It has been way too nice out today for
school, so Michael and I took the day off; grabbed our bikes; and went off to
play for the day!
Okay, that only happened in my daydreams;
but I wish we had done that instead of spending almost the entire day indoors
instead of out in the warm sunshine! ;^)
Tai Chi by the river was nice, though, and
we did get to be outside for our lunch break; so we did get to enjoy a bit of
the nice weather – if not for nearly long-enough. The rest of the time, we were in our classes
at school; and then we ended up working at the Inn after school and through
until around eight o’clock. We were
working the dining room and kitchen – we were helping out with the remodel
work. No, I haven’t taken up carpentry
on the side, but there is a lot of cleaning and finishing work that we can do;
and Jacob and Miranda are working their days off to help make sure the Inn will
be ready ahead of the holiday weekend – and for when Jake and Stephanie are
home and join them to run the Inn together.
Today, Michael and I helped out with work
in three guest rooms and the main dining room.
I haven’t done an update on that lately, but we are nearly-ready to open
up the entire ‘old’ Inn; and the main dining room is closed today and tomorrow
while work is being done to be ready to take down the wall that has been
dividing the original dining room from the old kitchen and entrance area. That will likely be completed next Monday and
Tuesday; and then the main dining room will have enough seating for five
hundred! That may sound silly for a town
this small, but Miranda has a plan; and I’m sure it will pay off for Michael’s
family. Moving along, we did some work
in the dining room too, but that was mostly cleaning and a bit of errand
running for the remodel crew. They’re
putting in extra time now too, and don’t mind the long days because there is a
bonus on the line to complete the job on-time; and they’re going to make sure
that happens. Miranda knows what she’s
doing with that too; since a big summer season will go a long way toward
getting this remodel paid for sooner instead of later.
I don’t get to report that it was all fun
and games after we left the Inn because the work just kept rolling along. Michael came home with me; we did our
homework; and had a music practice to get ready for our practices
tomorrow. After that, we did our Magi
lesson with Mom; took care of getting the twins into bed – the only real time I
got to spend with them today since breakfast and the walk to school; and then
Michael headed home so that I could get to work on my bedtime computing. I stated that work in the office because Dad’s
busy getting ready for his week in the city; and needs to get extra work done
ahead of Mother’s Day this coming weekend.
We used a time phase and worked until he was done; he and Mom went up to
bed after that; and I stayed and worked in the office until I was finished
everything except the last round of computer checks and this update.
I decided to do that from bed; came up to
my room; and took a bit of time to get showered and changed – mostly because I
got a bit dirty working at the Inn and felt grimy. Mandy appreciated my efforts too, and while
she’s generally an awesome feline friend; you do not want to mess with her when
it comes to keeping ‘her’ bed clean or offending her sense of smell.
Thanks to the time phase help, I’m actually
done and ready to head off to nap land earlier than I expected, but that’s
relative; and I’ll still only have time for an extended nap. The week is going to get busier from here,
though; so I’ll take what I can get and try to be happy – if not very
rested. That’s all the news I have for
today, and I am ready to sleep now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
