You won’t be surprised to find out that my top school news
was our first music class where we really started learning how to play our
chosen instruments. Aunt Leanne is sure
that’s because of the saxophone player I’m sitting beside. That is partly true, but only because Michael
knows a lot about music, and is helping me even though playing the saxophone is
new to him too. Anyway, we, as a group,
aren’t exactly making music right now; but we did have a lot of fun trying
today!
As usual, the Monday morning gossip network was all about
football for the boys; and weekend updates on just about everything for the
girls. Our football team had a big away
game win at Sweetwater Ponds with a fifty-six to twenty-seven win. They’ll be on the road again this Friday, and
only have one home game in the next four weeks.
I’ll skip the recap on the girls’ gossip, except to mention that Sally
Reynolds handed out invitations for her birthday party today. The big news there is that she’s having her
first boy-girl birthday party. Since she
was the first kid in Witch
Falls to invite me to a
birthday party, I won’t hold that against her; but I’m sure that’s going to be
another weird day for Rowen and me.
There isn’t much else to report from school, and after
getting home and having a snack with Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana; Rowen and I went
up to the lounge to get our homework done.
Rowen signed out a flute again, and that’s another advantage for her
choice – it’s small enough to be tucked into her computer bag; while I’ll have
an extra case to carry. Since I had a
healing lesson tonight, I didn’t sign out a saxophone, but we’re both thinking
about using part of our lunch hours on our Day Two schedule to practice in the
music room. That way we’ll get some
practice time in every day.
It didn’t take long to get our homework done, thanks to a
little Magi power, but we stayed upstairs and mostly just talked and listened
to music for a while before collecting Ethan and Ehlana on our way out; and
walking over to the park. Our first stop
was the bleachers at the football field, where my adorable little brother and
sister continued to wrap every girl there around their little fingers; and
probably more than a few of the boys. I
should probably be suspicious that they’re also working for Aunt Leanne’s
matchmaking service, but it’s just too funny to watch them when Ethan runs off
to join the football game, or Ehlana needs hugs from Michael when he returns
her adventurous twin, to be upset that they might have an ulterior motive.
While I’d have rather spent all of our time at the
playground, Rowen wanted to watch the football game but didn’t like seeing some
of the sidelines action. She had at
least one more temporary crossover moment; and I have a feeling that she was
thinking a lot about what she could do with her Magi gifts right about then if
only we didn’t have all of those pesky Magi Council rules. I wish I could do more to help Rowen with
that, but I can’t tell her what Ethan, Ehlana, and I know about her
future. Since she really is going to be
my best friend forever, we know more about her future than most, but we’re
still talking about what’s meant to be; and though that can change, I am sure
that Rowen’s not meant to know about her future the way that my brother,
sister, and I are meant to know so much of ours.
So we watched football and talked with Rebecca, Jenny, and
some of the other girls for about forty-five minutes, and then took Ethan and
Ehlana to the playground for some swing and slide action until we needed to be
home for dinner. Rowen went on from out
house to the store after picking up her computer bag, and I helped Mom with
making dinner while Ethan and Ehlana supervised and played with their iPads. Dad joined in to help out after getting home
a bit late from the office, and then we had to hurry through dinner and the
cleanup so we were ready when Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne came over.
Mom did the healing lesson with Uncle Adam and me first, and
then we all moved into the office for a family business and future plans
meeting. Most of that was just updates
on what everyone was doing now; and the planning was all about getting ready
for the construction and work that will be starting in the spring. While I’m thinking about that, I’ll mention
that we’ve heard nothing so far from Mark or Aunt Grace about whether they’ve
made a decision about the job offers, but they are getting together for at
least one weekend getaway that I’ve heard about; and I’m sure they are both
thinking about it a lot. Aunt Leanne is
wondering if we should do a bit more, but I don’t think we’ll need to do
anything; and right now, I’d really appreciate it if Aunt Leanne would just
stop her matchmaking efforts entirely for a while.
Yeah, I know; there’s zero chance of that happening. Fortunately for us, the odds of getting
another doctor in town are quite a bit higher!
The meeting wrapped up by a bit after ten. Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne went home then,
and Mom, Dad, and I did the bedtime snack and story with Ethan and Ehlana
before tucking them in for the night. I
came up to my room after that, and have been working on my usual nightly
computing; the archive reading Mom assigned me from the healing lesson; and an
hour of high-speed language studying.
It’s heading toward one-thirty, and I’ve had enough fun for today; so
it’s time to wrap this up and get some sleep.
Say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.
“Goodnight, Cassie.”
