If you’re a kid or teen in Witch Falls,
the only story today is the arrival and set-up of the first rides for the fall
festival.
By the time we were set free from school for the day, there
were a handful of trucks at the park, and there were teens hurrying over in
hopes of getting one of the jobs that were always available for locals to help
out with setting up and running the rides and game booths. Rowen and I went home first to get our
homework out of the way, but that didn’t take us long; and then we took Ethan
and Ehlana along and joined the gang of spectators watching the set-up action
that was nearly as exciting for us as we expected the weekend to be.
The boys weren’t even interested in playing football today,
though the football field wasn’t open for them to do that anyway; and that was
a bonus as far as Rowen and I were concerned.
Unfortunately, they made up for that by having too much time on their
hands to annoy us instead – I mean try to impress all of the girls with some
extreme goofiness. That’s not much of a
trade-off, but since most of the girls seem to enjoy the show the boys put on
for them as much as they like watching them show off playing football; I don’t
see sanity returning to my classmates and friends anytime soon.
Mom and Dad haven’t told us any of the details, and they’re
not directly involved in the festival planning, but I do know that our family
business is sponsoring a couple of the thrill rides this year as part of the
community involvement we’ll be doing for our new business interests. The coolest rides being set up today were a
drop tower, a fireball ride, and a zero gravity; though part of the reason we
thought they were the coolest was because they’re all new rides for the
festival too.
There are new kiddie rides this year too, and the twins were
more interested in that, since going on the big thrill rides wasn’t an option
for them. They suggested that playing on
all of the rides actually was possible for them if Mom and Dad would let them use
a little Magi power, but that isn’t going to happen for them any more than it
did for me when I tried that line out on Mom when I was little. It would be awesome if they could, though!
We stayed at the park until it was time to go home for
dinner, and after splitting up to do that; Rowen and I met up for another visit
to the park after we ate, and spent nearly another hour watching the ongoing
work. Mom, Dad, and I all spent some
time playing with Ethan and Ehlana after I got home again, and their bedtime
routine included baths tonight. Mom did
a Magi lesson with me after the twins were in bed for the night and while Dad
got started on his homework, and I’ve been doing my usual nightly computing and
studying since coming up to bed about two hours ago.
I’ve finished everything I wanted to get done before the
weekend, and other than the family business work I have for tomorrow night; I’m
ready to take the weekend off. Now it’s
time to get some sleep so I won’t need to sleep through any of the festival
fun.
Say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.
“Goodnight, Cassie.”
