It isn’t the circus, but the arrival of the carnival rides
for the fall festival is the closest thing kids and teens get to that feeling
in our little town; and the first trucks started rolling into town today.
Michael, Rowen, and I didn’t get to watch much of the action
at the park after school today because of band practice; but we did make a
quick trip there with Tim after studying at the computer store on our way home
for dinner. Tim told us about everything
that we’d missed, which wasn’t really all that much. The rides will really start taking shape
tomorrow and Thursday as the rest of the rides and work crews get to town – and
the carnival operator hires extra locals to help out with that work. Tim wishes he could do that, but still has
another three years before he’ll be old enough – no matter how much he knows
about mechanics.
Starting out with that skipped over most of the day, but I
don’t really have anything particularly interesting to write about from the
school part of my day. We were back out
by the river for Tai Chi this morning, so that was fun; but then Michael went
home for breakfast with his parents and sister, and the rest of the day through
until after band practice was fun but uneventful.
Music class and band practice at each end of the school day
is still really great, but Tuesday nights at Michael’s house tops the fun list
for both of us. Jacob tried out a new
chicken dish on us that was amazing, and worth being on the three-teen
post-dinner clean-up crew to experience.
Michael and I went for another walk to the park after that, but the work
had already ended for the day by then; and there wasn’t anything to see – other
than the few guys and girls working for the carnival who were hanging around
the bunk trailers.
Michael taught me a guitar lesson after we got home again,
and then we had a little alone time in his room that included some minor making
out before we went downstairs again to watch some television with his parents
and Rebecca until I needed to go home for the night. I haven’t decided whether it feels stranger
to have moments like that at Michael’s house or mine, though that’s an easy
answer for him; but Miranda wins the parental reaction – and comedy awards –
for how she handles our new relationship.
I love Miranda, and even though Michael gets embarrassed and blushes
when she teases us about things like why we spend so much time practicing the
rests in the music at the end of our lessons; I just have fun with it and enjoy
the entertainment.
I can also very easily picture scenes like that with Aunt
Leanne and her kids in another twelve to fifteen years; but I should probably
wait awhile before warning my future cousins.
The scary scenario will be if they’re as hyper and fired up as their Mommy.
Oh wait – Miranda and I sort of resemble that; don’t
we? No wonder we’re having so much fun!
The dinner, music, alone time with Michael, and fun with his
family all added up to keep me in a very good mood since coming home. I was there in time for Ethan and Ehlana’s
bedtime story and snack; with the stories being an exchange of daily updates
from all of us while we munched on Olde Bakery cookies and sipped our
drinks. Dad is trying to get as much of
his work done to be ready for his week in the city each night so that he has
some extra time to spend with us at the fall festival – and with Aunt Leanne
and Uncle Adam if their baby arrives this week; so he kept working while we had
our little chat. He kept working when
Mom and I tucked Ethan and Ehlana in for the night, and while Mom did my Magi
lesson; was still immersed in researching some contract law for one of his
cases when I came up to my room to get ready for bed and start my usual studies
and nightly computing.
I’m continuing to purposefully keep from commenting much on
the continuing, childish drama going on in Washington right now, but should
mention that we’re very proactive about dealing with things like that for our
family business; and our companies are mostly only mildly inconvenienced by
anything the government is doing – or not doing. It would be fun to be able to report that the
government shutdowns are causing issues for Hathorne Industries, but I did a
check on that tonight, and they’re just taking advantage of every opportunity they
can come up with to exploit the situation.
There are lots of people today who think they’re brilliant for taking
advantage of crises for their own gains or agenda, but I can assure you that
Dark Magi have been doing that for Millennia; and are experts at the tactics.
That’s not much fun to think about, and we can’t do much
about anything the Hathornes are doing right now; so let’s move along and wrap
this up.
My language studies continue comparatively slowly right now,
but I am making progress, and the diversity of the dialects I’m learning right
now will help me a lot with learning other languages more quickly in the
future. Uncle Adam had some new research
in our Magi Project archive that I read over and commented on, and I spent over
an hour on the archive homework from my lesson tonight before starting my
family business work and computer checks.
It’s almost three o’clock now, and I’m beat; but it was
worth another late night to get all of that work done; and unless Aunt Leanne
has her baby tomorrow, one more late night should get me to where I want to be
going into the weekend. Getting started
on my nap is at the top of my to-do list now, though, so I am so out of here!
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
