Congratulations, Violet and Dillon!
Details are still unavailable because
Violet and Dillon are in Woodvale for the weekend, but word has reached us that
they’re engaged as of sometime Friday afternoon; and that Dillon proposed to
Violet while they were getting ready to hit the road for home after their last
final exams of the fall semester were done.
I think that’s an awesome way to both
celebrate the end of exams and get the holidays off to an amazing start; though
I’ll also take a wild guess that their departure was delayed for a while due to
a private celebration for which I don’t need the details! ;^)
For the record, no, we did not have advance
warning of their engagement; though we knew they were meant to be
together. The Sight can’t be used for
everything; and life might be just a bit boring if we knew everything before it
was going to happen!
Boring isn’t a word I can use to describe
my day – though it wasn’t getting engaged kind of exciting. Michael and I spent the morning unloaded
boxes of fruit and vegetables; we loaded up the truck with the order for the
Maple Valley band members; and then moved on to get everything ready and over
to the church for the seniors’ Christmas party.
We helped with the set-up there; grabbed a quick lunch; and then we had
most of the concert band there with us to entertain the seniors both while they
had their luncheon and for the party and dancing after they’d eaten. The band didn’t play all of the time because
there were other ‘acts’ – including Michael and me with another, requested
duet. Since I’m writing about that now
anyway, that song is my Christmas music video pick for the day; and this
version of the song is the one that Michael and I used to work up our duet
harmonies and the guitar-piano arrangement.
I hope you like it as much as the seniors liked our version!
That party was a lot of fun, but we were
busy the entire time too; and then we really needed to kick things up into high
gear when it was time to pack up and head back to the school. The band gear needed to be dealt with first;
Michael and I needed to deal with our fruit and vegetable boxes deliveries for
our own orders; and then we headed to the Inn to work the dinner to close
shift. In addition to the normal Friday
business, Jacob and Miranda had quite a few Christmas dinner party reservations
set up; and needed all of the help they could get to keep up with the extra
customers. While I always love working
with Michael and his family, it was a tough night after an already-long day; so
we were both getting tired out by the time Michael came home with me after we
finished getting the Inn cleaned and set up for breakfast on Saturday.
Dad had been home for a while by then, but
he was tired too; so we only had a visit with him and Mom for a half-hour or so
before heading up to the lounge with Ethan and Ehlana to watch a Christmas
movie before they needed to go to bed. I
had a couple of little naps while doing that with them and cuddling with
Michael; he and I took care of getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for the night
after that show; and then we had a bit more cuddle time after that in the
lounge again before Michael headed home shortly before midnight. He needed to do that because we’re both
working the breakfast shift at the Inn; and need to get the sleep to be ready
for a work and chores day that, for me, is going to include a lot of holiday
weekend prep work chores around here between the breakfast and dinner shifts
that I’m booked to work at the Inn. Add
in another Saturday night of babysitting while parents go out to dinner and the
Christmas party at Sheldon’s; and I’m going to have back-to-back busy days.
I wasn’t able to go right off to sleep
after Michael left because some family business work needed to be dealt with
once I was changed and in bed with Mandy – and then there were the emails with
what few details I have so far about the big engagement. The real fun for that with Violet and Dillon
will need to wait until they get home on Monday; so I’ll keep you posted on
that as more news comes out. For now, I
really just need to head into nap mode, so enjoy the music video pick while I
do that; and then flip the digital page to find out what happens next while I
have to wait to go out and live that next day in my personal adventures of a
teen Magi Master!
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
