Happy 1st Birthday, Faith!
This is going to be a bit strange for a family
birthday update, but I didn’t have much to do with Faith’s special day; so I’m
going to leave most of that news to others to write about in their journals or
other archive locations. For me; let’s
do this update from the start of my day.
We skipped Tai Chi; got ready for the day;
and headed to the Inn for the shopping trip breakfast buffet. Michael worked that with his parents, but
then he went on to his football training while Rowen and I headed for the city
with our comparatively-small group of back-to-school shopping enthusiasts. Rowen drove her parents’ minivan; we had
Patrick, Jessica, Scott, and Lindsay with us; and we were among the first to
leave this time instead of waiting for Mom and the other shopping trip leaders
to be ready to go too once everyone was accounted for and matched up with their
‘small group’ leaders. Rowen and I did
not have any kids to take care of while we were in Crystal Springs, but we did
spend a lot of time with Ethan, Ehlana, and their friends while we shopped –
and during our fast food lunch break. I’m
not going to do the full shopping recap, but we had fun; and blasted through
our shopping lists in about four hours of intense bargain hunting.
Some of us needed to hit the road for home
early-enough to be back in town for Faith’s birthday dinner; so we skipped some
of the extra shopping we’d normally do while in the city; and I may need to
make another trip early in September for some of the gift-buying I usually do
on this trip for fall birthdays and other gift-giving events. We did pick up a couple of extra gifts for
Faith while we were playing; though that seems silly when we’re talking about a
one-year old – regardless of how extraordinary she is! Rowen had us home again with enough time to
spare that I could drop off my purchases and help with the tail-end of the
dinner work; and then it was time for the bit of party fun I could have before
needing to move on again.
Faith’s party started after nap time, so
there was a yard full of babies, toddlers, and parents for the late afternoon
and through dinner. Grandma and Grandpa
Proctor are here ahead of the holiday weekend too; and they’re happy to be here
for Faith’s big day – and to spend a few extra days with their grandkids
between now and when they’ll have to share them over the weekend with the rest
of the family. Michael came over after
football; he and I were on kid control during dinner; and then we took Ehlana
and Naomi to their ball practice and stayed with them until we needed to be at
the church for the only teen praise team practice we’re doing this summer for
the Sunday service this weekend. We had
a lot to do for that; so we ended up working for nearly two hours before
Michael came home with me and we had a bit of family time with Mom, Dad, and
the twins in the office while Mom and Dad worked and they all gave us the rest
of the birthday party and baseball report.
Michael and I did a Magi lesson with Mom
too; we took care of getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for the night; and then
we had a bit of alone time in the lounge before he went home and I got to work
on my bedtime computing and family business work. I had a lot to do tonight; did hours and
hours worth of work while in a time phase; and a couple of hours after that for
work that needed to be dealt with in ‘real’ time. It’s late, but I’m a bit ahead of where I
wanted to be tonight; so I should be able to keep up through to the weekend –
even with all of the extra work that will be starting with another breakfast
shift at the Inn in the not-too-distant future.
I still have time for a short nap, though,
and really need to do that while I can; so let’s wrap this up. We’ve had a really good day; I’m all set for
heading back to school next week; and now it’s time to get back to work as we
head into what should be the second-busiest weekend of the summer at the
Inn. Stay tuned for more on that as my
life happens and I continue to write about it, but that’s all for now; so,
until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
