If Rowen were here tonight, she’d be telling me that my top
news story should be having Michael hang out with me in my bedroom after
school.
Of course she might skip mentioning that she was there too;
and so were Rebecca, Ethan, and Ehlana.
That sort of takes the edge off of a non-story; doesn’t it?
There was actually more to my day before then, though I
guess it was fairly standard and uneventful up to that point. Tai Chi was indoors because it was too cool
out for Ethan and Ehlana; and there wasn’t anything exciting going on at home
between then and when Rowen met up with me and we headed for school. The top Grade Seven chat topic today was
Brock’s party; and I caught a few jokes directed at Michael about having two
girls hanging all over him all evening – and then going home with two other
girls. Michael didn’t seem to mind the
jokes and jabs, and I guess that the fact that he’s getting teased about that
sort of thing means that we’re all trying to move on after weeks of being very
cautious about anything like that about either Michael or Lisa. It wasn’t raining this morning, so we had
Phys-Ed class outside and played soccer. Rowen and I were outside for most of our lunch
break – as were most of the kids and teens.
We went for a walk, and hung out on the bleachers while some of the guys
were mostly just goofing off out on the football field. We had a test and a quiz in two out of three
of our afternoon classes, so there isn’t anything exciting to report there –
even Dad doesn’t really get excited about the steady stream of A+ marks
anymore.
So we’re set free from school for the day, and Rowen and I
end up walking home with Rebecca and Michael.
Their best friends are busy with their respective boyfriend and
girlfriend; and Rowen easily convinced them to hang out with us instead of
going home and doing their homework on their own. I happen to know that the Olde Bakery treats
we had for our snack were leftovers that would have been dessert tonight if Mom
hadn’t used them for our snack instead, but my adorable little brother and
sister happily helped Rowen out by both entertaining our guests and finding
creative little ways to nudge Michael and me together.
We needed to get our homework done before playing with Ethan
and Ehlana; and sat at the table in the lounge to do that. While Rebecca had different assignments that
Michael, Rowen, and I did, we all had fun and work really well together. Rebecca isn’t quite the straight-A student
that Michael is, but she’s not far off; and is definitely a better student than
Jenny – though that’s mostly because Jenny doesn’t rate school or homework very
high on her priority list. While she’d
never admit it, I’m sure that Rebecca liked studying with us more than with
Jenny. Maybe Rowen and I will invite her
over more often so she can do that.
Our studying actually takes longer when we have friends
over, but that is offset with the bonus fun; and Ethan and Ehlana made sure
that we were thoroughly entertained when we were done and could play with
them. They wanted to do a music practice
first, and followed that up with some video game action that Michael probably
can never tell the guys about. I doubt
that half of his friends even know that there are video games that are geared
toward girls or toddlers. Sesame Street
and Lego games just don’t rate the same as the latest fighting and racing
games. Michael and Ethan played some
racing games too, though, so that at least won’t be a reputation killer.
I should just skip reporting on those little matchmaking
nudges, but Rowen will ask me about it tomorrow; and will just give me a hard
time about it if I skip her favorite parts of our day. She thought that it was very funny every time
Ethan or Ehlana would do something that Michael or I had to react to and always
ended with us being close together.
Ehlana even pounced on me hard enough to knock me into Michael so that
he put an arm out to catch me while holding on to Ethan with the other. Then there was the running around that ended
several times with them leading Michael and me to practically run into each
other as we caught them. It’s funny how
that wasn’t a problem when it was Rebecca or Rowen helping with the chase. There was definitely collusion involved when
Michael and I were deserted while dealing with the clean-up in the lounge when
it was time for Michael, Rebecca, and Rowen to head home. Ethan and Ehlana wanted Rebecca and Rowen to
take them downstairs to Mom and Dad; and they all looked suspiciously happy
when Michael and I joined them in the kitchen.
Again, for the ‘I have not crossed over’ concept-challenged
– nothing happened during the four or five minutes that Michael and I were
alone.
The rest of my evening has been a fairly standard Monday
night. We had dinner; I was on the
clean-up crew; Mom did Magi lessons with Ethan, Ehlana, and me; and we had a
little play time before putting the twins to bed for the night. I’ve been doing my usual school night bedtime
studying, and the only news from the computer checks is that the baseball
sign-ups for this season were posted on the town intranet tonight. I’m excited about that because Rowen and I
move to the twelve-to-fourteen girls division; and I’m really hoping that we’ll
get to play with Rebecca, Jenny, Caroline Landry, and the other girls. Getting to play for Coach Sarah again would
be cool too.
That’s all I have for tonight, and I’m ready to call it a
night and get some sleep, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
