It’s been raining on and off all day, but with the midway rides beginning to arrive at the park, the weather didn’t dampen the excitement that helped keep everything we were doing at school fun. The rain was still coming down when Rowen and I walked home from school, but after having a snack and chat with Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana; we walked over to the park anyway to check out the ride assembly action we expected to find there.
Quite a few kids were already there, and we joined the group hanging out under the protection of the pavilion. A handful of teens were there too, but they were looking to get the part-time jobs that were available to help out with setup, and then to work on some of the rides or concessions during the festival. While we were all fired up, the rain was definitely putting a kink into the midway setup schedule. The coolest rides weren’t being assembled at all, and the work completely stopped for nearly a half hour while a brief thunderstorm moved through town.
Rowen had dinner with us, and though there hadn’t been as much action at the park as we’d hoped after school, as the rain let up in the evening, the work pace really picked up; and we had fun watching some of our favorite rides start taking shape from the truckloads of parts. Half of the ‘thrill’ rides were different than last year; which Rowen advised me was normal, though there was always a Ferris Wheel included with those rides; and a Carousel was always one of the kiddie rides.
Watching the action at the park was the highlight of the day, but Mom didn’t let me skip my Magi lesson; mostly because it would likely be the last one we had for the week. That meant that I had to be home by eight-thirty, and we did that lesson while taking care of Ethan and Ehlana. We worked through a batch of Telekinesis exercises, and though none of them were new, Mom incrementally increased the difficulty of each task. Since it wasn’t practical to go out and train me by lifting and moving large objects, we instead applied Telekinetic force in opposite directions against smaller objects. I had the added responsibility of keeping whatever object we used from being crushed by those forces. If I could actually practice openly, the equivalent of tonight’s exercise would have been like lifting a school bus twenty feet in the air and then moving it around from place to place for about a half hour. Ehlana’s stuffed bunny was not harmed in any way by participating in the lesson!
Mom nursed the twins while teaching my lesson, and then we put a snack and drinks together before going to join Dad in the office for a combination chat, story time, snack, and continuing work session. For me, that’s included a few work, family, and friends emails; a live chat with Rowen; my nightly entertainment news check; and this journal entry. Ethan and Ehlana skipped having a nap, and played on their iPads instead, but it’s heading toward midnight now, and we’re all ready to call it a night. Mom is sending Dad to bed, and I’ve been drafted to help her with Ethan and Ehlana. The diaper changes that go with that aren’t always much fun, but the goodnight cuddles and kisses are definitely worth staying up late for.