Happy 18th Birthday, Josiah!
Celebrating the day with writing a college exam probably
isn’t very exciting, and he and Christina will be studying for their next exams
tonight; but I hope they had a little fun now and then today too.
I certainly did – especially when Michael and I got to have
a second night with some quality alone time while we watched a Christmas movie
in the lounge.
Before I get to that, though, we’ve had another busy,
musical kind of day. That included working
on the music and skit our own class is doing for the Christmas concert; and
Michael and I also helped out with the practice for the Grade Four kids. Since Jessica Bassett, Lindsay Faulkner, and
Geraldine Sheldon are all in that class; we had a lot of fun with Michael’s
cousin and her best friends. I’ve
mentioned it before, and still don’t know how to fit everything into our
schedule; but Michael and I really do need to find ways to spend more time with
his cousins. Maybe we’ll put together
some play dates with them during the holidays.
With mid-week Christmas and New Year’s Day and a family Christmas
weekend in between; that should be easy, right?
Moving along, the next phase of our musical adventures today
was band practice. We had a lot of work
to cover today because we’re doing two completely different programs for the
Senior’s Christmas party on Friday afternoon and the Maple Valley
parade on Saturday. That meant working a
bit later than usual; so we didn’t have much time for our homework session at
the computer store before Michael and I needed to get home and help out with
dinner. Rebecca was already there by
then; and Ethan and Ehlana were happily keeping her entertained while she was
helping Mom and they were supervising.
We joined in to help; and the next couple of hours or so
breezed by as we cooked, ate, and then cleaned up. Rebecca headed home after that despite Ethan
and Ehlana’s best efforts to get her to stay and play with them while the rest
of us were busy. There’s a very good chance
that Rebecca is the closest thing Ethan will have to a crush. For that special person in Ethan’s future
reading this in your present, I’m sure you know about that for sure; and have
no more to worry about there than Michael does with how I feel about his
brother. I think that Ethan has great
taste in women – including being in love with you!
That train of thought went a bit off-topic; so let’s get
back on track.
Dad’s putting in extra work time this week to get ready for
his last trip to Crystal Springs for the year, and while Mom worked in the
office too; she ended up doing another Magi lesson with Michael, Ethan, Ehlana,
and me after Rebecca decided not to stay.
Michael and I had Ethan and Ehlana with us for our music practice after
that; we did the bedtime story and snack with them again too; and then got
around to that movie and make-out time that was definitely at the top of my fun
and hot lists for the day!
That play time was way more fun than the studying and family
business work I’ve been doing since Michael went home, but that all needed to
be done; and I managed to get far enough along that I won’t feel too bad if I
go with a couple of early nights tomorrow and Thursday. There are lots of Fun little details from
today that I’m skipping over; but it’s time to call it a night; put my computer
away; and crash for a few hours.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
