Happy 15th Birthday, Gretchen!
She’s had some birthday fun today, and
Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I were there for the lunchtime mini party we had for
her; but Gretchen’s birthday dinner was with her family and boyfriend only; and
she and Marc still came over to the study sessions before and after dinner at
my house while only having the dinner break at the Inn with her family.
Exam studying has been the top activity of
the day for me today, but if you ask most of the guys around here; they’d tell
you that the highlight of the day has been the NCAA football championship game
that’s still going on as I take a break to write this after seeing most of our
friends out for the night. Michael, Tim,
and Rowen are staying here tonight instead of going home late after the game,
and since I was busy with our study gang; Naomi and Aiden are here for the
night too so that they could keep Ethan and Ehlana entertained while I was busy
with the studying and Mom and Dad were busy with work in the office and then
out at the game-watching party they’re having fun at with their friends for the
rest of the evening. The four kids have
moved up to the lounge now after playing video games in the living room while
Mom and Dad were still working; and Ethan and Aiden are working on their junior
man-law badges or something by staying up late to watch the entire game with
Michael and Tim.
I’m writing this update now in case Michael
and I end up having a sofa sleepover later; though that might not work out
tonight if the game goes late or Ehlana and Naomi talk me into letting them use
the lounge for a sleepover instead.
The game is on, though, and I should get
back in there; so let’s wrap this up with a quick, short review of the rest of
the day.
We did exam review in classes all day. All of my classmates came home with me for
the study session; and the after-school until dinnertime work was done in the
dining room. Including Naomi and Aiden,
Mom and Dad had an extra eight kids and teens to feed tonight while everyone
else either went home, to the Inn, or with other friends to have dinner before
coming back for the extra studying that started up again at six-thirty. We used the lounge for that, and while it was
a bit crowded; it allowed the guys to watch the pre-game sports news for the
big championship match; and then catch the start of the game while we continued
to study.
Game time did mean the end of the studying
for most of the guys, though; and the exodus began at game time too – though the
last group of departing teens didn’t leave until the end of the first
quarter. I’m not going to get any of my ‘real’
studying done tonight, and I only took care of one bit of family business that
I didn’t want to leave until tomorrow; so I probably won’t be up for very long
after the guys have had enough football for the night. That’ll likely include watching most of the
post-game festivities and analysis, so it’ll still be fairly late by the time
we do get to sleep; but Michael can make that up to me with a sofa sleepover!
;^)
I’ll let you know how that goes, and maybe
even whether Clemson or Alabama wins the game with my next report, but that’s
all I have for tonight; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
