There is a lot to write about today, but I’ll start with the
top news in town – the groundbreaking for the lab; and for the first houses in
the news subdivision.
We didn’t exactly have a beautiful Spring day for those big
events, and the original plan had not included plowing away snow and slush
before starting the digs; but it was still exciting – even for those of us who
were busy and school or work, and didn’t actually get to see any of the action
until after school. There was a little
ceremony for the lab groundbreaking that Mom took Ethan and Ehlana over for;
and Uncle Adam was there as the representative of the company. Aunt Leanne was there too, since her real
estate business dealt with all of the land purchases and sales; but Dad had
meetings in the office to deal with, and only a few people even knew that he’d
been much more involved in the projects than just dealing with the legal side
of the property contracts.
Ethan and Ehlana were fired up all day; and kept Mom busy trying
to keep up with them. I understand why
they’re so excited, but on the other hand, the lab project is going to be
nothing more than a very big, deep hole in the ground for months before we’ll
see anything built above ground. They’re
keeping up with every detail practically as the work is happening, but I’ll
probably just get updates from them and during our future plans meetings.
Moving on to my school day news, the top Grade Seven story
isn’t actually a story yet; but will be one anytime now. It’s a little disturbing for me, because I
have someone who thinks that she hates me right now. Lisa doesn’t really hate me, but she is hurt,
mad, and jealous; and it’s a lot easier for her to focus all of that on me
instead of Michael. Being an
ultra-sensitive empath can be tough; and today was definitely one of those
difficult days. I wish I could help both
of them, but I’m the last person Lisa would want a shoulder to cry on from; and
I have no idea how to help Michael without making things worse for Lisa.
If everyone and everything seemed to be conspiring to push
me over ‘the line’ last week; the tween drama today went a long way toward
convincing me that staying safely where I am right now is the smart decision.
Moving along, it’s been cold all day with a mixed bag of wet
snow and drizzle that didn’t make playing outside a particularly interesting
option. Rowen and I still hopped on our
new bikes and did a quick ride around to check out the action at the lab and behind
her house and Aunt Leanne and Uncle Adam’s place. The first day of work was already winding
down by then, and there wasn’t much to actually see except all of the equipment
and some holes in the ground; but it was still exciting. Rowen isn’t sure how she’s feeling about
having back-yard neighbors instead of open fields beyond her back yard, but she
does think it’s cool that the Seagers bought that house. Getting to watch those houses being built
will be cool too; though the noise might get annoying sometimes.
Since we didn’t want to ride our new bikes or play outside
in the cold today, after doing our little construction sightseeing tour, we
spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out in the lounge; doing our homework;
playing music; and having a little chat with Ethan and Ehlana. Rowen went over to the computer store shortly
after Dad got home, and I helped to make dinner after she left while Ethan and
Ehlana supervised, and we all gave Dad the daily recap.
That reminds me to mention there was something else weird
going on at school today. Some of the
high school boys were wearing pajama pants today – and by some, I mean a
quarter or more of them. Yes, that is
only ten or twelve guys out of forty-something, but that was enough to get
everyone’s attention. I haven’t heard
the real reason why they decided to do this, or who instigated it. There were jokes filtering down to the lower
grades that it was a ploy to try and get the high school girls to wear their
pajamas and nighties to school too.
Jacob and Dillon were not part of that trend-setting group, but we’ll
see if they join in before this little episode of goofiness runs its course.
Considering my earlier comment about being glad that I
haven’t crossed over yet, suggesting that it would be fun to see Jake Stone
wearing his pajama pants to school too – or in whatever he does wear to bed, as
Rowen suggested to me – is probably wrong; but we couldn’t have been the only
girls thinking that today!
Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Adam, and Aunt Leanne all came over
after dinner mostly to have the first future plans meeting that Grandma and
Grandpa could attend since in nearly three months; and to continue catching up
with them on what we’d all been doing while they were away. For the future plans part of the night, we
mostly went over the construction schedule for the next couple of months;
continued work on some of our mid-term projects; and brought Grandma and
Grandpa up to speed with the latest news on the overall plan. They had some new suggestions for ways that
we could support new or expanding local businesses beyond what we’re already
doing with construction-related companies; and they’re right about some of the
things we’ll need in a growing town.
Maybe that’s something I’ll get involved with – especially when it comes
to having more shopping options!
We spent an hour and a half working, and then moved into the
living room for drinks, snacks, and an extended bedtime story-share before
Ethan and Ehlana were tucked into bed by our grandparents. I came up to bed then too. While it had already been a long, busy day by
then, I wanted to get started on my next language study; and began my nightly
computing with that. Punjabi is one of
the Indo-Iranian languages, and while knowing the language will be helpful for
our family business interests in Pakistan, India, and elsewhere, I actually
chose to study it next because it connects Indo-Iranian and Aryan languages
with tonal languages; so it will help me learn many other languages once I’ve
mastered it. Since almost nobody else
who might read this in the future will be interested in languages like I am;
I’ll leave that little lesson right there, and move on.
I worked on my first Punjabi lessons for nearly two hours;
added another hour of work in the archives; and wrapped up with my usual nightly
computing before getting around to this archive update. It’s past two now; I’ve had enough fun for
one day; and that’s all I have to report anyway, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
