We had an uneventful morning; a good day at
school; and then Michael and I worked the dinner-to-close shift at the Inn so
that he can have time off tomorrow to visit with Jake and Stephanie after they
get home. Michael’s still going to work
the breakfast and lunch shifts; but then we’ll be able to spend the evening
with his brother and sister-in-law. We’ll
be sharing them with the rest of their families, and I don’t even know how they’re
going to work that out other than that there’s going to be a family dinner at
the Inn; but I’ll have those details in the next report.
For tonight, we had a busy shift at the
Inn; I went home with Michael and we sat out by the river while winding down
with drinks, snacks, and some quiet cuddle time. While I was busy, our house was party central
for the rest of my family – a holiday weekend pre-cooking party that included
dinner and some play time for the kids while the parents were busy. The grandparents took care of kid control
since I couldn’t be there to help out, and from what I heard while trading
bedtime stories with Mom and Dad after I got home; the grandparents were more
tired out than the grandkids by the time they all went home for the night.
Dad missed out on a lot of that before he
got home from the city, but Violet and Dillon missed all of it while they were
busy with more wedding work. They’re
looking forward to having their best friends home again too; but I’m not sure
how much time they’ll get to spend together between now and Isabelle and Andrew’s
wedding. Add in the extra work that Jake
and Stephanie will be putting in at the Inn on the holiday weekend; and the
four of them might think that they spent more time together while Jake and
Stephanie were in Europe – unless they keep up with the video chats they’ve
done together over the past year too. ;^)
I’ll get to spend more time with Jake and
Stephanie by spending more time at the Inn; which is a bit funny when that won’t
be true for Violet and Dillon despite the fact that they’re living in the room
next to mine. Ehlana will spend lots of
time with Dillon, though; and she’s already started doing that this week. She’s been at the lab at least a half-day for
the past three days; and I’m sure she’ll be doing that sort of thing from now
until Violet and Dillon head back to college in August. Ethan will be happy to spend time in the
archives while Ehlana’s playing in the lab; but his work won’t really get
started there until all of the archives around the world have been brought here
– and that project won’t be completed for another couple of years.
It was a bit after eleven by the time I got
home, and it was only that early because Michael needs to get some sleep ahead
of his breakfast shift. Ethan and Ehlana
were already in bed by then, but Mom and Dad were in the sunroom and winding
down from their long day; so we had our bedtime chat there before we all came
up to bed. Violet and Dillon are still
out as I’m writing this, but I’m not planning on waiting up for them just to
have a little chat with Violet too. We
can do that in the morning, and while I’m not working at the Inn; I do have a
long yard work day to look forward to so we’ll have the house and yard ready
for the long weekend. That doesn’t sound
very exciting, but the reunion with Jake and Stephanie is going to be the best
part of the day tomorrow anyway; and I really need to help Mom and Dad tomorrow
after not being much help from Mom this week while Dad’s been away.
Okay, that’s it for now, and I’m past-ready
for some quality nap time; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
