Even for a young, generally hyper-happy Magi Master, Mondays can be long; and a bit of a let-down after the weekend. There seemed to be a lot of students, and more than a few teachers, who were feeling the same way about that. I did have a good day, and we even managed to have a bit of fun, but Rowen and I were both very happy when Mrs. Warren set us free for the day too.
We went to my house for the after-school snack time with Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana; did our homework; and then headed over to the park for some quality play time before dinner. A lot of kids were already there; mostly split up in groups at the playground and football field. There was a good chance that Rowen and I were the only two kids there who had finished homework before going to play, but since we’d used a little Magi power to do that; none of our friends or classmates would believe that, and we certainly couldn’t tell them either.
Rebecca and Jenny were sitting on the bleachers watching the boys play football – a group of mostly seventh and eighth-grade guys that were likely all wishing they were old enough to play on the high school team. Rowen and I stayed and talked with them for as long as we could stand the boy-crazy talk; vapid, adoring gazes; and empty-headed giggles before moving on to the playground. There was some giggling and guy-talk going on there too, but since both the talk and laughing was about how gross and dumb boys could be; we were okay with that. I’d have been happy to not talk about boys at all, but that conversation was happening, and ongoing, because there were a handful of boys hanging around the playground, and apparently having a lot of fun testing the limits of gross and dumb.
I was the last one home for dinner, and I was there just in time. We were going with a light meal so that we could have everything cleaned up and be ready for our Magi Healing lesson by the time Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, and this week’s guest patient arrived. These sessions are definitely going to be my favorite lessons, and though none of our patient’s ailments were imminently serious yet, it did feel great getting to do some fairly advanced healing that could be applied to extreme cases if we ever had the opportunity to do that for other people.
Other than doing an email check and writing this archive entry, that lesson was then end of the day for me; and I’m ready to get some rest now. Mom, Dad, Aunt Leanne, and Uncle Adam are taking care of Ethan and Ehlana and doing a bit of work in the office too, but I decided to skip the bedtime story tonight – I can always get a replay from the twins during their three o’clock feeding. That’s only a handful of hours away, and it just occurred to me that I’m now actually thinking about time in terms of feedings and other baby-related terms. How funny is that – especially when you remember that Ethan and Ehlana have already learned pretty much everything about time and calendars? Mandy just told me what she thinks about the whole human concept and need to keep track of time when it’ll happen whether we do or not, and that’s funny too, but she doesn’t have to get up at three in the morning like I do. Maybe if she did; her perspective would be different!