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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Cassie's Journal - April 9, 2014



Happy 11th Birthday, Patrick!

Mother Nature decided to give him some great weather for his big day, and while I didn’t get to enjoy much of that warm and sun with Michael; Rowen and I had some playground fun with Ethan and Ehlana after dinner.

While Patrick is fast-approaching the borderline for what are and aren’t cool toys, Rowen, Tim, Michael, and I went with giving him a pair of radio-controlled boats that he and his buddies have already had out racing on the river; and I think we had a hit with our choice.  I know, and you may be thinking, that boys of all ages love to play with radio-controlled toys, and that is true; but those toys get a lot more expensive as the boys get older and probably won’t be in some of our budgets anytime soon no matter how much Patrick would love to have gas-powered planes, helicopters, cars, or boats.

Giving Patrick his gifts was the most entertaining part of the morning for Rowen and me; and he even managed to get through a birthday hug and kiss from me without getting too embarrassed or flustered.  He walked to school with us and stayed long enough to thank Michael and Tim for the boats; but then he was off and running to enjoy the day with Scott and the rest of his buddies.  After that, the highlight of our school day was the weather – getting to be outdoors at lunchtime and for Phys-Ed.  There was more football after we ate our lunches, but Rowen and I split our time between watching Michael and Tim play and going for a walk around the schoolyard.  We had track and field in Phys-Ed; though we mostly did track work because the field’s still too soft for some of the other activities.

Since Rowen and I needed to head over to her house right after school to help her mother with the pre-party work in the kitchen and yard.  Michael and Tim still went to Tim’s house to study before going on to their usual Wednesday night work at the Inn and auto shop; though some football action may have gotten in their way for a while before they managed to get to the studying.  Helping Patricia was mostly fun; though that started going downhill once Patrick and his friends arrived and they started acting like a typical pack of ten and eleven-year old boys.  Rowen was really glad that she didn’t have to stay for the party; and we were both ready to leave when it was time for us to get home and have dinner with my family.  Patricia was not really joking when she begged us to take her along; though she wasn’t seriously going to leave Owen on his own with the gang of boys.

Compared to the action going on at the Emerson’s house, we had a very quiet evening.  Dad grilled some chicken on the barbeque to go with the side dishes Mom whipped up for us, and though Rowen missed out on the Olde Bakery birthday cake at her house; we had pie and ice cream for dessert.  Our work at her house didn’t count at mine, so Rowen and I were on the clean-up crew after dinner; but then we headed out for the play time at the park with Ethan and Ehlana.

We spent an hour or so there, and then Rowen and I did our homework in the lounge while Ethan and Ehlana studied in the office – where Mom and Dad had been working since we’d left for the park.  Being on our own to study allowed us to speed up our work with a little Magi power; and that gave us time for some music fun before we went downstairs to do the bedtime routine with the twins.  Once Ethan and Ehlana were tucked in for the night, Mom did a Magi lesson with Rowen and me; and that was my favorite part of the night.  We definitely need to start doing that more often again than we have lately, though as usual; I have no idea how to fit that in along with everything else I’d like to be doing but never seem to have time for.

I also haven’t written about Rowen’s actual Magi development in quite a while; so let’s take a moment to do that.  Her grandmother thinks that her development is affected by her bonus lessons with Mom; the training tips that Mom is passing on to all Magi mentors; and our ability to use our talents without adult supervision now that I can shield.  She’s right about that, but while we’re helping Rowen reach her full Magi potential; she’s also still one of the strongest Magi of our generation.  Her strengths include the elements and transmutation; and while she’s only at the very beginning of her shielding lessons, she’s showing the potential to be as good at that as Uncle Adam is – and he’s one of the best in his generation.  Rowen isn’t as strong in telepathy, empathy, or telekinesis; but that’s still relative to others and she’d rank somewhere in the middle of the pack from strongest to weakest in all three areas.  That will fluctuate a bit until we’re adults, but while Rowen can still do amazing things; she probably won’t be holding up any major farm equipment or airplanes anytime soon.  She’ll have to settle for the equivalent of cars, trucks, and maybe the occasional bus.

I’m still hoping that we’ll get to test those abilities someday soon in a more practical way than just applying forces against each other and measuring the results.  That just isn’t as cool as moving big objects around would be!

Moving along, Rowen borrowed my Jacuzzi when we came up to my room for the night; and I did most of my studying and family business work while she was in the tub.  We had a bit of hair play time while she was getting ready for bed; and we’ve been chatting and surfing the internet since climbing into bed with Mandy.  I’ve done my usual bedtime computer checks too, though there isn’t anything going on worth mentioning from any of that.  We’ve mostly just been having fun with the best friend chat time and watching some funny YouTube videos.  We’re not quite ready to call it a night yet, but I don’t have anything else to add to this update; so I’m going to wrap it up and sit back and enjoy whatever entertainment Rowen finds for us until we are ready to nap.  This may not have been birthday party fun, but mid-week sleepovers are a lot better than our usual Wednesday night part-time jobs; so it’s been a really good day for both of us.  With game night and another warm day to look forward to tomorrow; I hope the fun will keep on coming for the rest of the week and weekend.

Here’s hoping that’ll happen, but I’m out of here for now; so…

…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!