Happy 35th Birthday, Patricia!
Yes, she’ll never read this, but Rowen will
some day; and I’m sure that this has been a memorable day for both of
them. I’ll get to that news soon, but
before I go there; let’s back up and cover the news from Saturday.
We had temperatures reach into the fifties
again on Saturday; and that worked out great both for some chores that Dad and
I did outside as well as for some play time that I had in the afternoon with
Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and Aiden – and with Michael during his afternoon break. The chores weren’t all that fun, but spending
the time with Mom and Dad was; and the play time at the park was really great
because we also did some biking and exploring in the woods to go along with the
playground action that included hanging out with the gang of kids and teens
that were at the park with us. We sent
Michael back to the Inn with hugs and kisses after wrapping up his afternoon
break with treats and drinks from the Emporium; and then the twins and I took
Naomi and Aiden back to their parents before going home to have dinner with Mom
and Dad.
Because he had started his day early and worked
the breakfast shift, Michael didn’t have to work until close; so that also
worked out great for having a quiet movie night in the lounge. Mom and Dad decided to take the night off and
watch a movie with us – and with Ethan and Ehlana; so that was fun too. There are likely quite a few members of our
family and our friends that don’t believe that Michael and I did not plan our
sofa sleepover last night; but we really didn’t this time. I know this for sure because we did have impromptu
plans for a make-out session after Mom, Dad, and the twins went to bed after
that first movie that didn’t work out because Michael fell asleep while we were
waiting for the post-bedtime routine quiet to arrive once my brother and sister
were in bed for the night. I can’t say
anything about that, since I’ve fallen asleep on Michael way more often than he’s
dozed off from being too tired on me; but then I didn’t really even stay awake
all that long to enjoy the cuddle time while he slept before crashing for the
night too.
The wake-up call this morning for Tai Chi
was fun; so was breakfast in the sunroom; and then the rest of our morning was
fairly busy as we fit in the bits of birthday fun we got to have with Patricia
before and after the church service and Sunday school. We needed to do that then because Owen took
his wife and kids – including Tim – to Crystal Springs for the rest of the day
for Patricia’s birthday celebration.
They went shopping; caught a movie; and then went out for dinner at a
nice restaurant. I haven’t yet heard the
details from Rowen; but I am sure that they had more fun doing all of that than
I did for the rest of my day.
Michael and I spent the rest of our day
after church helping out at the Inn.
That included what was really a non-break in the afternoon that we used
for getting our weekend homework finished; so we pretty much worked from around
eleven o’clock until the Inn closed for the night. That’s why Mom skipped my Magi lesson
tonight; we used time phasing in the office so that we could all get our work
done as soon as possible after I got home; and I’m skipping my language
studying for the night. I’m still using
a time phase now as I write this; but I’m also multi-tasking the rest of my
usual bedtime computer and email checks while enjoying a soak in my
Jacuzzi. The time phasing for that is strictly
so that I can get everything done and still be sleeping before we start a new
month – even if we aren’t talking about missing out on being awake to welcome
the first day of February by very much time.
Even with all of the work, we’ve had a good
weekend, but I’m also just as ready to crash for the night as Michael was last
night – and is again tonight if he was as tired as he looked when we split up
outside of his house tonight. After all
of the time phasing tonight, the extra two or three hours of sleep won’t make
much of a difference when it comes to recharging my Magi batteries, but I’ll
deal with that as always; and that won’t keep me from looking forward to the
coming month.
I’m not just saying that because it’s a
leap year; and February gets the extra day this year that still doesn’t quite
make it as big as the other months of the year.
My birthday and Valentine’s Day are good reasons to love February – at least
for me; but we do have more than that going on over the next four weeks that
will keep the fun – and work – level high.
I won’t include football in that for me; though I will be glad to see
the season end next Sunday regardless of whether the Broncos or Panthers win
that game. I do plan on having fun with
the marching band committee as we work toward getting everything organized and
ready to go by the time we start practices in April. Our March Break ski trip is a bit farther
away still; but we’ll be getting ready for that too over the next month; and
that’ll also mean a bit of extra work for those of us who want to have spending
money for that trip. Finally, though I’m
not as crazy about it as Tim and some of our other friends are; I do expect to
do some driving once I have my license a week from Monday. Being one of the last in my class to join
that club hasn’t been an issue for me, and most of my friends – including Michael
– don’t even drive all that often, but it is one of those big steps toward
growing up and being independent; so I won’t pretend that it doesn’t mean
anything to me at all.
Okay, that’s enough for tonight; and I’m
nearly ready to get out of the tub and finish getting ready for bed. We’ve managed to get through January without
any major winter storms – in our area; and I’ll be okay with it if Mother
Nature leaves us in relative peace for the rest of the winter – as long as we
have lots of snow in Colorado when we’re there for March Break! ;^)
I’ll keep you posted on that, and
everything else that happens next month, but I really do need to wrap this up
to have any chance of being asleep before midnight; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
