It really started to feel like we were running out of time for our Christmas holiday today.
The weather was great again – perfect for playing at the park and biking. Rowen and I took full advantage of that, and spent most of our last weekday off outside. I’m sure that at least some of the kids and teens in town had other things to do, like jobs; but it looked like everyone that could play outside was doing that too. Alicia was working with Mom again today instead of her usual Saturday, so I didn’t need to help Mom around the house at all, but Rowen and I did take Ethan and Ehlana to the park for a while; and then picked up Bakery treats and had our afternoon break with Dad, Aunt Leanne, and Claire at their office before dropping them off at home again.
Rowen and I were doing our last sleepover of the holidays, and we were having our first dinner and a movie night of the year too; so while we’d gone back out to play after dropping Ethan and Ehlana off, we made it home early enough to help out with getting everything ready for dinner with the usual group plus Grandma and Grandpa. Getting together for dinner was fun, but the guys all wanted to watch the college bowl game instead of a movie; they somehow won the vote despite being outnumbered by the girls; and our only consolation prize was that we were able to talk with everyone more than we would have during a movie.
By the time Ethan and Ehlana were going upstairs to be nursed and put to bed, Rowen and I had decided that we’d had enough football for the day; and went up to the lounge to watch a movie instead. Violet stopped by to visit with us for a while, but only until Dillon got to the house after finishing work at the Inn. We had a few other visitors to the lounge during the movie too, and when our show was over; we went downstairs to say goodnight to everyone before coming back upstairs to get ready for bed.
Mandy and Rowen are both sleeping now, but I’ve been trying to tire myself out with a bit of studying in the archives. The football game is over – Arkansas beat Kansas State twenty-nine to sixteen – and it sounds like Violet and Dillon should have the living room to themselves soon. If Rowen was still awake, we might sneak down the back stairs and launch a surprise hug attack on them; but that’s not really as much fun as it used to be. I wonder if that’s just because they’ve been dating for a while now, just like we haven’t done that with Mom and Dad since they got married; or maybe being bugged by Patrick and Scott at some of our sleepovers at Rowen’s house has changed our perspective. Either way, with only about another day and a half before Violet has to go home again; I’m sure that she and Dillon will appreciate being left alone tonight.
While I’m thinking about Violet, I’m going to wrap this up, and do a bit of work in the Magi project archive. Mom is keeping detailed notes on Violet’s training, but one of the things I noticed in particular during this visit is that Violet has actually moved up the Magi power scale from where she was when I first figured out how to detect the differences between Magi, latents, and normal people. I haven’t noticed that with anyone else yet, but I haven’t been looking for it either. It should be interesting to find out whether that happens with other Magi as their training progresses – particularly with the kids – but it could also lead to a way for us to nudge strong latents toward being able to use their Magi power.
Anyway, there’s nothing else to write about from today’s action; so I’ll move on now, and so can you! :^)