The temperature is not supposed to be in
the eighties for the last Sunday of October here, but I’ll take it; and we
definitely enjoyed the great weather again today!
We also enjoyed starting the day with Tai
Chi by the river; with the bonus entertainment of knowing that Jenny hadn’t
made it back to her room when we went outside to do that but was miraculously
there by the time we got inside again and Mom, Dad, and Michael started working
on breakfast.
She was probably just in the bathroom and
we missed seeing her. ;^)
Having breakfast, getting ready for church,
and cleaning up after we ate was a crazy-busy rush of fun; though Mom and Dad
were probably ready for a nap by the time they finished dealing with all of
that – and hanging out with eight teens.
I’m sure nobody reading this will be shocked to know that I was the most
fired up member of our little group. The
least enthusiastic person was Lance; and it was fairly obvious that he is not a
morning person – though maybe he does better when he gets more sleep than he
probably did last night. On the other
hand, Jenny seemed to be very happy; and I doubt she got any more rest than he
did.
The four boys had it tougher getting ready
this morning because they had to share one bathroom while the girls got to use
my bathroom and the third-floor guest bathroom.
No, that isn’t fair, but we’re girls; and they might as well just get
used to the real world while they’re still young. There was just one little blip in an
otherwise really good morning, and that came when Lance opted to go home
instead of to church with Jenny. She
wasn’t happy about that; but faked being okay with it until about a minute
after he left for home in his car – without even giving her a ride to church on
the way out of town. Yes, he might have
just assumed that she wanted to walk there with the rest of us; but not
offering didn’t go over well with Jenny – and I’m sure she’d wanted to spend
more time with him; since they won’t be able to get together until after
Halloween.
Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I had fun at
church, but then it was back to the real world for Michael and he headed for
the Inn straight from church; and Rowen and Tim only came home with me to pick
up their overnight bags before moving on to their own plans for the rest of the
day. Mom and Dad had custody of Ethan
and Ehlana again, so we had lunch for five; and then I went biking with the
twins for the afternoon while Mom and Dad did some work in the office – along with
whatever else they kept themselves entertained with while we were out that had
them smiling too much by the time we got home again. Our bike ride included play time at the park
and an Emporium snack run. Michael
played with us too while on his afternoon break, and then we returned Ethan and
Ehlana to Mom and Dad when it was time to go to the Inn to help out with the
buffet rush; and I went along to join the kitchen crew.
This time, we didn’t stay late, but that
was four hours or so of busy and fun.
Michael was set free when I was ready to leave, and he came home with me
to do a little homework that we didn’t get done earlier in the weekend due to
everything else we had on the go. With a
little Magi power to help out with that, it took about ten minutes; and then we
cuddled on the sofa in the lounge and watched the new ‘Good Witch’ movie. There was some minor make-out time mixed in
with that, but not until after Ethan and Ehlana went to bed for the night; and
it wasn’t long after that before Michael needed to go home too.
The rest of my night was fairly standard
for a school night. Mom did my Magi
lesson with me after Michael left; and I’ve been studying and working on my
computer since then – first while in the Jacuzzi; and then in bed while
cuddling with Mandy. I’m going to skip
the college family and friends report this week because there just isn’t much
news from their updates this weekend – though that could be because I get the
redacted version of those reports. They
are all doing well, though; and the Halloween fun around their respective
campuses is not getting in the way of keeping up with the work. I’m sure that sounds more boring than it is
for them; but I don’t really need to know the details of some of their fun any
more than I want to know why my parents were smiling the way they were before
going to bed – pretty much the same way they’d been smiling this afternoon when
Michael and I dropped the twins off on our way to the Inn.
Let’s not go there; and all of the usual
rules I’ve mentioned before about telling me about it in my future if you do
use your imagination for that still apply!
Finally, let’s do a quick look at the week
ahead. Our last regular season football
game is on Thursday, and between that and Halloween on Friday; those are the
two big events – but there is more going on.
The baby news for Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne will hit the grapevine on
Tuesday because she’s going to have the pregnancy test at the clinic
tomorrow. For Ethan and Ehlana, Aiden’s third
birthday on Wednesday is a big deal, and while Michael and I won’t be at the
party; one of his football team mates, Paul, is having his fifteenth birthday
on Saturday. That’ll be his first since
starting to date Vanessa, but I’m sure that doesn’t have anything to do with
why we weren’t invited – he’s just having a small party; and inviting everyone
on the team plus girlfriends just isn’t an option. Rebecca and Lucas will be at the party, since
they’re classmates of Paul’s; but I don’t think that Jenny and Lance are going
too. We’ll have the usual weekend yard
work and chores, and Mom and I are going to go through our closets and dressers
to weed out our wardrobes while getting donations ready for the new second-hand
charity store since they’ll be ready to start receiving donations next week;
but I think that’s it for the schedule – not including cheerleading, band, and
praise team practices; or any of the other regular daily activities – like my ‘real’
studies and family business work.
If I wasn’t already tired from the studying
and work, thinking about all of that would have me feeling exhausted. Since it is after three, though, I really
need to wrap this up and head off into nap mode for a few hours. Monday might actually be the quietest day of
the week for me, but around here; you can never be sure of that. I’ll let you know how that works out with the
next update, but for now; until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
