Happy twelfth birthday, Jenny!
While Rowen and I weren’t going to Jenny’s party, we did have a joint present that we gave her this morning before classes started. That was a bit awkward for all three of us, but I’m sure that she’ll love her first co-ed party, and we really are glad to not be going.
With party central at Jenny’s house after school, the park was a bit emptier than usual; mostly because there weren’t enough guys available for the usual pre-teen football scrimmage. Rowen and I split our after-school time between doing our homework; playing at the park; and working on our Halloween costumes and act. Mrs. Warren is going to let us know tomorrow whether we have principal approval for our request to bring Ethan and Ehlana along for the class Halloween party; but she didn’t expect it to be a problem, and thought we’d picked an awesome costume idea.
As usual after his week in the city, Dad had lots of homework, so we did a light dinner, and then he went to work in the office while Mom and I cleaned up and took care of Ethan and Ehlana. Aunt Leanne took over watching the twins when she and Uncle Adam came over, and he, Mom, and I spent a couple of hours on a Healing lesson that included another guest Magi patient in need of what would have been arthroscopic surgery if our special talents weren’t available to her.
That part of the lesson was fun, but the archive reading was a bit boring for me. Uncle Adam didn’t need to study the procedure, and Mom taught both of us how to apply our power, and in this case, for me; how to use a phase-shift transmutation to remove the damaged tissue without needing an open incision. Since he can’t do that, Mom did show Uncle Adam another way to deal with the tissue; but he’s planning on having one of us help him if other cases like this one come up again instead of doing that.
It’s been a bit too long since I’ve managed to have anything even close to eight hours of sleep, so after our lesson; I kissed everyone goodnight and came upstairs to get ready for bed. The email and entertainment checks are done, and it isn’t even ten o’clock yet! Mandy’s still downstairs hanging out with Ethan and Ehlana. She’ll be surprised when she finds me already sleeping, but I’ve had enough fun for one day; so it’s time to shut this computer down and call it a night.
P.S. I almost forgot the Grandparent update! They had meetings all day today; and visiting one of my company’s head office was their third stop. They were mostly impressed; but I’ll also be working on the suggestions they had for the company after school tomorrow. Their other meetings were with one of our charities; a land management interest; and a mining company. Mom’s keeping up with the details of all of that in her archives, though; and I’m definitely going to sleep now before I decide to get a head start on that family business work instead.