I did not get enough sleep last night; and
will be a bit short of it again tonight; so let’s get to the news and then I’m
off to dreamland for what bit of nap time I have available to me before it’ll
be time to get up and ready for the breakfast shift at the Inn.
Tai Chi by the river was fun; breakfast was
standard fare for a weekday; and then I did some chores with Mom until Rowen
came to pick me up so that we could get to our hair appointments and then do a
bit of shopping. Getting our hair done
was partly because we’re getting ready for school; but mostly because it’s part
of Rowen’s plan for Tim’s birthday – and she’ll be celebrating that with him
this weekend ahead of football training camp.
I’ll have more on that this weekend, but the shopping was definitely all
about her weekend plans – though I did a bit of shopping too. Rowen had to work starting at lunchtime, so
we wrapped up our fun by then; I met up with Michael; and we had lunch with his
parents before going on to play with Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and Aiden.
It was hot out again today, so swimming was
a big part of our afternoon fun, but we biked the trail around town and rode
some of the park trails too; had a bit of playground fun; and had a mid-afternoon
ice cream break at home. Michael and I
helped with the early dinner work while Mom did some other chores; we ate
early; and then Michael and I headed for the park for what will be his last
football workout before football training camp.
Rowen missed part of that workout, but she joined me on the bleachers
once she was done for the day at the computer store; and we talked about
cheerleading plans again while watching the boys go through a fairly-tough
workout that Tim made them do after he took Monday off. We all went for a swim in the river after
that; hit the Emporium for frozen treats; and had some teen hang-out time at my
house after that before our friends headed home for the night. Michael stayed with me and we watched a show
in the lounge while having a bit of make-out time; and then he went home while
I got ready for bed and started on my family business work.
That was a few hours ago, and as I
mentioned; I am really tired after too many too-busy days in a row. I’ll be back to the busy again in the
morning, and now that Rebecca, Jenny, and a few other teens have moved on to
the college level; Michael and I really will need to help out and put in extra
time through the rest of the week and weekend.
There is a lot more than that going on, including the last ballgames of
the regular season for four out of five of ‘our’ teams on Saturday. The parents will have the annual
end-of-season night out after the evening games too; and Michael and I will be
leading the kid and teen campout – or sleepover; if the weather doesn’t
cooperate.
I can write more about all of that as it
happens, and you can read on while studying my journals in the future; so I won’t
drag that out when I could be sleeping instead.
We’ve had a really good two days off, so other
than the lack of sleep; I’m ready for the work – or will be once I’ve had my
nap and done a bit of self-healing in the morning, so I’m going to get to that;
and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
