Happy 32nd Birthday, Uncle Adam!
It’s funny that as I write that; the first
thing that I’m thinking is that I’ll officially be half his age for a month or
so when I turn sixteen next February.
No, that isn’t a huge deal for an uncle-niece age difference, and he’s
not even my youngest uncle if you include the unofficial members of that little
club; but I still think it’s funny that I was about a third his age when we met
during my first Thanksgiving here in Witch Falls.
I’ll guess that he wasn’t thinking about
that at all tonight; though he likely is very happy that the age difference
between him and Aunt Leanne means nothing now compared to when they were kids
and teens. That’s taking my thoughts in
a direction I don’t want to go, though; so let’s get to the news of the day.
The temperature was still in the sixties
this morning, and while we had a dash or three of rain overnight; that didn’t
get in the way of a really great Tai Chi workout by the river. That got our day off to a great start;
breakfast and the rest of my pre-school morning routine was fairly standard;
and then we had a pretty good day at school.
There were some tests to write and projects to hand in, but that was
easy for me; and not really anything major for anyone else in our class
either. The weather was perfect for
having our lunch break outdoors; so that was a highlight of the day; and the
afternoon classes sped by thanks to that bonus play time and fresh air.
Michael came home with me after school so
that we could do our homework ahead of Uncle Adam’s birthday dinner; we got
that done fairly quickly; and then we were put on kid control while Mom helped
Aunt Leanne with making dinner. We took
a small gang of kids to the park; went for a walk on the main path; and played
at the playground for nearly an hour before heading back to Uncle Adam and Aunt
Leanne’s house. A kid clean-up followed
that adventure; we had fun in the play room after that until everyone had
arrived and dinner was ready; and then the birthday fun began in earnest – for the
hour or so that Michael and I had left to do that before it was time to get to
our marching band committee meeting.
While we had fun at dinner, Michael and I were
also on kid control while we ate; so we missed a lot of the birthday roasting
going on with the parents. Mom didn’t go
with us to the meeting; and instead stayed to help out with the post-dinner
work – and to hang out with Dad and everyone else that stayed for an evening of
fun and entertainment. Miranda was at
the meeting, though, and we had fun taking the next steps toward being ready
for our first marching band practice that is now just four weeks away! Our trip to Colorado is a much bigger deal
for me right now, and we have Easter coming up between now and then too; but I’m
really looking forward to actually being part of the inception of a new
marching band. That’s a bit scary too,
but in a fun way; so I’m not at all worried that the band will be a disaster.
That meeting went pretty well for the work
side of it, so we weren’t just having fun without getting anything done; and
then Michael came home with me so that we could do a music practice to get
ready for our band and teen praise team practices tomorrow. Mom, Dad, and the twins were home by then,
and since Mom and Dad were working in the office; Ethan and Ehlana came
upstairs with us to listen in – or join in – while Michael and I first
practiced for band and then worked through all of our Easter music. We took care of getting Ethan and Ehlana into
bed for the night after that; had a minor make-out session in the lounge before
Michael went home; and then I had a chat with Mom and Dad in the office while
they wrapped up their work before we all came up to bed.
I had a lot of work and studying to get to
after that, so they were having a lot more fun than I was; but let’s not take
that train of thought any further. The
family business work came first, and since I’m doubling up on pretty much
everything this week; that took a few hours to get done because I didn’t use a
time phase tonight. My language studying
came next; I spent an hour and a half doing that; and then moved on to one last
email and computer check that also added a bit more family business work to my
night before I could get to this update.
All of that means that I won’t have time
for much more than a nap now before needing to get up and going again; but that’s
exactly how I expected this week to go for me.
Since Michael and I have those two practices and a birthday dinner to
deal with tomorrow; I’ll expect more of the same for Tuesday night – especially
since we won’t even be able to get to our homework until after our teen praise team
practice.
I’ll let you know how that goes with my
next update, but that’s all I have for tonight; and it’s way past-time for me
to get started on that nap.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
