A bit of rain tried to get in the way of our fun today; but that didn’t happen. I wish I could say the same for a certain group of twelve to fifteen-year old boys and girls.
We had light rain showers off and on this morning, so Mom, Dad, and I exercised upstairs instead of getting to do our Tai Chi by the river. Dawn and Jillian went with Rowen and I for our riding lesson, but the rain kept us off the trails too. Pamela had all of the morning groups in the riding barn for the morning, and while we didn’t get to do all that much riding; the best part of the morning was getting to watch Pamela’s eighteen-year old daughter, Christie, show us some of her trick riding and jumping. I might need a little Magi power to try some of those moves, but it would be really cool to be able to ride like that some day!
The rain had stopped with more than an hour left in our lesson, but the trails weren’t dry yet, and we ended up being ready to go home early. That worked out for us too, and we ended up packing a picnic lunch for four and hopping on our bikes for a ride out to the caves. Our ride out there was fun, and our first cave visit was great too right up until Chris, Martin, Jonathan, and their group of would-be comedy troupe tried to scare us while we were still in the main cavern.
Okay, they succeeded in scaring three out of four of us.
Our afternoon adventure went downhill fast from there. None of the teens had come prepared for anything other than their plan to harass us. They didn’t even have drinks to stay hydrated with. We had lots of food and drinks for them to raid, though, and they were happy to let us share our sandwiches, bakery treats, and drinks with them. They all but took over the caves after that too, and our one attempt at another cave excursion ended when they took their games and jokes too far; leaving Dawn in tears, and the rest of us angry with them.
Kid rules meant leaving all of that out at the caves, but while Mom didn’t get the details out of any of us; she did know that we weren’t happy when we got home again a couple of hours earlier than she’d expected. A long swim helped cool us off in more than one way, and an ice cream run to the Emporium that we took Ethan and Ehlana along for helped us get back into fun mode again. Mom and Aunt Leanne put on a ‘real’ dinner, and then Chris, Martin, and Jonathan were given approval for a game night in the lounge, and Jonathan was staying overnight at our house too.
Can you say ‘exit stage right’? That’s exactly what Dawn, Jillian, and I did before our house was invaded for the night. We met up with Rowen again, and played at the park until nearly dark. We went for a swim at home, and then Rowen went home again while Dawn, Jillian, and I went inside; stayed on the main floor; and watched television in the living room while my lounge was over-run with teens and tweens.
Jillian’s staying in Dawn’s room again, mostly because it’s noisy in the lounge, and that’s about the quietest room up here tonight. Mandy and I are in bed, and have the doors to the lounge closed, but the noise is keeping me awake. I thought that the party would wrap up by around midnight – at least for Rebecca, Jenny, and the other teens – but it didn’t; and it’s now past one and they’re still going strong.
I’ve been surfing and doing my usual nightly computing, but there isn’t anything else I want to do tonight, and I’m ready to get some sleep now too – if I can. We have a really great day planned for tomorrow, and I want to be ready to enjoy all of the action, so...
...live from Witch Falls; this is Cassie Proctor, signing off!
