We’ve had a really good day, and the
highlight for me was the Pinehurst Christmas parade – and everything that went
along with the band trip to our first Christmas parade. Bonus decent weather was great too; though it
was starting to get cool-enough by parade time for it to feel a bit Christmassy
without being uncomfortably cold for either the participants or
spectators. That helped to make for a
great turnout; and that was even more fun for us.
While our band adventure was far from the
only thing going on in my life today, it was the biggest part of the fun; so I’m
covering that news because I want to keep this update short so that I can get
all of the sleep I can to be ready for our Christmas shopping trip in the
morning. My pre-school morning was
fairly uneventful; and the highlights for action at school were two tests that
I seriously doubt anyone else in my class would classify as a highlight at all. Michael and I didn’t have any music practices
today; mostly because our music teacher and her helpers needed to worry about
the trip to Pinehurst – and Fridays are generally not a great day to throw in
extra activities for kids that are all looking forward to the weekend anyway.
The bus rides to and from Pinehurst were a
lot more fun for me; since I got to do them with Michael. Tim isn’t in the band, so Rowen didn’t
appreciate that as much as I did; but she still had fun hanging out with us –
even though she wasn’t able to cuddle with Tim.
I get why Coach Robinson wouldn’t want his players distracted by
girlfriends while traveling on game days; but those away game trips would be a
lot more fun for all of us if we could travel with the team.
No, that won’t change; but it’s nice to
think about! ;^)
Moving on, and as I think about the parade;
there really isn’t anything particularly newsworthy to write about. We really had a lot of fun, and I humbly
think that we have a talented group of musicians in our band; so we sounded
great too. As usual, at least in my limited
experience so far, we were heckled by quite a few of the Pinehurst football
faithful along the parade route. That
wasn’t as emphatic this year; and I’ll guess it was simply because they won our
annual match-up this year.
After we were finished the parade route, we
were allowed an hour to wander around the little festival going on downtown;
Michael, Rowen, and I played some games and enjoyed hot chocolate and Christmas
treats; and then we headed home again.
Once back at the school, we helped with getting all of the school’s
music gear put away in the music room.
Tim met up with us at the school and helped too, but then Rowen went
home with him while Michael came home with me.
Mom, Dad, and the twins were still awake, so we had a visit with them
before Michael and I took care of getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for the
night. While we were at the parade, I
missed out on dinner and a movie night at our house; along with the final
meeting that Mom and Aunt Leanne had for getting the shopping trip ready for
the morning. Their guests had all gone
home early because of tired out kids or to turn in early ahead of our big trip
tomorrow, and even though Michael and I should have called it a night once the
twins were in bed; we wanted a bit of cuddle and wind-down time before we were
ready for that.
Mom and Dad hadn’t gone straight to bed
when Ethan and Ehlana came up to their rooms, but they were in bed by the time
that I saw Michael out on his way home by shortly after midnight. I’d report that we had fun with a major
make-out session, but we were both too tired for that by the time we snuggled
together on the sofa in the lounge with Mandy; and settled for the cuddling and
just a tiny bit of play time for two that was fun; but not even remotely hot.
Once Mandy and I were on our own, I took
care of the usual bedtime computer checks; worked on a small family business
issue that couldn’t wait until Monday; and answered several emails. That’s pretty much it for today, and I really
am tired out; so let’s wrap this up with my pick for Christmas song of the
night. This is still my favorite version
of the song; and it’s also one of the Christmas songs that Michael and I love
to sing together when we’re playing around for fun. I hope you’ll love it too!
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
