Movie night with Michael, Ethan, Ehlana,
Naomi, and Aiden was a lot of fun – until I fell asleep; and then I don’t
remember anything after that!
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Michael was still with me when we woke up
in the morning, so that was great too; though I’m not happy about missing out
on the make-out time we might have had last night if I hadn’t gone into nap
mode even before the kids in the room did – and that apparently happened
too. Mom and Dad did come for the kids,
though; and left Michael with me because I have really awesome parents. ;^)
Tai Chi by the river was fun with the bonus
exercise buddies; Michael and I had breakfast with his parents, and that was
particularly nice because we had them to ourselves this morning. That isn’t meant to be anything against
Rebecca, because she knows I love her too, but she was out at the farm last
night with Lucas and his family; and it is nice to get some time with Michael’s
parents when we’re not competing with anyone for their attention. Now that I think about that, it’s been a
while since that’s happened with my parents too; so we should work on that
sometime soon.
Moving along, we had a nice breakfast and
chat; cleaned up; and then headed for church.
The service and Sunday school parts of my day were filled with music,
fellowship, and fun; and then we headed home to have lunch before heading out
on our pumpkin patch adventure. I took
the day off from the Inn to do that instead, but Michael had to work; so he
couldn’t come along. We did have some
other teens along, including Rowen and Tim, but I spent most of my time running
around with Ethan, Ehlana, their best friends, and most of our younger
cousins. We played in the corn maze;
went on a hay ride that included pumpkin picking; some of us braved the haunted
barn; and there were other games and rides geared toward the little kids – like
pony rides, pumpkin bowling; and a hay bale pirate ship. We also picked up some Halloween treats and
bakery goods; but didn’t buy any fruit or vegetables from the market; but only
because we’re getting all we need of both through the band fundraiser this
year.
We headed for home in time to get
everything put away, clean up, and then head for the Inn for the late
buffet. I wasn’t planning on working,
but Miranda was short-handed; so I drafted myself to help out for a while – and
hang out with Michael in the kitchen.
That meant missing the family dinner, but I was glad to help out
instead; and had fun even while we worked hard until things were caught up in
the kitchen, I didn’t stay until close;
and instead went home with my family after they’d finished having a leisurely
dessert and visit with everyone they’d met up with for dinner – along with some
friends and neighbors.
Dad had a lot of work to do tonight, so I
got my computer and school gear; used a time phase; and did my homework, family
business work, and language studies in the office so that Dad could get his
work done faster too. Mom worked too;
Ethan and Ehlana studied for their college classes; and we worked until about
eleven-thirty before we were all ready to call it a night. I came straight up to bed; used another time
phase while grabbing a shower and getting ready for bed; and if I wrap this up
now; I’ll be sleeping my shortly-after midnight. That’s worked out for me tonight, but all of
the time phase power drain was a bit tough tonight; so I might need to cut back
on that for a few days.
I’ll let you know if that works out for me
or not, but that’s all for now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
