This has been one of those strange weather days where we’ve
gone from warm spring temperatures straight down to winter freeze in just over
twenty-four hours. It’s been raining off
and on too, and the forecast is for some freezing rain and snow by morning. I’d say that everyone in town would agree
with me that going from cold to warm was way more fun than the big reversal
today has been.
The change around school was obvious too. The yard was basically empty all day; the
whole atmosphere and mood seemed to drop right along with the temperature; and
I didn’t even see one classmate blankly staring out a window and daydreaming of
being outside instead of concentrating on our lessons. Yes, one of the guys did get caught dozing
off by Mrs. Warren, but that really wasn’t that unusual for him regardless of
the weather.
After the tween issues in the park yesterday afternoon, I
was doing my very best today to stay under the radar as much as I could, though
that’s not always easy when Rowen, Michael, and I are frequently the go-to
answer whizzes for all of our teachers. That’s
never really bothered me before, and I’ve honestly never really even thought
about it, but having a few of the girls in our class watching me, and seemingly
annoyed with just about everything I do, has forced me to think about things
like that a lot.
I’ve been thinking about Lisa and her best friends too, and
think I should mention that we’ve always gotten along just fine before now; and
they’ve always been as friendly, even while they’ve also always hung out with
different groups than Rowen and I have.
Hopefully this will just be a tween phase that we’ll all get past soon,
since I seem to be fairly lousy at handling the situation. That does make me wonder how hard being a
‘normal’ tween must be when it’s like this for a Magi Master with a broad,
post-graduate college level education.
I mostly managed to avoid most of the tween weird today
except for a couple of comments before our first afternoon class that were related
to the lunchtime music practice that Michael joined Rowen and me for. Since our practices are always fun for us, I
really wish our classmates in general would cut us some slack; that the guys
would stop razzing Michael about it; and that Lisa would not get so upset about
Michael practicing with us twice a week when she has nothing to worry about
from me.
Going home to work in the office after school was a good way
to stay out of any more tween trouble with the bonus of being dry and
warm. Alicia and Mom were busy with the
twins and working around the house while I did my homework and spent a couple
of hours on the family business. Dad was
a bit late getting home after his last appointment went longer than expected,
and then we all spent most of the evening in the office after having dinner and
cleaning up. We split our time between
work, Magi lessons, and a little computer play time until it was time for Ethan
and Ehlana to get ready for bed.
I came up to my room then, and had a long soak in my Jacuzzi
while Mom and Dad did the bath and bedtime routine with Ethan and Ehlana. While in the tub, I finished the archive
assignment that went along with my lesson tonight; did my nightly computer
checks while getting ready for bed and drying my hair; and worked through my
language studies after getting into bed with Mandy. Starting all of that early let me get a bit
extra done, and though I could have kept going, it’s after midnight; and I’ve
had enough fun for today.
Until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor; logging
out!
