Happy Easter!
Happy 5th Birthday, Jayden!
Okay, having your birthday land on Easter is
a bit strange; but Jayden seemed happy enough with sharing his special day with
the Easter Bunny. Getting all of the
bonus gifts that go with a double celebration was pretty good for him too.
I wasn’t around for the morning fun for
Easter or Jayden’s birthday because I was up way too early and had to hurry to
get dressed up an over to the church so that I could help with getting
everything ready for the sunrise service and pancake breakfast. The church was
not packed for that first service today, but that was expected; since the new
sanctuary is supposed to be big-enough for our congregation to grow over the
next ten or twenty years. Celebrating
our first Easter in the bigger sanctuary was really special; and that was
partly because Michael and I had yet another really wonderful musical moment or
three together as part of the service.
As a Magi Master, maybe I should have
started this update with the real reason for the holiday instead of writing
about birthdays and bunnies, but knowing that only other Magi will ever read
this; that would really just be preaching to the choir. If, by some chance, you haven’t read the Magi
archives that documented Jesus’ life and were written by the Magi that watched
those events unfold; you really should do that.
While we – the teens – change up the music
and skits every year, we still always tell the most well-known parts of the
resurrection story; and it’s always a joyous celebration. I love all of that, but then it’s a bit of a
challenge for me to get into cooking and cleaning mode for the pancake
breakfast that we immediately needed to get busy with after that first
service. Two sittings later; and it was
back to the sanctuary for our regular, one-hour-delayed service, and while that
was a bit of a break for Michael and me; we did still have one duet to sing –
an encore from the sunrise service. With
the Inn closed, we didn’t have to rush off to work; except that we had to rush
off to work anyway – at Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s house.
We were drafted for the Easter dinner work
crew instead of kid control; so we worked in the kitchen and dining room for
more than an hour; had the early family dinner; and then helped with the
clean-up while our visiting guests all headed in different directions to pack
up; load their vehicles; and hit the road for home. Yes, that was a lot of work, but compared to
helping out with four buffets at the Inn on Saturday; it wasn’t so bad – and we
did at least get to spend some time with my family! Michael and I did a round of goodbyes with my
aunts, uncles, and cousins as they were heading out of town – or staying home
while we moved on to his aunt and uncle’s house for Easter dinner number two
for the day.
That was a really great change – of location
for where we were working! ;^)
We helped with the pre-dinner work; enjoyed
another great meal that we were too full from the last meal to really
appreciate as much as we’d have liked; and then we were on the clean-up crew
after dinner along with the other drafted teens, kids, and a few fathers. It might sound as if I’m complaining about all
of the work, but I’m not trying to do that – only report that a lot of my day
was spent cooking and cleaning. Michael
and I were not alone in doing that; so don’t feel bad for us. This is just one of those things about
growing up that aren’t always fun – even when we still manage to keep
entertained while doing all of the work!
Michael and I did get to have some time to
ourselves after that, and he came home with me so that we could have some fun
together – doing our weekend homework!
Yes, that’s right, folks; we’ve been so busy this weekend that we left
our homework until the last minute! We
did that work in the lounge; had Ethan and Ehlana with us to supervise and make
sure that we got everything done; and then we had a bit of music practice time
before we took care of getting them tucked in for the night. Mom and Dad joined us for that; Michael and I
had a chat with them in the office before he went home while Dad was finishing
up his weekend work; and then I came back up to my room after seeing Michael
out and on the way home.
I’ve been working on my computer since
then; cheated with a time phase to speed up my family business work and
language studies; and now I’m wiped out again and ready to crash. I’m going to need the sleep and likely some
self-healing in the morning too, but it’s been a really good day work and all;
and I am up-to-date for all of my work and studies. I’d take a look at the week ahead before
wrapping this up, but I’d rather get started on the napping now instead of
after that, and you can just keep flipping digital pages to read ahead on the
life I still have to live anyway; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
