Happy 18th birthday, Stephanie! Happy 2nd birthday, Sophia!
Before I get to the recap, I’ve been thinking about
Stephanie, Jake, Dillon, and Violet a lot tonight while doing my usual bedtime
studying. Stephanie didn’t show any
signs of it anytime I saw her today, but she must have been disappointed to
find out that Jake isn’t a Magi; and possibly a bit weird to find out that
Dillon is one. That’s had me doing a bit
of ‘what if’ speculating. Dillon doesn’t
know about Violet yet, but he now does about Jake and Stephanie. I can’t help but wonder if their
relationships would change because of that; or what might have happened if
Violet had never been in the picture at all.
Maybe this is one of the biggest reasons the council has for
their rules for Magi kids, but there must also be cases where not knowing ended
up affecting relationships too. I’d
never try using the Sight to look at something like that, since I’d see all of
the possibilities, but it must be hard for nearly all of the Magi in
Stephanie’s position to deal with on a day when they should be celebrating.
Stephanie did do some celebrating with her family and
friends, but let’s weave that story into the rest of my Sunday report.
While she was having a gourmet breakfast with her parents at
the Stone’s house, I was busy with Tai Chi; breakfast for five; cleaning up;
and getting ready for church. Ethan,
Ehlana, and I got to give Stephanie her birthday present at church before the
service started. We drove there; mostly
because it was still cold, and there was a chance of getting more rain before
we’d be home again. I sat with Rowen and
her family until it was time to leave the sanctuary for Sunday school. I finally got to spend a few minutes talking
with Rebecca and Jenny after church, but even then, the service had gone a bit
long, and Rebecca needed to get over to the Inn; so she didn’t have much time
for a visit or to tell me much about her trip.
The next few hours were a bit crazy. We had to run home; get changed; head over to
Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s for lunch; and spend a last couple of hours with
his and Aunt Deborah’s family before they headed home. Ethan and Ehlana also had Sophia’s birthday
party to go to, and Mom took care of getting them home, ready for that, and
over to the Bassett’s house while Dad and I helped out with the post-lunch
clean-up and getting luggage from bedrooms to vehicles. It was raining off and on by then, and Aunt
Deborah’s parents, brothers, and their families were all ready to get started
on what was likely to be a longer-than-usual drive home; so once everything was
packed up, the good-bye hugs and kisses didn’t take long.
I was set free after that, and after meeting up with Rowen
at her house, we spent the afternoon in the lounge and my room while Mom and
Dad were busy working in the office. We
all had a little surprise when Violet stopped in. She hadn’t told anyone except Dillon and Jake
that she was making the quick round-trip for Stephanie’s birthday party; and
the visit with us was mostly so she could freshen up after the long, rainy
drive before going on to the Inn. That gave us a little time for a visit, but
then she was on the go again; Dad went back to work; and Mom needed to go and
get Ethan and Ehlana.
Sophia’s birthday fun wasn’t over yet, but her friends
weren’t doing the birthday dinner at the Inn
with her. That was going to be with her
extended family; and they were having it there because that was the only way
they could do that and still include her Aunt Miranda, Uncle Jacob, and Jake, Rebecca,
and Michael. Having their birthday
dinners together could become a regular event for Stephanie and Sophia, and I’m
sure that those parties had a lot to do with why nobody else in my family was
going to one of the buffets today. The
first buffet was likely three-quarters full just with the combined Bassett and
Wingborough extended clans and their friends.
While the Inn was birthday
party central tonight, after a busy family weekend, Mom and Dad were ready for
a quick, easy, minimal-mess meal. Since
they didn’t have anything going on either, Mom invited Rowen’s parents and
brother over; and dinner doesn’t get much easier than frozen pizza and
wings. We didn’t even bother with any
salads or sides. I was glad to get to
spend a few extra hours with Rowen, and after eating and cleaning up; we had a
couple of hours to play with Patrick, Ethan, and Ehlana in the lounge while the
parents had a little visit in the living room.
We mostly played video games to keep Patrick happy – and to
avoid having him spend that time teaching Ethan some of his favorite pranks and
jokes instead. After the Emersons went
home, Mom and Dad took care of most of Ethan and Ehlana’s bedtime routine; and
I was only in on the story and goodnight hugs and kisses. Violet didn’t stop in again after the party,
but I did have a little computer chat with her once she was home in Woodvale
again; and it sounded like Stephanie’s party was a blast. She didn’t get a new car for her birthday,
but there were a few gifts that were pretty big; and will make her upcoming
college life a lot easier. I thought
that the coolest gift was the two, first class, round-trip tickets from Grandpa
Grant and Grandma Eleanor that will get Stephanie and Jake home for Christmas
this year. Hopefully the air miles from
all of their archive travels helped them out with that little purchase!
As noted at the beginning of this update, I’ve been working
on my usual studying and computer checks.
Violet and I didn’t chat for long, since she was really tired out after
doing so much rainy-weather driving. My
top email news is that Rowen and I have been put on Sarah Landry’s team for the
season. Our practices are on Thursdays
again, and we have almost the exact same team as we had during my first summer
in Witch Falls.
The big difference this time is that quite a few of the older girls are
six or more inches taller than we are.
Carolyn Landry is already taller than her mother, and there’s a pretty
good chance that I’ll never catch up to her if she’s getting the height gene
from her Dad.
Our first practice is supposed to be this week, but we’ll
see if that happens, since the forecast is calling for thunder-storms and more
rain on Thursday. What a surprise – more
rain! Mom and Dad were already in bed by
the time I checked my email, and I definitely didn’t want to disturb them, so
I’ll find out tomorrow which team they’re going to be on. It’ll probably be the same group, though
they’ll need extra players to replace Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, Uncle Nick, and
Aunt Deborah; since they’re all taking this summer off from baseball.
That’s pretty much it for the news today. The highlights for the coming week will be
Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s 2nd anniversary on Tuesday; baseball,
if we have any practices; and Mother’s Day next Sunday. We have another classmate birthday on Friday,
but Rowen and I did not get invitations to Nora’s party. I’m okay with that, but Rowen is a bit disappointed
– even though these parties can be tough on her for pretty much anything that
has to do with ‘Tommy’. Maybe I’ll keep
her entertained with a sleepover to make up for that on Friday instead.
It’s time to call it a night and get some sleep before I
start thinking too much about that kind of tween drama, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
