We started the day out with a bit of rain that kept us
indoors for Tai Chi and made for a damp walk to school; but the rest of the day
was fairly nice – at least until the thunder-storms rolled through a bit before
midnight.
It was a fairly uneventful day at school, and I was doing a
make-up work night after that, so the only news I have for today is from
Stephanie’s ‘Magi’ visit, and Mom and Dad’s first baseball practice.
Stephanie’s visit was first, and she came over after doing her
homework with Jake – once he was busy helping out at the Inn. We were all in the office for that little
meeting. Mom did her usual story time
and had Stephanie talk about her training while I mostly listened and worked on
my computer and Ethan and Ehlana played with their iPads. There are still well-over half of the adult
Magi who still aren’t ready to deal with the fact that my brother, sister, and
I know about them, but almost all of the teens who have approached Mom since
last summer have been happy to talk with us too – though we aren’t in on most
of these first meetings. I wasn’t even
at home the day that Dillon stopped in to have his Magi chat with Mom.
We didn’t try to scare her, but Stephanie did get a slightly
different version of the family business story, and that was an important first
step; since she’ll eventually be as involved in that as Violet will be; and a
college part-time job with us may be in her future too. As usual, there were some personal Magi
issues that Mom is going to help her out with, and that’s something else that
is fairly common among the new adult Magi.
Every Magi kid seems to have a Magi wish list of things they would like
to know, learn, or be able to do; but haven’t been able to learn those things
through their parents or mentors. It’s
something that we’re already starting to work on, but as with everything else;
there are a lot of Magi who are not ready to deal with those new options and
opportunities. I expect that will be a
slow change for at least this generation, and it may decades before all Magi
kids are trained like Ethan, Ehlana, and I are.
Let’s move on and talk baseball. The big difference with the first co-ed
practice tonight was that we didn’t have Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, Uncle Nick,
or Aunt Deborah there. Mom and Dad came
over to the park early so they could play with Ethan and Ehlana for a while
before starting their warm-ups when the Warrens and Palmers got to the park
too. Aunt Leanne had lined up
replacements, but I didn’t find out until they got to the park that Claire
Norton, and her husband, Karl, had been two of those draftee-volunteers. Emma came with them, so I had some extra help
with Ethan and Ehlana – and with Naomi when she joined us too.
Liz is taking the summer off due to pregnancy too, so our
team needed a total of five new players.
Along with the Nortons, Aunt Leanne had gotten Bill and Tracey Jennings
to sign up; and Liz talked Vicky Cole into taking her spot for the season. Emma and I took the three toddlers over to
the ball diamond once the practice actually started, but only stayed until
Rowen met up with us, and then we took Ethan, Ehlana, and Naomi back to the
playground.
I’ll use the entertaining the toddlers excuse for not
watching the rest of the practice, and be glad that I didn’t have to stay and
watch. Yes, it was the first practice of
the season, but I can assure you it was the worst practice I’ve seen them have
since Mom and I moved here. I’ll hope
for the best, and plan for having as much fun as possible without a lot of
wins.
We were home by dark, and Mom and I did the full bath and
bedtime routine with the twins while Dad got to work in the office. Mom and I followed that up with a lengthy
Magi lesson, and then I was ready for some Jacuzzi time. I spent more than an hour doing that before doing
my hair, getting ready for bed, and then deciding to sit in the window alcove
to work on my computer. That choice was
mostly because an awesome light show was just getting started outside. The actual thunder-storm didn’t hit until
after midnight, but I had an amazing view of the lightning while doing my
bedtime studying and computer checks.
Compared to that, the work wasn’t all that exciting. I don’t have anything else to report, and the
storm is moving on, so I should pack it up and get some sleep.
Until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor; logging
out!
