Surprisingly, I managed to mostly stay
awake last night for our movies in the lounge!
I know, that’s shocking; but then I also
didn’t do much of anything beyond cuddling with Michael while we watched our
shows and talked with Rowen, Tim, and our four junior movie-watching
buddies. Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and Aiden
ended up watching both movies with us – or most of them; since Naomi did fall
asleep while cuddling with Ethan and Ehlana and Aiden both fell asleep not long
after the second movie started. Mom and
Dad timed their bedtime with the end of that second show, and had help with
getting the kids down to the second floor; but I wasn’t one of those
helpers. Tim and Rowen did that; headed
on out after doing that; and left Michael and me alone so that we could say
goodnight to each other before he went home too. We did that in a mostly non-verbal sort of
way, but he didn’t stay much longer, and when he wouldn’t let me walk him out;
I snuggled under the blanket we’d been sharing and went to sleep on the sofa
instead of taking the time to move next door to my bed.
Michael wasn’t back for Tai Chi in the
morning because he was working the breakfast shift at the Inn again; and our
workout was indoors because it was too cold out first thing this morning to
exercise by the river. We then had a
quick breakfast; got together with the gang we were going to the Maple Valley
Winter Festival with; and hit the road for our adventure. I’m not going to write a lot about the
festival, since it really doesn’t change much from year-to-year; but I will say
that it was a lot more fun to go there today when the temperature climbed into
the seventies by this afternoon! Okay,
that’s not very wintry for a winter festival, but we were there for the maple
syrup, the other maple treats, and the shows and games. Getting to do that while wearing t-shirts and
leaving the coats in the car made our time in Maple Valley one of the best for
me so far! Keep up the good work, Mother
Nature – though let’s not have it quite this warm when we go to Colorado for
our March Break ski trip. Having all of
the snow there melt before we get there would defeat the purpose of the trip –
which contrary to some opinions around our school is not a party week getaway
from the parents.
That’s just an added bonus to go along with
the snowboarding! ;^)
Just kidding, Mom!
Moving along, we watched all of the shows;
enjoyed a pancakes and syrup lunch; picked up lots of treats to bring home with
us; and generally had an awesome day. I
got to spend a lot of time with Mom, Dad, the twins, my aunts, uncles, cousins,
and quite a few of our friends; and getting to do that play time together was
what really made our day trip so great. We didn’t get home again until dinnertime; Mom
and I put together an easy meal; we ate in the sunroom; and then I had another
free evening to take it easy – though I did a bit of studying and family
business work while waiting for Michael to come over once he was set free from
the Inn for the night.
We got to mostly be on our own in the
lounge after that; had a moderately hot make-out session while Mom, Dad, and
the twins were doing their own thing in the living room; and then Michael went
home at eleven o’clock because we were both tired out by then. I pretty much went straight to bed after
seeing him out; took care of one more bit of family business work; and will be
sleeping before midnight – and probably within minutes of wrapping up this
report.
Since I really am ready to nap now,
consider that done; and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
