Happy 1st Birthday, Zack!
He’s had a fairly typical first birthday;
though it is going to be very cool for him to get to have some of his birthdays
on fall festival weekends like he gets to do this year. That wasn’t quite the adventure it will be
for him in future years; but he did still have a lot of fun today.
So did I, and though the work at the Inn
was tough today; I even had fun spending that time with Michael and his
family. I also had breakfast at Michael’s
house this morning, and we were able to be outdoors for a chilly Tai Chi
workout to start the day too; so that was all fairly awesome and entertaining.
The church service was probably the
shortest we’ll have for the rest of the year, so we had extra time after we got
home to change and get ready for a play afternoon at the festival – and Zack’s
lunchtime birthday meal with the family at his house. I’m sure the details of that will be
available somewhere in the archives, but I’ll save Zack the future grief and
not write about the amusing parts of that meal.
It was just a little bit scary, but he had fun; and there wasn’t
anything that couldn’t be cleaned up – eventually.
Our afternoon of games and more midway
rides was great too – especially since I got to spend a lot of that time with
Michael thanks to an extended afternoon break for him. Considering how busy it was at the park
today; I’d say that the business we didn’t have there on Friday has been more
than made up for between yesterday and today.
I’m glad that worked out for everyone – and that the weekend ended up
being much more fun than expected.
My family was at the Inn for the early
buffet so that Dad could just get to work again after that instead of trying to
start and stop that for a dinner break; but I didn’t take the time off to have
that meal with them. Ethan, Ehlana, and
Zack got to spend that time with Grandma and Grandpa with some parental support
here and there; and then they had a little post-dinner visit at Uncle Adam and
Aunt Leanne’s that Dad skipped so that he could work. The last part of that family time was mostly
so that Grandma and Grandpa could spend just a little more time with three out
of four of their grandkids before heading to Arizona in the morning, and though
I missed out on that; I did swing by their house after finishing up at the Inn
tonight so that Michael and I could say a last, quick goodbye to them too.
I did the goodnight hugs and kisses with
Michael on his front porch, and then came home to get started on my usual
school night work and studies. Helping
with getting Ethan and Ehlana into bed ended up happening first; I did my Magi
lesson with Mom; and then came up to my room to start with the language and archives
studies. That was followed by an hour or
so of family business time; and now I’m pretty much exhausted.
That’s why I’m going to keep this comparatively
short. It’s been a very long day, I’ve
had more than enough fun, and since that’s really all of the news I have to
write about tonight anyway; until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
