Ethan:
Dinner and a movie night is always fun, so
even without Naomi and Aiden there too; we had a good night. Zack was in fine form, which means that he
managed to annoy all of the younger girls in our family – and some of the Moms
too. While we were together as a big
group for the food part of the adventure, Ehlana and I were on the far-side of
the rest of our cousins from the parents’ end of the table; and our dinnertime
conversation was kid-rated – including most of the humor that Zack tried to
interject to impress Caleb and Sebastian.
The movie included a lot of action and stuff getting blown up, so that
kept Zack’s attention for most of that hour and a half or so of family
entertainment; and then it was time for the kids to play upstairs for a while
so the parents could have some work week wind down time together.
That’s when Zack kicked up his version of
fun several notches – and annoyed the girls the most. I won’t go into the details, but did try my
best to make that easier on Ehlana, Brianna, Faith, and Leah while they tried
to have fun too. Zack slowed down a bit
once the rest of our cousins headed home for the night, but he still stayed up
late with the video gaming; and took time to bug Ehlana and Brianna until they
went to sleep. I stayed up with him; we
didn’t get much sleep; and woke up to a very cold morning with temperatures
far-enough below freezing to have us glad that we were indoors for Tai Chi and
a hot breakfast.
I really don’t want to write about the work
part of our day; and that’s entirely because of the cold weather that barely
got above freezing by this afternoon for the high of the day. Let’s just list this as one of those fall
chores days that you have to push through because the work needs to be done;
and try not to call up those memories from long-term storage ever again. We did get the work done, though; and then we’ve
had a quiet night at home since then – partly because Dad has a lot to get done
this weekend ahead of his week in the city.
That’s early this year because of the Thanksgiving holiday, but he
wouldn’t want to try to get everything done in three days; and it’s tough to do
his ‘city’ work during holidays anyway; since everything seems to slow down
around the courthouse ahead of any of the major holidays.
Ehlana and I did some studying in the
office, but we’re not staying up late; and we’ll probably spend Sunday afternoon
at the lab and archives while Dad’s busy anyway; so taking it easy tonight
works for us. We’re also tired; which is
why we’re going to bed comparatively-early for a Saturday night. I guess that isn’t very exciting, but we are
going to be ready for the Thanksgiving holiday – and getting to have Cassie and
May home with us for that week; so the work will be worth it. Resting up a bit to be ready for the holiday
fun is important too; so I’m just going to wrap this up and get to doing that
starting right now.
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
What Ethan said, plus I had fun with
Brianna for a sleepover buddy last night; that movie was only good for the
action sequences and nothing else; and I agree that we don’t need to talk about
a chores day that really couldn’t be fun for any of us while working out in the
cold for most of the day. I will add
that our parents are not being hard on us with that work. Our chores are geared for our age – for the
most part; and we do have advantages that other kids don’t – like self-healing
that includes automatically protecting ourselves from the effects of prolonged
exposure to weather of any kind. That
doesn’t mean that we can’t be uncomfortable, but it does take longer to wear us
down.
I’m there now too – even though I didn’t
have to stay up late playing video games, and I do want to be rested and ready
to play at the lab tomorrow afternoon; so that’s all I have for tonight
too. Last night was fun; today wasn’t;
and you’ll have to stay tuned to find out how the second-half of our weekend
goes for us. Sleep is all I want to do
now, so unless I have some especially-amazing dreams; I won’t have anything to
write about for the next eight or nine hours of my life while I’m enjoying the
down time.
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
