Our day started out early so that we could see Dad off on
his trip to the city, but I was happy to cuddle with Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana and
get the extra hour of sleep between that little blast of fun and our normal
wake-up call time.
Tai Chi with Michael was fun, and only having four to feed
and get ready for the day was a wonderful relief after the barely-controlled
chaos of Sunday morning.
I don’t have a lot to write about from school. Michael and I did two more music practices
with the Kindergarten and Grade One classes this morning; and we had a good
day; but there isn’t really any news worth mentioning. Mom had some fun today while I was at
school. She had a meeting with Josiah
Palmer, and they apparently had a fairly entertaining chat. He’s one of the strongest Magi in his
generation, but that’s not really surprising when that’s true for his parents
and their generation too. Josiah is
really excited about having Magi Masters around again; and he’s already started
reading the books that Mom translated for the council. Finally getting to find out what his
ancestors had written in those most-prized Magi possessions is particularly
important for the Palmers; and Josiah is as happy about that as he is about all
of the Magi archives.
His connection to our family started getting closer from the
moment he and Christina got together, but now that he knows about Dillon,
Violet, and Stephanie; I’ll guess that he and Christina will become much closer
to the other two couples – even while they’re going to school at different
colleges. They’ll have other reasons to
get closer to our family in the future too; but just in case these journals are
available to other Magi before some of those events happen; I wouldn’t dream of
spoiling any surprises by writing about that now.
Moving along, Michael, Rowen, Tim, and I did our
after-school studying at my house; and we had Ethan and Ehlana with us most of
the time so that Mom could take care of a few things while we were around to
help her. The homework didn’t take long,
and we had time to play for a while until Michael and I needed to be at his
house for dinner. Tim, Rowen, Ethan, and
Ehlana played some video games while Michael and I did a music practice; and
then we joined the gaming competition for the last half-hour or so until we
needed to go.
Dinner at Michael’s house was extra-special tonight thanks
to Jake, Stephanie, and her parents.
Jacob and Jake had some kitchen play time together, so the food was
amazing; but I mostly loved the family together time. This was really my first time getting to do
something like that with Stephanie’s parents too, and while they’ve always been
two of my favorite people since Mom and I moved here; tonight was the first
time I really felt like part of their family too.
Jake and Stephanie’s parents are much closer in age than
either couple is to my Mom and Dad; and they’ve been friends since they were
all young adults – if not really so much when they were kids or teens when a
couple of years was a bigger deal. Those
friendships are different when everyone involved is so busy with their
businesses and long work days; but that really just makes them appreciate the
moments like we had tonight so much more.
While dinner was amazing, the clean-up wasn’t quite as much
fun – mostly because Michael, Rebecca, and I insisted that the parents needed
the time with Jake and Stephanie while we did the work in the kitchen. We still had a couple of hours of play time
with everyone else after the cleaning was finished; and Jake and Stephanie
entertained us with some favorite college stories. Violet and Dillon aren’t the only teens
making social changes while on the holiday break, and again; Michael and I
don’t really have a problem with our older teens setting precedence for us to
use in the future. Michael had the
shyest reaction to finding out that Stephanie was spending the night with Jake
– and not even with the pretense of using a guest room; but that didn’t keep
him from smiling when he was thinking the same thing I was about that.
I didn’t mention it in my update yesterday, but Christina is
staying with Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne while she’s here this week; and it’ll
be interesting to see whether she and Josiah do any sleepovers there or at his
house this week. They may not, since
they haven’t been together as long as Jake and Stephanie or Violet and Dillon;
but I wouldn’t put any bets on that.
Christina, Stephanie, and Violet may spare me the intimate details when
exchanging email with me; but I can read between the lines – not to mention the
other abilities I have available to me.
Thinking about that – or boyfriend-girlfriend sleepovers –
this close to bedtime is probably a bad idea, but then I’ll be dealing with my
period for the next couple of days; so I wouldn’t really be all that interested
in that kind of fun even if it was an option for Michael and me. The good news is that I’ll have that out of
the way in time for the holidays.
Moving this along, I went home a bit later than usual, and
Mom already had Ethan and Ehlana in bed by then. She was working in the office, so we did my
Magi lesson there before I came up to my room to get started on my own studies
and work. It was after eleven-thirty
before I got started on that, and it’s heading toward three now; but I’m ready
to start cutting back to the basics again for the rest of the week – and
hopefully during all of the holidays too.
I’m ready to move on to my next languages in the New Year;
and Mom won’t have time for many Magi lessons with Ethan, Ehlana, or me after
this week; so I’ll really only need to keep up with my family business
work. It would be nice if I could say
that was done for Christmas too, but I was finished with basically all
Christmas-related business back in October; I’m past Valentine’s Day already;
and working on Spring and Easter-related projects. That never stops being a bit weird; but it
goes with the job.
With the concert on Thursday and our class Christmas parties
and early release on Friday, we really only have two days of ‘real’ school to
go; and Michael and I will be missing half of that time with more music
practices. His parents are working at
the Inn again tomorrow night, so we’ll be spending the evening at my house with
Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana; but other than that, it should be a comparatively quiet
couple of days before we’re back into the Christmas and holiday fun and busy
that will pretty much keep going every day through until we go back to school
again.
I can hardly wait to get started on all of that, but need some
down time right now; so that’s all for tonight, and I’m out of here and off to
dreamland.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
