This has been one of those really good days, with lots of
fun and minimal tweeirdness.
Tai Chi with Mom by the river got the morning off to a great
start, and we had a nice little chat with Dad while we were all having
breakfast; though his diner meal was better than our standard school day
fare. Rowen collected me on her way to
school, and we biked there today.
The good news for Michael at school was that Nora’s party
news was old already for everyone except Vanessa and Nora; but he and Tim were
both getting bugged about spending so much time with Rowen and me at the park
last night. You’d never know from most
of those jokes and comments that Ethan and Ehlana had been with us the entire
time too. The closest I came to being in
the tweeird zone was while Vanessa was spending some time this morning trying
to decide whether I was going after Michael too or not. Rowen thought most of that was funny, but she
was fairly annoyed after we overheard Nora offering some dismissive retorts to jibes
about Tim and Michael doing picnics in the park with other girls from a couple
of their friends that weren’t very flattering to us. It’s definitely not just the guys who have a
blind spot when it comes to really seeing Rowen for who she is instead of how
our classmates have thought of her practically since kindergarten.
Not only was Nora not at all worried about her boyfriend
hanging out with us yesterday; she had no problem with him doing homework with
us and biking the trails without her again today. That annoyed Rowen too, but since we have
more fun when Nora isn’t biking with us; I didn’t have a problem with it. If Tim wanted to be honest, he didn’t mind
either. Riding the trails in the woods
at the park is not fun when you’re biking with people who don’t like doing that
too; and you spend half your time waiting around for them.
We still had to do some waiting to take turns on the trails,
but before we got to that there was homework to get out of the way. Michael invited us to his house to do that,
and Rebecca studied with us after we all had a snack break with Jacob and
Miranda. We had the snack and did our
studying out on the back porch, and though we invited Rebecca to come riding
with us when we were ready to go, we didn’t really expect her to want to ride
the trails; and she decided to hang out with some of her friends instead.
With such nice weather, there were a lot of kids and teens
at the park, and as I already mentioned, there were line-ups and we had some
waiting time for the favorite trails.
Doing those jumps and tricks isn’t quite the same as the day we went
snowboarding, but it’s about as close to adventure and excitement as a tween
can get in Witch Falls without a little Magi power. What I really loved most, though, was just
getting to have fun with my friends for a while without any tweeird moments.
When we got back home again, Mom had arranged to keep Rowen
for dinner, and she had an easy-meal nearly ready. We ate; Rowen and I cleaned up; and then we
all headed back to the park for some more play time. We collected the four members of the Stone
family who weren’t at the Grand Canyon this
week. Our park adventure started with
some playground action, and then we went for a walk along the path – doing the
full loop of the park. Michael and Jacob
spent part of that time talking about the biking trails; and some of them had
apparently been there in various states of usability since the fifties – the
nineteen fifties; should you happen to be reading this in the distant future. Michael thinks that the town council should
think about doing something with them – that BMX and mountain biking trails
would be good for everyone in town and for tourists and visitors. I’m sure he’ll eventually be very happy to
find out that more features at the park are definitely part of our future plans
for Witch Falls, but that wasn’t something I could
talk about today.
I’d expected some matchmaking attempts with Miranda, Rowen,
Ethan, and Ehlana all with us tonight, but they surprised me by not doing or
saying anything along those lines to Michael or me. That helped to keep the fun going, and so did
the snack break we did at our house after leaving the park. Mom’s offer won out because she had fresh
Olde Bakery snacks, while Miranda and Jacob had used theirs up after
school. The parents sat out on the back
porch for that, while the rest of us sat on the dock with our drinks and
treats. Rebecca isn’t into biking, but
she was wishing that she’d gone for a canoe ride earlier; and Rowen and I may
get together and do that with her later this week or on the weekend if we can
get a nice weather day when we’re all available to go.
We also talked baseball; school trips; final tests and
exams, which are now less than three weeks away; and summer holidays. Since Miranda and Jacob need to be up early
tomorrow, they only stayed for a half hour or so before taking Rebecca and
Michael home with them for the night.
Rowen went home then too, and once we were on our own again; Mom did
another Magi lesson with Ethan, Ehlana, and me before I helped her get them
ready for bed and tucked in for the night.
I was already getting tired by then, so I’ve cut back on the
studying, and did most of that while in the Jacuzzi. There were bedtime chats with Rowen and
Stephanie mixed in with the work, and I only did a quick version of the nightly
news, sports, and entertainment checks before getting to this report. It isn’t quite midnight yet, but I need a bit
more sleep tonight; and plan to get started on that right now, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
