I was not ready for there to be a ‘three’
at the front of the temperature this morning when I went to meet up with
Michael and go to the Inn for the breakfast shift. Sure, it barely dipped below forty, and not
for very long; but I’m not ready to be reminded that winter is on the way!
Those reminders were unavoidable
today. Everyone was bundled up for the
chilly weather around here – at least until it warmed up a bit by
early-afternoon. A full, tough fall
clean-up day had the same effect – especially when some of the jobs include getting
everything ready for winter use or winter storage. We worked our butts off today, and got a lot
done; but I had fun too while spending a lot of that time with Dad – and with
Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana when they were outside and helping too. I’ll also point out that some of the physical
work is easier now that Dad has his multi-purpose lawn tractor, and while it
can’t do everything for us; it is much easier to deal with cleaning up the
leaves and most of the fall debris thanks to the mulcher-bagger-vacuum
attachments.
Moving along, I worked at the Inn until
around nine o’clock; got to work at home as soon as I got changed into scruffy
clothes; and we worked until nearly seven o’clock by the time we finished our
to-do list and could stop for a late dinner.
Michael had a lot of the day off after the breakfast shift too, but he
was doing yard work at home instead; and needed to be back at the Inn for the
dinner-to-close shift. He isn’t coming
over after he’s done because we both decided to make it an early night; though
some quality cuddle time would have been nice.
Instead of doing that, I’m going to be sleeping early tonight; which is
why I’m multi-tasking this update while having me bedtime soak in the
Jacuzzi. I’ve finished a light version
of my usual bedtime computing too; took care of one minor bit of family
business work; and I’m about ready to get out of the tub and ready for bed once
I’m done with this report.
Tomorrow is going to be a work day too; and
I’m working the full lunch-to-close shift because Miranda had a lot of requests
for time off this weekend to make up for the extra work we’ll all have for the
fall festival weekend. That’s a big part
of the why I want the extra sleep tonight; since I’ll likely be up late working
and studying after I get home from the Inn.
None of that work is romantic or exciting, but it does help me to
appreciate the really great fun days even more; and I really do want to do my
part to help the people I love the most.
Right now, I’ll help them – and me – most by
getting into bed and off to dreamland; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
