Ethan and Ehlana:
Congratulations, Julian and Jillian Sparks – you’re married!
We were not attending the wedding in Woodvale today, but Cassie and Michael went there straight from their townhouse; and Violet, Dillon, and Ryan are in Woodvale for the weekend too along with quite a few members of the Sparks clan and a group of Julian’s friends. A rainy day is probably never wanted for any wedding, but that’s what we’ve had for a lot of today both here and in Woodvale; with the only difference being that our ballgames were postponed today while the wedding went on despite the rain and thunderstorms.
How weird would it be if that was done the other way around? :^)
This is supposed to be a double update, but we’re actually really tired tonight; so the details of our past few days will be a bit lacking as we keep this short and then get some sleep.
We’ve already mentioned the shopping trip to the city; so let’s only cover the weird parts of that little adventure. First up, while we’re basically one-hundred percent vaccinated here at home; we didn’t get a huge turnout for the trip – mostly because many of our neighbors continue to be cautious with going anywhere with large crowds. We can’t exactly explain the real reasons for why that isn’t a worry for us, but certainly understand why that should be a reasonable reaction for them – and anyone that has actually taken the experimental vaccines that are out there when we won’t know for years whether those shots will protect against the inevitable variants that will evolve over time.
Saving up a rant on that topic for another day, because of those concerns, we only had fifty-three shoppers for the trip to the city. The weird continued once at the mall and other stores during the day, since being vaccinated didn’t matter when it came to wearing masks most of the time we were indoors. On the plus side, there were some great sales, and on the other side of that good-bad equation; we didn’t enjoy the food court fast food experience very much at all. Add in some of the funny cameo moments like groups of teens and tweens trying to coordinate outfits with masks; and that should be enough to give you a good picture of our shopping trip. As usual, we wrapped up the trip with the supply shopping; picked up fast food to go; and got home shortly-before our last report.
Despite a very long day to that point, we stayed up late for our sleepover at Aiden’s house; the movies, music, and co-ed sofa sleepover were all really great; and then we were disappointed this morning when all of the ballgames were cancelled. Unfortunately for us, outdoor chores didn’t get rained out too; so we ended up getting a lot of wet, dirty work done today at all three homes. Naomi and Aiden didn’t work with us all day, but we were allowed to work together for most of the morning; and then we were at our own homes or the bakery for the rest of the day. For us, that meant working with Dad in the yard, gardens, and some work in the storage barn; we kept busy until near-dinnertime; and then we hit the showers and got cleaned up before having that meal with just the four of us.
We were all getting tired by then, but Mom and Dad joined us in the lounge for a movie after we ate and cleaned up from that meal; and we just finished up with a bit of music fun that Dad joined us for too. That’s pretty much all we have for tonight, and we really are ready to crash and sleep now; so, until next time...
...this is Ethan and Ehlana Proctor; live from the hidden home of the Magi of the Light – and May the Magi Force be with you!
