This is going to be a short update; and I’ll
start with a bit of news from home.
Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana headed for Crystal
Springs this morning; and will be staying there until sometime on Friday. Mom’s birthday is tomorrow; so they’re going
to celebrate it in the city with Dad – and with some members of our family
too. I’ll write more on that tomorrow
instead of doing that twice. Some
shopping, going out to dinner; and work or movie time back at the hotel were
the top entertainment events for them; though I doubt that Dad found the work all
that entertaining. With two kids in the
room; I’ll guess that Mom and Dad didn’t have a very romantic night either; but
let’s not go there – they didn’t! ;^)
Our day here in Colorado was great. The visit to Hot Sulfur Springs was fun for
all of us; if maybe not quite as exciting for the younger kids as it was for
the teens and parents. The guys
particularly liked the girls in swimsuits part of that part of our adventure
today, and while I liked trying out the hot springs pools; I’ll also admit that
it isn’t something I’d rush back to do again.
That’s definitely a personal thing; since most of the girls in our group
are now huge fans – Rowen included.
While visiting the sulfur springs was the
top entertainment event of our day, and shopping was second on that list; the
teachers in our group also had us visit a museum. They’re teachers, and that’s their job, but
to be blunt; that was the most-boring part of our day for, well, all of
us. I was going to write that as true
for the kids and teens; but most of the parents felt the same way – even if
they tried not to admit it. I’m not
making a hit on the museum, which is also why I’m not saying which one we went
to, but if parents expect to impress their teens with something like that; don’t
do it for any kids in our town after Grade Eight. Most museums are going to pale in comparison
to the Smithsonian!
I do want to wrap this up soon, since
Michael’s going to be here anytime now; but I should have mentioned that we
went out for a sit-down breakfast this morning on our way to the hot sulfur springs;
we had a soup and sandwiches kind of lunch stop; and then visited another
steakhouse for dinner after our shopping fun.
We did that a bit later, so by the time we were done dinner and drove
back to the hotel; it was past-nine.
Rowen and I have been in our room since then while the boys are in their
home for the week; and I’ve already finished my bedtime computing and some
time-phased family business work that also allowed Rowen to get her hair done
after her shower in record time.
Michael and I are going to watch a movie
after Rowen’s over with Tim; there will definitely be some quality make-out
time; and then we’ll get some sleep so we’ll be ready to get out on the slopes
again tomorrow. All of that is going to
be fun, and while that’s been true of nearly everything we’ve done today too; I
am ready to take the fun level back up to extreme again – with the snowboarding
tomorrow!
You were thinking the same thing I was
before I added the snowboarding part of that, but Michael and I won’t be
bending or breaking our self-imposed rules – no matter how much we sometimes
want to do just that.
We do still manage to have fun, though, and
I have a movie and make-out session to get to now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
