Before I get to the news from around here,
I need to mention a family wedding that I haven’t even written about this
summer – mostly because I’ve had no involvement in it at all. Christina’s sister, Michelle, is getting
married to Neil Ryan tomorrow. I might
not have even paid any attention to that today if it wasn’t for the fact that
the local members of the Johnson and Carrington clan headed out today for the
weekend to attend that wedding. I was so
oblivious to all of that yesterday that I didn’t even notice that Christina and
Josiah left for her home sometime on Thursday, since she’s one of Michelle’s
bridesmaids along with Tory and one of Neil’s sisters.
I was happy to get home in time to see
Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, Zack, and Brianna before they left town; but I didn’t
see anyone else before they left – partly because I was working at the Inn
while some of those departures were going on.
Let’s hope that they’ll have a great weekend, and that Michelle and Neil
get to have a wonderful start to married life, but other than offering those
best wishes; there isn’t anything else for me to add to that news – especially when
you can likely read all about it from the perspective of other Magi who will be
there for the big event.
With that said; let’s get on with my own
news – starting with the tail-end of Denise’s party last night.
Mom ended up being our driver to Quarry
Lake, and that ended up being very important to the rest of my night because
she helped me out with warding the minivan while we drove out there; I healed
Michael of his fatigue; and then healed myself too so that we could really
enjoy the play time with our friends instead of just going there and falling
asleep the way I’d expected. That was
the good news. The good and bad is that
we stayed up and partied with our friends until it was past-two; we followed
that up with a fair bit of quality make-out time in our tent after that; and
then we only had time left for a nap once we were finally ready to get a bit of
sleep. We woke up to a fairly energetic
thunderstorm just before dawn – not that we got to see a sunrise while the
storm was rolling through.
That caused quite a few problems for us
because we needed to get packed up and ready to go; and that doesn’t work out
very well when the tents and some of your gear is wet. Michael and I skipped Tai Chi; dealt with
packing up; and then had a ride back to town with Rowen and Tim. While the boys headed over to the park for a
football workout; Rowen and I took care of setting up the tents again in my backyard
so that they could dry out; and then she headed to the store to work while I
got busy with chores. I fit in the
goodbye visit with the Carringtons around the work; and then gave myself extra
chores by deciding to mow their lawn too once I was finished cutting the grass
at our house. While that hadn’t been
requested, it needed to be done; and I’m overdue for helping out a bit more
when my family needs it. All of the yard
work and chores in the house kept me busy through until I needed to get ready
for my dinner-to-close shift at the Inn; and I didn’t end up spending any time
with Michael during his breaks because he wasn’t really taking breaks anyway.
It wasn’t quite as hot out today, but it
was still hot in the kitchen when I got there to help with the dinner prep
work; and stayed hot all evening. We
were busy, but not as crazy as it’s been for some of the other shifts I’ve
worked over the past couple of weeks.
This time, the lack of sleep last night started to catch up with me,
though; and I had to push myself to keep going.
Michael, Rebecca, Jenny, and I still mostly had fun along with all of
the work, but by the time we were set free for the night; I was ready to walk
home with Michael; kiss him goodnight; and head for my room and some Jacuzzi
time before going to bed for the night.
Mom and Dad were still up and watching a
movie with the twins, but Violet and Dillon were out for the evening, I hadn’t
missed any major family fun with most of our relatives away from home for the
weekend; and I kept my bedtime chat with my parents, brother, and sister very
short before coming up to my room. I’ve
been in the tub since getting it filled; did my basic bedtime computing while
enjoying the Jacuzzi action; and I’ll be getting out of the tub and ready for
bed shortly after I finish this report.
All of the work today hasn’t been very
exciting, but Michael and I did have a fairly amazing night of camping; so I’m
not going to complain about the not-so-much-fun parts of my life. I’ll have more work to do this weekend, and a
baseball game to play tomorrow night if the weather is decent, but we don’t
have any other major plans; so some fun with Michael after work on Saturday and
Sunday might be an option. I’ll keep you
posted on that; and hope for the best!
For now, though, that’s all of the news I
have for tonight; getting some sleep will help out in case I do get the chance
for some Michael and me alone time; and I mostly want to wrap this up because I’m
exhausted and ready to stop thinking for a while.
There is something I should mention before
moving on – the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
The opening ceremony was tonight; so millions around the world are
focused on the Olympic Games. I won’t be
one of them, but that’s entirely a personal choice that I wouldn’t dream of pushing
on anyone else. I’m not against
international sports or competitions; I just don’t think that the Olympics are
what they were meant to be anymore. Maybe
they will be again someday, but until that happens; I won’t be watching the
show or supporting the Olympics in any way.
Okay, time to not go there and start some
ranting that isn’t needed; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
