Our Thanksgiving holiday weekend is over
now as I write this, and we’ll be back to school again in the morning; but the
Christmas holiday feeling is in the air and we are going to keep having fun
over the next four weeks – even as we’ll be busy with work and all of the rest
of our daily responsibilities. I’m not
going to get into any of that tonight because it’s really late and I need to
have a nap before getting up and going again; so let’s just get to the report
for today so that I can do that sooner instead of later.
Tai Chi by the river was fun, and not too
chilly; and we dodged the rain for that too – a theme that continued throughout
the day for me. Breakfast for our gang
was crazy, but while I helped with some of the prep work; I actually had
breakfast at Michael’s house with his family – and then helped with the
post-breakfast clean-up there before Michael and I had to hurry to church to
warm up with the teen praise team. I
feel as though I’ve been on the go all day because I have been. We were busy at church from the time we got
there until we needed to hurry again and get to the Inn to help with the prep
work for the first lunch buffet. Today
was also the first Sunday in Advent, so we had a lot to celebrate at church;
and our teens and teen praise team helped to make the service fun and upbeat as
we led our congregation with amazing music, skits, and everything else we did
during that hour and a half of high-energy praise and worship.
High energy was needed for the rest of the
day at the Inn. It was all hands on
deck; each of the four buffets were sold out; and we turned as many extra
tables as possible for the extra diners that hoped to get in on one of the
buffets even when it meant having to wait for tables to clear. I mentioned dodging the rain today; and I
managed to do that whenever I needed to be outside. I didn’t get out much, but did do a round of
goodbyes with my outbound family during the afternoon break with Michael; and I
was glad about staying dry when working while damp wouldn’t have been fun at
all. We did the best we could for having
fun while we worked today, but sometimes we really are too busy to have much
fun; and today was one of those days.
While I worked, I missed out on all of the
family fun – including the second buffet that they attended before everyone
headed out of town. Michael’s family
came to the first buffet and left after that; which is why we didn’t get a
chance to spend any time with them after breakfast except for a quick round of
goodbyes at the Inn. Rebecca and Lucas
went home to help them with loading up before they hit the road; but then she
came back to work as soon as they left while Lucas headed home after staying
for the first buffet with his family.
We were behind on the clean-up by the end of
the fourth buffet, so it was going on eleven by the time we closed the Inn and
came home. I only had a short goodnight
visit with Michael at his house on the way to mine; had a short visit with Mom
and Dad in the office before coming up to my room; and then began to multi-task
my work while having a long soak in my Jacuzzi.
I used a time phase when I could; worked in real time when I couldn’t;
and it took three and a half hours to get everything finished – real time
hours. I couldn’t procrastinate on
anything tonight because we have a busy week ahead even with football season
over for our team.
The highlights for the coming week include
Rowen’s and Rebecca’s birthdays – among others; the Pinehurst Christmas parade
on Friday night; the kids’ Christmas shopping trip on Saturday; and our
now-annual visit to the Christmas tree farm to pick out our trees next Sunday
afternoon. I’m getting tired just
thinking about all of that, and since I have pretty much covered the must-write
news, I guess it’s okay to wrap this up and get some sleep; so, until next
time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
