Grandma and Grandpa are safely in Sydney Australia now,
where it is already Monday afternoon; where it’s one heck of a lot warmer than
here. We had a short phone call with
them after they were in their hotel room.
It took a fair bit of power to make it happen, but I was able to do a
full link with them so we could chat telepathically – though Mom made me keep
that short too so I didn’t wear myself out.
That little reach out and touch someone moment happened
shortly before we had dinner, but there was a fair bit going on today before
then. With Violet heading back to
Woodvale today, it was a busy morning around the house. She did most of her packing this morning, and
we had Dillon over for breakfast so they could have a little extra time
together. While she was busy, Mom, Dad,
and I juggled shower time; cooking and cleaning up from breakfast, and taking
care of Ethan and Ehlana.
Things were pretty much back to normal at church, and Pastor
Lewis was on a roll that lasted until shortly after Jacob needed to leave and
get to the Inn. Our congregation is
quite happy to give the Pastors all the time they need on Sunday mornings, but
that might just change if lunch at the Inn was delayed a half hour or more
because of it!
That wasn’t a problem for us, since we were having lunch at
home. Dillon was with us for that too,
along with Aunt Leanne and Uncle Adam.
It’s hard to believe that the week and a half Violet’s been here is over
already, and even at lunch time, it didn’t really feel like I’d spent much time
with her when her attention was mostly on Dillon – and they both talked a lot
with Uncle Adam and Mom about what they don’t even yet know is their part in
our future plans. I should probably just
get used to that, since five and a half or six years difference in age is a lot
when it’s between eleven or twelve and seventeen or eighteen. Cameo moments are likely all Violet and
Dillon will have time for with me for the next five or ten years.
Dillon had to do his goodbyes with Violet right after lunch,
and get to the Inn, and I went to meet up with Rowen then too; though I did my
goodbyes with Violet first. She wasn’t
leaving quite yet, but was going to be busy doing a last lesson with Mom before
getting on the road; so I wasn’t really going to have a chance to do anything
with her anyway. Rowen and I spent most
of the afternoon biking and playing at the park. Now that the computer store was again closed
on Sundays, we were able to have our warm-up break at her house and have a little
music practice before playing outside again until we both needed to be home for
dinner.
I’ve already covered the long-distance call and link; dinner
and the clean-up were both quick and easy; and then Mom and Dad had an hour or
so of play time with Ethan, Ehlana, and me before Dad needed to get to work in
the office again, and I helped Mom with the bath and bedtime routine for the
twins that included a short Magi lesson.
Once Ethan and Ehlana were in bed, it was time for me to hit the
Jacuzzi. I spent about an hour and a
half in the bathroom by the time my hair was done and I was ready for bed. A little telekinetic packing had everything
I’d need for school in the morning ready to go, and then I went down to the
office to say goodnight to Mom and Dad – and to get Dad to sign off on my
report card. He still hasn’t gotten
tired of showing off my straight A+ reports, and I’ll never get tired of seeing
my Daddy proud of me – even if he doesn’t get to brag about the really big
things we do.
The impending return to ‘normal’ in the morning also meant
that I got back to my usual nightly computing and studies tonight; though I’m
also trying something different for a while to see whether a little
time-phasing makes a difference; or just ends up leaving me more tired from the
extra power exertion. Doing that is the
main reason I’ll be sleeping before midnight, and have all of my archive and
language work done too plus the usual email, news, entertainment, and sports
checks. I’m not starting my next new
language until tomorrow night, but I even managed to get everything set up for
that so I can just jump in with my first lessons and go.
That’s it for tonight, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
