Today marks the start of eight long weeks until our next
holiday – March Break.
I guess that kids and teens shouldn’t complain about that,
since most adults have to wait until Easter for their next holiday, but Easter
is early this year, so they won’t have to wait too much longer than we do.
Our teachers must think that this is a perfect time to get
some extra work done, so piling on the homework and starting new projects was
the theme for today; and probably will be tomorrow too. That brought on the expected grumbling and
groaning from the usual groups of kids and teens, but the work isn’t a problem
for Rowen and me; and our lunchtime music practice helped us to miss out on the
main gripe session.
It also helped us to miss out on a lot of the football talk
going on with the guys, though Rowen and I did spend all of about ninety
seconds talking about it with Michael while we got our flute and saxophones
ready to play. I probably should have
mentioned the NFL conference championship games that were played on Sunday, if
for no other reason than because Sunday marked the two-week countdown to the
end of football season for another year.
I don’t actually care that the Baltimore Ravens beat the New England
Patriots, or that the San Francisco Forty-Niners will play the Ravens in the
Super Bowl after winning their game over the Atlanta Falcons; but both games
were a big deal for a lot of the guys even though most were disappointed with
the results from one or both games.
Michael’s into football as much as Tim is, but seems to mostly be amused
by the total indifference Rowen and I have toward the game while showing that
we know as much or more than most of the guys do about the sport whenever we do
get pushed into those conversations.
While music practice at noon works great for Rowen and me,
Michael is definitely taking some heat for hanging out with us. For some reason, the guys think it’s a
problem for him to pick practicing Disney songs with us over talking football,
showing off for the girls, and hanging out with the couples club. That last part is especially annoying to
Lisa, and though she isn’t razzing Michael too, the looks and obvious
disappointment probably have more of an effect on him than the jokes and jabs
do from Tim and the other guys.
Again, I have to ask why anyone would want to rush to cross
over and deal with all of that tween angst.
I’m only a spectator, and find myself regularly wishing for the good old
days when I first moved here when the guys wouldn’t hang out with girls for
fear of girl germs, and the girls all thought that guys were gross and
obnoxious.
Somehow, I’ve managed to completely go off the rails for
today’s recap, so let’s get back on track.
Rowen and I were working after school, so we were each on
our own for most of our homework, but we got together at her house after dinner
so we could do some work on one of our new projects. For my work on the family business, I spent
most of my time dealing with Easter-related business issues. I don’t think it’ll ever stop feeling strange
to be working on holidays that are still months away, but since my work today
included a lot of spring fashion reviews; I had fun playing with all of the
plans that were being finalized. The
downside of that is knowing that I won’t be able to go shopping for those cool
new clothes until after they hit the stores – and even then it’s not like we
get to go to the Mall once or twice a week.
Maybe Rowen and I should stop in to see Abby after school tomorrow –
just to see how she’s doing, of course!
We had a quiet dinner at home, and after spending about an
hour and a half working on our project at Rowen’s house, I got home in time to
do the bedtime routine with Ethan and Ehlana; followed that up with a Healing
lesson with Mom; and then came up to my room to cuddle in bed with Mandy while
doing my usual nightly computing and studying.
I haven’t done a family update in a while, so let’s do that
next.
Violet wasn’t here for the long weekend, but she and Dillon
did get together in Woodvale; and she’ll be here for the weekend before
Valentine’s Day so she can go to the school dance with Dillon on Friday
night. Aunt Grace and Mark are doing a
getaway at a ski resort in Colorado
too, but probably won’t see each other again until Easter. There isn’t much news from the rest of the
Proctor and Rice families, and the Johnson family seems to almost be in waiting
for the arrival of Kevin and Elaine’s second child now that they’re down to
just weeks to go. Nicole is certainly
wishing her new baby brother or sister will get here sooner than later; mostly
because “Mommy can’t do any fun stuff anymore until after the baby comes.”
I spent an hour reading in the archives; a half hour on our
Magi project; and another hour and a half reading books in two different
languages while having a little online chat in Javanese. Since I didn’t get an early start, and my
time-phasing sessions are over for at least the next few years, it’s now
heading toward one-thirty; and time for me to wrap this up and get some
sleep. I may miss those extra hours of
down time, but my first night back in normal mode was okay; and I’m actually
not as tired as I have been each night after my high-speed nights. I’ll keep track of that for a while, but
there probably isn’t much real difference between my actual sleep needs whether
I’m working in normal or hyper-time.
Until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor; logging
out!
