It was a crazy morning at our house today.
Mom, Dad, and I skipped Tai Chi, but more than made up for
that missed exercise while keeping up with Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and
Aiden. Actually, it was all of the girls
in the house taking care of the toddlers while Dad tried to keep the comedic
duo of Patrick and Scott under control while making breakfast for all of us.
He got some help from Uncle Adam when he and Aunt Leanne
joined us while she helped Mom with getting all of us girls ready for church –
though that was mostly getting to play with hair and make-up; picking out
clothes; and choosing accessories. I
don’t need to know what my parents, aunt, and uncle were up to last night to be
smiling like they were all morning, but I doubt that keeping up with ten kids
was more than a small part of the reason why they were all talking about having
afternoon naps by the time we had lunch together after getting home from church
again.
Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne might have been able to fit a nap
time into their afternoon plans after Violet, Dawn, and Jillian left for home,
but Mom and Dad had work to do in the office.
Rowen and I had some homework to do too, and we practiced our music for
a while; but we also took care of Ethan and Ehlana for a few hours too. We went to the park for a little play time,
and then spent the rest of the afternoon in the lounge until Rowen needed to go
home and get re-acquainted with her family after spending most of the weekend
with us.
We were on our own for the rest of the day; went with a
light dinner; and had some Magi play time before starting the bedtime routine
for all of us. That’s all of the news
from home, but I added a full check on the Hathornes to my nightly computing;
and they’ve been very busy this weekend too.
There was a party at the estate on Saturday night, and while
we obviously can’t know about everything that happens with the Hathornes, there
is quite a bit of information that gets plugged into their computer
systems. For instance, the VIP guest
list can tell us a lot about who’s hot and not with Gawain and Kellie; and also
who might be worth keeping an eye on.
Gwyneth continues her child prodigy journey; and must be impressing
everyone around her if some of the email and text messages I scanned were any
indication.
I wish I could report that Hathorne Industries is going
downhill since Corwyn’s death, but the company is doing better than ever with
Kellie in charge. Unfortunately, they’re
doing that at the expense of even more people than ever too; though we’ve been
seeing some differences too. It seems as
if making money and gaining power is what drives Gawain and Kellie, and though
that motivation is very different from the intentional suffering and worse that
Corwyn enjoyed and nurtured; the results aren’t that much different, and the
motivation behind their actions don’t matter at all to their victims.
We’re going to be able to change that, though I don’t mind
admitting that it would be nice if that could happen a lot sooner than Ethan,
Ehlana, and I know it will. What we do
manage to accomplish now is only significant for the few Hathorne survivors
we’ve helped through our charities.
I should also mention that Gawain is still keeping an eye on
Mom and me; though there really isn’t much for him to learn other than how I’m
doing in school, or the occasional picture or news clip that makes the town
intranet. There’s no way for them to
ever find out about anything important – like our family business. For now, I’m just glad that he’s leaving us
alone.
Let’s change the subject; and not go to sleep thinking about
Dark Magi.
The San Francisco Giants
swept the Detroit
Tigers in the World Series; wrapping up their fourth win tonight
four-three. Hopefully, knowing the
details will be enough for tomorrow morning; since I didn’t even watch game
highlights. Ditto that for this
weekend’s college and pro football games.
Is changing the subject to sports from Dark Magi an
improvement?
No. Moving on.
Talking language or archive studies wouldn’t be any better,
so I’ll wrap up with a look at the week ahead.
While most kids and teens in town will have Halloween on the brain for
the next three or four days; Ethan and Ehlana are most excited about Aiden Draper’s
first birthday tomorrow. That’s mostly
because the Magi council is going to let him find out about them, and Naomi;
and start doing lessons with them.
School parties and trick-or-treating will be the big story for
Wednesday, and then for our family; Dad’s thirty-fourth birthday on Sunday will
be the highlight of the weekend.
That reminds me that I need to do some shopping soon – not
for Dad’s birthday; but for some upcoming friend birthdays. It’s hard to believe that my only trip to the
city since August was that flying trip to see Angela, Terry, and their new
baby. We’re definitely due for a
shopping trip soon!
Now that’s a nice thought to drop off to sleep with!
Say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.
“Goodnight, Cassie.”
