It’s been another crazy-busy day, so while
a lot has been going on around here for the last Friday of our summer holidays
and the first day of September; I’m going to keep this update as brief as
possible.
Michael and I worked the breakfast shift at
the Inn; he went to his football practice when needed; and I stayed until the
end of the rush before going home and getting started on my chores and some
bonus family business work. I went back
to the Inn to help with the lunch rush; did more chores after that; and then I
had an early dinner before meeting up with Rowen and heading over to the school
to get ready for our second football game of the season.
We have two home games in a row to start
the season because it was our turn to home field advantage in our annual game
against Maple Valley. The spectator
turnout was great; and there’s a good chance that half the people in Maple
Valley were here for the evening – along with some campers that came to town
and then stopped by to watch the show.
The guys on our team put on quite a show
too; which is why I’m not going to go on much about the game. That just wouldn’t be fair to any future
Maple Valley team fans of the future that might read this – and there are a few
Magi with close ties to Maple Valley families.
We won by a score of fifty-seven to nineteen; kicked five field goals in
the second half; and Michael and Tim scored three touchdowns each in the win –
and still put up big passing yards in the second half despite scoring all of
those touchdowns in the first half. It
wasn’t really a fair match this year, and while Maple Valley does have some
good players; they didn’t have anyone fast-enough to keep up with Michael or
Tim tonight.
Our cheerleading was fun; we had bonus
junior cheerleaders again tonight – including our visiting cousins; and our
second half-time routine of the season was another big hit with the kids and
adults – if not so much with the teens because it was so kid-friendly. Rowen and I are working on new routines that
will hopefully help with that; but we’re still going to stick to the plan to
make every routine family-friendly.
Speaking of family, we do not have any
guests at our house tonight, but we will have some cousins here for at least
one night before they head home on Monday.
The rest of the Proctor clan arrived earlier today and Uncle Blaine had
a couple of meetings this afternoon while he was here and could talk with some
of the contractors and construction workers that continue to build the homes he’s
continuing to design. The Rice family is
at home in Woodvale this weekend; mostly because three out of four kids are at
college and Dawn is working the weekend at the airport to earn more flying time
money. Ditto that for the McEwans –
without the flying-money-work for anyone; but the Johnson clan is here in
force; and split up between the Carrington and Ayres’ homes. Uncle Mark and Aunt Grace have her family
with them, so other than one or two sleepovers or a camping night with our
cousins; our contributions to the family fun this weekend will be with the food
and work.
For me, the work will be starting with a
breakfast buffet shift at the Inn; so I need to wrap this up.
I got to spend some time with my family
before and after the game – and during it while our junior cheerleaders wanted
to play with us. Michael and I had
another, smaller, victory party to attend after the game; and that was again at
Tim’s house – though we’ll change that up for the rest of the home games. This time, Michael and I only stayed until
midnight; he walked me home; and I took care of the Magi-powered healing so he
wouldn’t be too sore to sleep or in rough shape in the morning. I’d help Tim with that if it was an option,
but it isn’t; so he’ll have to settle for Rowen’s love and support instead! ;^)
Everyone was sleeping at my house by the
time we got there; I didn’t wake anyone on my way up to bed after Michael went
home; and I only had a bit of family business to deal with that came up during
my email. That works for me, since I
really am wiped out now; so let’s wrap this up and I’ll get started on my nap.
In addition to the work at the Inn
tomorrow; we have four family ballgames.
I may miss all of Ethan’s and Ehlana’s Championship games while working
at the Inn, but I’ll be at my game after lunch; and might catch part of Michael’s
game before going on to the Inn for the dinner-to-close shift. I’m going to miss out on most of the family
fun tomorrow, but the Inn is closed on Sunday; so I’ll get to have some fun
with everyone then – though I’ll still be busy with things like the teen praise
team and cheerleading and kid control during the co-ed Championship game.
That’s all news I can write about as the
weekend moves along, and I really do need to get all of the sleep I can to be
ready for all of the work and fun; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
