Happy 16th Birthday, Tim!
Being the kid of a business owner in town
isn’t always fun for teens – especially once you’re old-enough to help
out. Tim didn’t have a problem being the
kid of an auto and farm equipment sales and service business today when he
found out that he was the proud new owner of a use, but really awesome,
convertible Corvette!
He was all grins today, and we had fun with
that this morning while hanging out with him at church, but that’s getting a
bit ahead of my story today; so let’s take it from the top – or from my morning
wake-up call that was courtesy of Ethan and Ehlana.
I must have been tired when I did finally
get to sleep because they needed to come up to my room and pounce me to life,
but that was fun too; and we had a fun little tickle fight and cuddle before I
got up and ready for our morning workout.
Tai Chi by the river was especially nice thanks to a gorgeous sunrise
and perfect workout temperature. Michael
and I had breakfast at my house after that; we split up to get ready for
church; and then headed there with enough time to visit with Tim and Rowen;
admire his new car; and give him our birthday gifts. That didn’t rank even close to his Corvette,
but he did like the new toys; and even played with one of them a bit later, but
Michael and I weren’t in on that; since we were busy most of the day at the Inn
from the time we left the church until I got home at ten-thirty or so.
The church service was more fun without the
too-hot weather; ditto that for Sunday school; and that’s about all of the news
from church today. Tim had some extra
attention because of his car, and I guess that’s news for him; but then I could
say that for most of the birthdays with my classmates this year as we each turn
sixteen and get to start driving on our own.
Moving along, the work at the Inn was a bit
on the crazy side today, and contrary to the jokes; that was not simply because
the Landrys were having a family and friends birthday dinner at the late
buffet! ;^)
I won’t say that it isn’t a bit scary when
the big men of Tim’s family all get together at the same time, but the same
could be said when the football team gets together.
Oh wait – most of the football team was
there with Tim too – including Michael.
That’s right – we took our main break of
the day during the second buffet so that we could share the fun with our best
friends. It was a bit tougher for Jacob
and Miranda to let us do that, but we did work harder before and after that
break; and we weren’t really much later than normal getting out of the Inn for
a Sunday night. I really loved getting
to spend that hour or so with Tim, Rowen, and everyone else around us. Tim had more gifts to open, and considering
what some of those gifts were; some of his family members had been in on the
Corvette surprise. He’ll need the help
too, since I expect that it’s a bit on the expensive side to get insurance for
a sixteen-year old teen on a sports car.
I’m going to wander off for a moment or two
here; but that has me thinking about several things I want to include in this
update.
First up, Tim did get to drive his car
today, but couldn’t do that with Rowen because he has to wait until tomorrow to
take his test. He’ll also need to do
that around football camp; since that starts tomorrow too. I don’t write about it much, but getting his
license won’t be a problem either; since Tim probably does more driving than Michael,
Rowen, and me combined. Michael should
probably start getting out more often, since he will be able to get his license
next month, but then it won’t be a problem for him anyway; and usually isn’t
for any Magi teen. It will, by the way,
be nice for Rowen and I to have boyfriends that can drive during this coming
school year; though I have no idea whether we’ll have time to actually go
anywhere when we’ll be so busy with football, band, school, and everything else
we’ll have on the go.
I’m not putting football and band ahead of
school or anything else on that list – they’re just what I’m thinking about
tonight with our first football game coming up on Friday. Rowen and I will have cheerleading tryouts
starting tomorrow, and while I doubt we’ll have any Grade Eleven challengers;
we will have at least two new members of the squad to work with; and I’m not
actually sure about how things will go this year when we’ll also be trying to
juggle marching band responsibilities with cheerleading at games. That’ll be even tougher for the football guys
in the band; and we’ll need to work all of that out over the next five
days. Finally, I think that I’ll mention
that Tim will be the only one of us to get a car for his birthday this
year. That isn’t all that unusual for
the town kids, but Michael’s sure to get razzed about it when his best friend
does have a car now; and I expect to get some jokes when it’s my turn because
Violet did get a car for her sixteenth birthday.
Michael and I will need a car for college,
but that’s still nearly two years away; and I have that worked out in my
personal future plan anyway. That’s news
for another day, though; so let’s move on and get back to the update for today.
The lunch shift at the Inn was one of the
busiest of the summer for a non-holiday weekend. That worked out for Michael and me because we
put in more time then while others took longer breaks in the afternoon. We did get a lunch break, but then we also
helped out with other jobs – including getting a couple of the rooms cleaned
after guests checked out. Before you go
and start thinking that we had overnight guests at the Inn that are insane, I’ll
point out that it is possible to check out early and still stay in town for the
first buffet sitting! ;^)
When it was time for the buffet prep work,
we were there for all of that; worked straight through until the first wave of
food went out for the second buffet; and then we joined Tim’s birthday dinner
party for an hour or so before wishing him a good night and getting back to
work. The food, birthday fun, and chat
time with Tim and Rowen was collectively the highlight of my day, but then I
don’t have a shiny Corvette in our driveway; and I’ll guess that Rowen made
sure that Tim had a much more entertaining rest of the night after they left
the Inn.
By the way, there wasn’t a Quarry Lake
adventure, and we aren’t camping tonight, but I’ll guess that Tim’s birthday
budget was more than blown on the car and dinner; and we couldn’t exactly stay
up late with a camping adventure tonight when football camp starts in the
morning – no matter how great that would have been.
After we got back to work in the kitchen,
it was tough to keep going for the rest of the evening, but I managed to do
that – and have a bit of fun here and there too. When we were finally ready to come home, I
walked with Michael, Rebecca, and their parents; but didn’t stay for a visit at
their house. Michael and I cuddled for
about ten minutes on his front porch; said our goodnights in a mostly
non-verbal way; and then I came home while he went in with plans to get right
to sleep. I would have liked to do that,
but had work to do first; and seriously needed some Jacuzzi time too.
I multi-tasked some of the work with the
soak in the tub; took a break to do my hair and mostly get ready for
cheerleading tryouts tomorrow; and then I got back to work once I was in bed
with Mandy. The family business to-do
list took longer to finish than I’d hoped, but I didn’t have any major time
phase energy in me tonight; so I didn’t go there. The work that had to be done got finished;
and I’ll have a bit extra to do tomorrow night – whenever I can get to that
with everything else I have on the go tomorrow.
There isn’t anything important to add to my report for tonight, though,
and I really need to get what sleep I can to be ready for those tryouts; so,
until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
