It’s time for a short update because I’m
going to shoot for a full night of rest that is mostly thanks to the rain we’ve
had today that didn’t add up to much; but was timed to mess up our lunch,
dinner, and evening play plans.
Tai Chi by the river and breakfast with my
family and Michael helped to get the day off to a great start; I followed that
up with mowing the lawn early to get a head start on the weekend yard work
while Mom was busy and she let the twins play at KidZone while she did her
shopping. We had lunch plans with the
Everett and Carrington clans, but since we got rained out; Mom, Ethan, Ehlana,
and I just ended up having lunch with Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, Grandma,
Grandpa, and Zack. Brianna was with us
too; but she’s not quite ready for cold salads, burgers, and hotdogs.
The rain ended before we finished eating,
so taking all of the kids out to play for a few hours was an option; and I was
one of the kid control and entertainment draftees. That was fun, but even the playground time at
the park was a bit damp; and some of us needed the swim time for more than just
to cool off when we got back from that little adventure. Michael helped out while on his afternoon
break, but he’s putting in extra time this weekend because he’s going to take a
bit of extra time off next week.
As I’ve already mentioned, our dinner
barbeque was rained out too, and while we were again at Uncle Adam and Aunt
Leanne’s for the meal; we also had a visit with Uncle Mark and his family after
dinner so that we could at least have one last visit with his family before
they head home tomorrow. We also took
care of all of the work on each side of the meal so that Aunt Leanne had
another work-free day except for taking care of Brianna; so that worked out
okay for her too even if we didn’t get to have the play time and campfire we’d
planned on having to wrap up the Everett family visit to our humble little
town.
Somehow, we managed to pack all of that fun
into just a few hours; and Mom and Dad took Ethan, Ehlana, and I home by nine o’clock
so that Aunt Leanne and Brianna could get some sleep – and so could Uncle Mark’s
nieces and nephews ahead of their long travel day. Mom, Dad, and I all opted to work in the
office for a while then; Ethan and Ehlana played on their iPads while we
worked; and then we all came up to bed at eleven o’clock. I had all of my work and usual nightly
computing done by then; so this journal update is all I have left to do before turning
in and getting some sleep.
While we don’t have any major fun plans for
the weekend, we are going to all be very busy, so that’s it for now; and, until
next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
