It’s warmed up around here overnight, but
we have also had lots of rain too; so it’s mostly been an indoor day that’s
included quite a bit of work for me. Tai
Chi and breakfast in the sunroom made for a fun start to the day; Mom and I
followed that up with a work morning to continue getting ready for the holiday
weekend; and then I spent the afternoon playing with Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and
Aiden after Ethan’s and Ehlana’s best friends were dropped off in time to have
lunch with us. Michael joined us for the
play time while on his afternoon break; and then I went back to the Inn with
him to help out with the dinner rush that was again mostly Christmas party
bookings that had the dining room filled.
That wasn’t as crazy as the next two weekends are going to be, and while
we were very busy getting all of the meals out to the dining room; Michael and
I didn’t need to stay until close for the clean-up.
He picked up his overnight bag on our way
to my house once we were set free, and by the time we got home; our four junior
movie night buddies already had the lounge set up for the rest of the
evening. After taking most of last night
off, Mom and Dad had work to do in the office, so after a quick visit with
them; we headed upstairs and got started on our first Christmas chick flick. Yes, it was girls’ choice tonight, but our
boys didn’t really mind at all, and with no other friends over; Ethan and Aiden
didn’t have a problem over cuddling with Naomi and Ehlana for a few hours. Michael and I had one end of the sectional
sofa; Naomi and Ethan had the other; and Ehlana and Aiden had the corner.
Watching the movies was fun, but it was the
cuddling with Michael and the chat time with the twins and their friends that
made the night special. Mom and Dad came
upstairs and caught the tail end of the second movie before collecting the four
junior cuddlers and taking them down to the second floor to tuck them in for
the night. There were some jokes about
making sure that there weren’t any sleepover mix-ups that were directed at
Michael and me as much as the kids; but nobody seriously expected that Michael
and I wouldn’t be doing a sofa sleepover tonight.
I’m getting ready for that as I multi-task
and write this; which is also why I’ve been using a time phase to get all of my
usual bedtime computing finished so that I can get to the sofa sleepover part
of my night. There was a bit of family
business work to do too; so the time phase really was needed since I had no
intention of delaying the best part of my night just because some multi-million
dollar deal needed to be approved first. ;^)
Before I wrap this up, I should mention one
thing that didn’t happen today – Violet and Dillon didn’t come home early for
Christmas. There had been talk of coming
here today or yesterday, and maybe bringing Dawn with them, but the friends and
family commitments piled up on them in Woodvale; and they needed the extra time
there to get all of that done before coming back here. They are planning on being here tomorrow
morning, so they’ll catch at least some of the Christmas Eve Day fun around
here; but I’ll let you know how that goes with the next update. Right now, I have something else to get to
that’s going to be way more fun that telekinetic typing on my computer; so let’s
get this update finished!
My pick for Christmas song tonight is Mary,
Did You Know, and just for fun; you, dear future Magi reader, get to listen to
two of my favorite versions of the song and choose the one you like best!
We’re down to two more sleeps to Christmas,
and the first of them is that sofa sleepover with Michael that will hopefully
begin with a fairly amazing make-out session; so I am so out of here and back
to the real world!
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
