Happy 14th Birthday, Emma!
Michael and I were there for part of her
lunchtime party, but we did not go to her dinner and party at the farm because
we helped out at the Inn with the dinner rush instead while Rebecca was doing
that with Lucas. I’m sure she’s had a
fun day; though I won’t hear the details until tomorrow morning – when her
party is sure to be one of the top stories on the school grapevine.
Since I wasn’t having a lot of birthday
party kind of fun, my day has been a bit boring by comparison. My pre-school morning was uneventful; the bit
of birthday fun we did have during our lunch break was about as entertaining as
our day got thanks to some fairly dull thanks to the subject matter – not the
teachers. Michael and I went straight to
the Inn and worked through until the kitchen clean-up was finished; and then we
went to my house for the best part of our day – some alone time while my
parents, brother, and sister were at the Inn with most of my family and our
usual gang of game night enthusiasts.
Yes, there was definitely some make-out
time while we had the chance, but we did our homework; had a music practice;
and I did about half of my work and studying too before my family got home
again. A time phase was required to make
that possible, but it was worth it; so I’ll just be quiet and deal with the
exhaustion without complaining. Michael
stayed long enough for the update exchange, but then he went home; I helped
with getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for the night; and then I came up to my
room to finish my work while Mom and Dad went to do some work in the
office. I used a time phase again for
that – and this update, but while I’m out of steam now; I did get everything
done ahead of the weekend. That included
finishing up my studying for Dutch; so I’ll be able to move on to the next
language in the list on Sunday or Monday night.
My talent for languages, by the way, is
fairly special even for Magi Masters; though we all can and usually do learn
multiple languages. I can just learn
them quite a bit faster; and can mimic the accents and dialects perfectly. I’m not writing that to brag – it’s just a fact;
like Mom’s talent for computers, Ehlana’s mind for science, or Ethan’s
extraordinary ability to read and process information.
I don’t want to spend a lot of time on this
update, since I am going to need to recover from too much time phasing today;
so let’s just wrap this up.
Tomorrow is going to be a busy day because
it’s our first delivery day for the fruit and vegetable boxes. Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I will be part of
the work crew dealing with unloading the truck when it drops the boxes off; and
then the distribution to follow. We also
have a truck, driver, and helper to get the boxes for the Maple Valley students
to their school so they can deliver their orders too, and while we’re in charge
of that this month; they’ll take a turn every other month for doing that
run. I’ll need to do my personal
deliveries after school tomorrow, and I’ll likely do Michael’s too, since he’ll
be at the Inn helping out there; but I’ll let you know how that goes. I’m going to have a busy weekend after that
with a major yard work day on Saturday because the new patio and driveway are
now confirmed to be worked on next week; so we need to have everything ready
for the crews to come in and get right to work.
Sunday will include at least the dinner buffet shift for me at the Inn,
and I’ll have homework to get done too; but I’ll also try to have some open
time available to spend with Grandma and Grandpa between church and my shift at
the Inn – unless they’re too busy too.
That sounds like a bit too much work and
not enough fun, but the fundraiser leads to an amazing trip to Florida; the
yard work will be worth it for the new patio and driveway; and the work at the
Inn is with four of the people I love most in the world so we’ll have fun even
with the hard work.
Those are some good reasons for getting
rested up to be ready for the weekend, though, and I don’t have anything else
to add; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
