Rowen and I might not be going to many more
of Michael and Tim’s baseball practices on Monday, but it looks as though they’re
going to keep coming to ours. I’m sure
that getting out of work at the Inn a bit early for Michael has something to do
with that; but the main reason I think they’ll be there is because it’s turning
out to be another football opportunity for them.
Ditto that for Lucas Norton, and he might
even be getting out of some work at the farm; but football is definitely not
his top reason for coming to town with his mother and sister. After tonight, I’d say it’s also becoming
more obvious to more people than just me why he’s there – or more specifically;
whom he’s there to see. Since that’s
quite possibly already a news flash heading up the gossip network charts now; I
can report that Rebecca is the girl that Lucas is so interested in – and finally
is pushing far enough past the shy to talk to her.
Okay, it’s not as though he’s never talked
to Rebecca, and they did have that midnight kiss moment on New Year’s Eve that
so surprised both of them; but it was definitely different for them tonight –
and I wasn’t the only girl there who thought that Lucas was adorably sweet as
he joined Michael and Tim after our practice and we all talked together until
his mother and sister were ready to head home.
It could take Lucas a year or two to get up the courage to ask Rebecca
out; so I’m thinking about dusting off my junior matchmaker badge and helping
them out with that little problem. I’ll
talk with Rebecca about that sometime soon; and maybe we can set something up
for the holiday weekend.
Yes, we’re all going to be busy; but I don’t
have a problem with adding in a little matchmaking fun to the schedule!
While that little scene at the park would
seem inconsequential to most people, it was actually the most important event
of the day for me; which anyone reading this in my future who knows all of us
will understand. That would probably
make most of my friends and neighbors laugh to hear, particularly if any of
them knew about my ‘real’ studies and part-time job; and understood that I was
making that statement when my day included working on projects worth a total of
about sixty million dollars over the past couple of hours. I’m not suggesting that my work isn’t more
important, and it certainly affects a lot of people; but that isn’t the same as
those things that impact your life personally – and sometimes it’s the little
moments that make a big difference.
Just as an aside, that’s why attempting to
use the Sight on a micro level is so impossible. You ‘see’ all of the possibilities; and
little, seemingly inconsequential choices – like getting up the courage to talk
to a girl you like, or not doing that – can be the most important event; yet
there’s no way to know that unless you tried to track every possible future
from each decision point in a person’s life.
Even for a Magi Master with perfect memory; that’s basically an
impossible task.
That probably sounds inconsistent compared
to some of my writings about what Ethan, Ehlana, and I know about our
collective future, but it isn’t. We’ve
been permitted to see some of the things that are meant to happen; and though I
haven’t mentioned this before – we also know about quite a few things that aren’t
going to happen too. The operative words
there are ‘supposed to’; so that still leaves open the potential for choices to
change what will happen.
Let’s all just hope that any bad choices
aren’t made at particularly bad moments that could become future game-changers.
Let’s not get any deeper into those kinds
of thoughts tonight; and get back to the daily update.
The cooler, damp weather continued today,
and we even stayed indoors for Tai Chi this morning. I’ll be okay with a change back to summer
weather anytime now; but that’s only because it’s tough switching back to cold than
it is going the other way. There is the
advantage of wearing cuddly sweaters; but then Michael and I haven’t exactly
been getting many cuddle time opportunities.
I’m also fairly sure that our boyfriends are going to appreciate seeing
Rowen and me in swimsuits this summer even more than last year; but let’s wait
to go there until it’s actually warm enough for swimming in the river or at
Quarry Lake.
I haven’t heard much from the seniors on
their trip, but there are other teens and siblings passing on news; and the
verdict is still out on how successful their adventures have been – mostly because
of the inconsistent weather. They’ve
been getting more rain than we have here too; but at least they could juggle
their itinerary the same way we did in Washington; and spend a nicer day at
Cedar Point instead of getting rained out.
I get wanting to go to one of the coolest amusement parks in the
country; but with all of the great options available; I sure hope that when it’s
our turn; we pick someplace a bit more exciting – no offense meant to anyone
from Ohio. I can also report that there
isn’t any major teen drama going on among our Grade Twelve friends – mostly because
most of the couples will likely be together for life now; and the few singles
haven’t met their match yet. They’ll be
heading home again in the morning; so hopefully their last play day was fun
today despite the rain.
While we didn’t get much rain, I wasn’t
spending much time outdoors anyway – except for during baseball practice. It was a fairly quiet day at school; Michael,
Rowen, Tim, and I studied at the Inn after school; and then I went home to do
some extra family business work that I needed to catch up on after missing my
usual Wednesday night work due to the birthday party and babysitting. I worked until dinner was ready; we had a quick
dinner; and I helped with the clean-up before heading over to the park. Our practice was pretty good on the baseball
side; and I’ve already covered my favorite news from the evening.
Michael and I stopped at his house with
Rowen and Tim for a snack break and drinks; but I opted to get home after that
instead of doing anything that would make for an even later night once I could
finally get to my work and language studies.
That helped a bit, but it was still after eleven by the time I’d done
the bedtime routine with Ethan and Ehlana; had my Magi lesson with Mom; and
visited with Mom and Dad in the office before we all came up to bed for the
night.
The good news is that I’m ready to take the
weekend off and help out more next week with getting ready for incoming holiday
weekend guests; and the trade-off is that I only have enough time for a nap
before it’ll be time to get up and going again – and I’m exhausted again. I am going to get some extra sleep this
weekend, though; so I’ll catch up on the lost down time eventually. For now, though, that’s all I have; so, until
next time…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
