I’m very happy with the weather we’ve had
this summer, but I can’t help commenting on the somewhat wacky forecasting that
makes it tough sometimes to make plans more than a handful of hours ahead of
time.
While I was working a lot today anyway and
what the weather was like didn’t matter from a play perspective; that doesn’t
change the fact that weather forecasters – at least in our area – are having
trouble with their predictions. That
lack of accuracy worked out great for Tai Chi and football this morning; some
swimming and play time this afternoon; and Mom and Dad’s baseball practice this
evening and the play time that I had with Ethan and Ehlana while they were
busy.
All of that, and most of my family business
work tonight, was fun; but I don’t have anything particularly newsworthy to
write about from any of that. In fact,
the only real news of the day is about the meeting that Aunt Leanne, Dad, Mom,
and Uncle Adam had with Uncle Mark and Aunt Grace after baseball practice here
at our house. Michael was hanging out with
me by then, and we took care of Ethan, Ehlana, and Zack in the lounge while
they were busy with that; and I’m sure that it was just as entertaining as the
meeting about Violet was a few years ago.
I’m sure that Mom will have a full write-up
about it in her own journals, so I won’t pass on a lot of second-hand
information; but we did talk about it for a little while once my aunts, uncles,
cousin, and Michael had all gone home for the night. They did a pretty good job of hiding it while
they were still at the house with us – and with Michael – but Uncle Mark and
Aunt Grace are definitely a bit freaked out right now. The council always has doubts when outsiders
are told about any of us, but I’m not worried about that with my aunt and
uncle. They love us; they are going to
love their baby; and they will protect us.
For right now, the ‘us’ is very limited, and they’ll never know about
Magi outside of our family; but they also weren’t told about all of us either.
For the purpose of this journal, though,
the important thing is that Aunt Leanne and Uncle Adam already began the first
step in the baby’s prenatal training.
Uncle Mark and Aunt Grace don’t know this, but Mom helped Aunt Leanne
with making the first empathic link, and since she’s already been through that
with Zack; Aunt Leanne will lead most of the training for the baby with some
help from Uncle Adam as it gets closer to the due date. I won’t be involved in any of that, but it is
going to be cool to hear about, and as I’ve mentioned; could be a big deal for
future Magi baby development if it works out – and if the council allows it to
be done with other Magi baby and non-Magi mother pregnancies.
With that meeting and baseball, it was
after midnight by the time our guests had left and I’d kissed Michael
goodnight. I helped with getting Ethan
and Ehlana into bed after our little family chat and meeting recap; and then I
got ready for bed right away after that.
I had my family business work done for the day, so the nightly computer
checks didn’t take long; and now I’m ready to call it a night. There is rain in the forecast again for
Thursday, and lots of it; but if we don’t dodge yet another wet weather bullet;
there’s still a chance that it won’t get in the way of my baseball practice or
our camping night. I’ll keep you posted
on how that goes, but we’ll either be camping or doing a sleepover here rain or
shine; and I want to get a bit of extra sleep now that I don’t expect to get
tomorrow night.
There are a few little details here and
there that I’m skipping – like Violet being at Dillon’s house for a sleepover
tonight – but I really am just ready to nap now; so, until next time...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of
the Light!
