head over to Michael’s house for Rebecca’s early birthday dinner. Lucas was with us for that, though he’d needed
to go home and do chores first before getting cleaned up and hurrying back to
town again. Jacob cooked one of Rebecca’s
favorite meals, and there was an Olde Bakery cake; but Rebecca only got gifts
from Jacob and Miranda today. Michael,
Lucas, and I will do our gifts with her tomorrow.
Michael and I didn’t have a lot of time
between practices; so it didn’t feel like we got to spend enough time with
Rebecca before we needed to hurry off to our teen praise team practice. Now that we’re down to just a few weeks to
the musical; we had a fairly extensive practice that included working on
putting the entire show together. The
first full run-through will be next week; and we’ll be having extra practices
too – at least one a week; and two if we need to do that too. It was past-nine by the time Michael and I
got back to his house; and we still needed to o our homework. Lucas was still there, but he and Rebecca had
finished their studying by then and were happily hanging out in the living room
with Jacob and Miranda – with both couples enjoying the cuddle time while
watching a Christmas show on television.
We couldn’t use our Magi gifts to speed up
the homework with non-Magi in the house, so it took Michael and I over an hour
to get our work done; we had time for a short visit with everyone else; and
then it was time for me to head home to the studying and work waiting for me
there by a bit before eleven o’clock.
Lucas left then too; though he and Rebecca waited for me to leave and
the rest of her family to head up to bed before getting around to their
goodnight hugs and kisses.
Once I was home, Mom did my Magi lesson
with me first; I took care of tucking Ethan and Ehlana in for the night and
having bedtime chats with them; and then I decided to multi-task the first part
of my work with some quality Jacuzzi time.
The soak in the tub was sped up in real time thanks to another time
phase; I kept on with that while getting ready for bed and dealing with all of
my studies and family business work; and now I’m back in normal time while
writing this and winding down to the point where I’m ready to sleep.
I’m just about there, but before I nod off,
it is the first day of December; and time to add the first installment of my
Christmas music choices for this holiday season. Hopefully, you’ll love some or all of these
songs whenever you hear them in my near or distant future when you’re reading
my journals as much as I love them now!
“All is Well” is one of my all-time favorites;
and I really love this performance by Michael W. Smith and Carrie
Underwood. For the first song of
Christmas; let’s remember what the season is really all about – and remember to
celebrate that perfect gift!
Merry Christmas; and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
