Okay, this has been a crazy-busy day!
First up, we’ve had rain on and off all
day; and that’s made some of the work and play around here a bit
uncomfortable. Tai Chi was outdoors but
cut short when we started to get rained on; my lunchtime cheerleading practice
was in the gym because it was too wet to do that outside; and we got fairly wet
this afternoon while unloading the fruit and vegetable boxes delivery during
our last two classes of the day. After
that, I skipped the concert band practice so that I could help with the order
pick-ups after school – and then do my own deliveries with some help from
Violet and Dillon because Mom got them to volunteer to help so that she could
keep on with the baking she was doing today.
This, by the way, is not a special occasion
year or anything – Mom just wanted to do the baking instead of buying
everything from the Olde Bakery. She isn’t
planning on doing that at Christmas too.
Moving along, our marching band practice
was outdoors too, and we did get wet; but needed that training too since we will
get rained or snowed on sometime over the next half-year or so and we should be
ready to handle the challenges that go along with playing music in bad
weather. Sure, that’s different in some
ways depending on the instrument; but that just meant that we had a lot to
teach today – including how to care for wet instruments at the end of practice
to keep them from being damaged.
We also had to get almost all of the fruit
and vegetable boxes orders picked up – particularly by the Maple Valley
members; and then there were the Christmas ornaments. The official start for the ornament sales is
tomorrow, but band members could pick up cases of them to have at home – and hopefully
sell a lot of them over the holiday weekend.
I haven’t mentioned that fundraiser in my journal since the last
marching band planning meeting, but then I haven’t been involved in that
project directly – except for the little recording we did for the music. They are musical ornaments; and the little
song snippet should make for a perfect addition to any Christmas tree! I’ll keep you posted on how the sales go for
that, but we have a limited supply; and expect to sell out – not have problems
with stock left over that we can’t sell.
Moving along, because I was busy with the
extra fundraising work, I was later than most of the other teens for our praise
team practice, but Michael went on ahead because he is the lead guitarist. That practice started late too; so it was
past-ten before we were out of the church and on the way to my house. I’d expected that, since we did need to get
ready for the service on Sunday; but it has made it tough to get everything
else done tonight – especially when we only have one more day of school ahead
of the holiday.
I mentioned Violet and Dillon earlier, but
haven’t mentioned them in my journal lately or even report on what they’ve been
doing for the first half of their fall break.
They went to Woodvale last Friday and spent the weekend there with her
family. They got home by late morning
today; and will be staying here until heading back to college on Sunday. It was nice to have a quick chat with them
while doing my fundraiser deliveries, but that didn’t take long; and I didn’t
get to talk with them much tonight because they were getting ready to head over
to Dillon’s house for the night when Michael and I got home. They’re staying with his family this time
because they can do that more easily now that Isabelle and Andrew are married;
but then they are also making it easier for Mom and Dad since we’ll have the
rest of the Rice clan at our house for the next four nights.
Michael and I talked with them, Mom, Dad,
and the twins for about fifteen minutes; we took care of getting Ethan and
Ehlana tucked in for the night after Violet and Dillon left; and then we did
our homework in the office so that we could talk with Mom and Dad while they
worked too. Mom did a Magi lesson with
Michael and me after that; he headed home; and I kept working in the office
until Mom and Dad were ready to pack up and head for bed. I came up to my room then; kept working and
studying until I had everything finished so that I’ll only need to deal with
must-do family business work until after the holiday; and now I’m ready to
crash and nap for a couple of hours before we’ll be getting up and started on
the last day of classes ahead of the Thanksgiving weekend adventures.
The crazy and busy is just going to get
more extreme from here, and I’ll need what rest I can get when sleeping is an
option, so that’s all for now; and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
