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***Heirs of the Magi News Flash!*** Winter has, for the most part, been mild so far - or awesome for the month that Cassie and Michael spent in summertime-Australia! They are home now and will be working from home for most of the time until Easter. The hometown work will include getting ready for their next trip, but there will be a lot of fun to get in on and share with their favorite people - including their March Break trip to Florida adventure. All of your favorite Magi Masters will continue to work and play while their future plans unfold; so... ...Visit Witch Falls often to keep up with all of their latest stories; and Happy Reading!

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Cassie's Journal - October 3, 2014



Our Ridge River Raiders are not starting out the second half of the season as happily as the first half; and we lost a close match to new perennial rivals, Grand Summit.

By ‘new’, I mean recent history; since it’s only been the last couple of seasons that have been an issue – at least from the Grand Summit side of the football; and that was almost entirely due to Kyle’s dominance of their team.  Two years ago, we won big in the second round of the playoffs, and last year; we beat them in the third round.  That one really hurt them being just one game away from a shot at the Championship.  Since we were on their home turf for this game, our guys shouldn’t be too disappointed, and they only lost by one point; but they are still upset to now have two losses on the season.

While we’re on that thought, I’m also going to mention that the most of the guys were not impressed with Jason Johnson again after the game.  Bragging about being the top point scorer again this week was bad enough; but doing that after a loss was just stupid.  I wasn’t around him for any of that nonsense; but Michael and Tim told Rowen and me about it after we were home again.  That boy needs to get a clue before some of his friends clue him in the hard way.

I’m sure from that news you can gather that we kicked some field goals tonight – and there were six of them.  Our run game got stuffed all night; and Michael and Tim only managed two touchdowns each.  Basically, if they got away from the defenders on long plays, they did great; but our red zone play didn’t cut it tonight.  The only surprising thing about that was the fact that we were in the lead late; and lost it on a last-play field goal thanks to good time management by the Grand Summit coach.

Okay, that’s enough of the football report.  The cheerleading was fun right up to that downer of an ending; but it was also cold tonight; and has been getting colder.  The rain ended earlier today, though, so at least we weren’t cold and wet tonight.  Our half-time routine went over well with the hostile crowd, so that was good too; and I was also glad that we didn’t have any major hassles with any guys hitting on us tonight too.  Maybe that had something to do with wearing our warmer uniforms, but whatever the reason; I’m glad that it wasn’t an issue this week.

The trips to and from Grand Summit were uneventful, and Rowen and I got most of our weekend homework out of the way while we were on the road.  Grand Summit is an hour and a half south of Witch Falls; though you need to go out to the highway, head south, and then back-track west to get there more quickly than you can taking back roads there.  We didn’t have much time to check out the town or even the school before the game; and it was too dark for a tour when it was time to head home.

We wouldn’t have done that anyway.  It was after midnight by the time we got back to our school anyway; we still had to put all of our gear away; and then Michael and Tim walked home with Rowen and me.  We split up for the goodnight hugs and kisses, and though I was tempted to have Michael come in with me for a little cuddle time; we both have a busy work day to deal with starting in just a few hours from now; and I still had some family business work to get done after coming up to my room.

Mom and Dad were already in bed and actually sleeping by then, so I quietly stopped in for goodnight kisses in Ethan’s and Ehlana’s rooms; and then came up here and got ready for bed.  I microwaved a cup of hot chocolate before climbing into bed with Mandy and my computer; and have been working since then.

I’ve had enough fun for today, but before I wrap this up; let’s back up to a quick review of the rest of the day.  Starting the morning at Grandma and Grandpa’s house was fun; though Ethan, Ehlana, and I stayed indoors for Tai Chi due to the cool weather and wet grass.  Grandma made blueberry pancakes and sausages for us; and I was okay with the shorter-than-usual walk to school.  Ethan and Ehlana probably had more fun hanging out with our grandparents all morning while Mom got to do some running around; and then they spent the afternoon at the lab with Mom, Uncle Adam, and Aunt Grace.  My school day was uneventful; but that’ll pick up again next week because the Fall Festival starts next Friday.

Having that on the schedule next week is the main reason why I’ll be helping out with an all-day yard work adventure for Saturday, and while I usually like helping Mom and Dad; we’re all going to be a bit uncomfortable if the temperature drops near to freezing as forecast.  Raking and bagging leaves sucks when they’re frosty and wet.

Oh wait – Dad has that new lawn mower with the vacuum and bagger that we got him for Father’s Day!

Never mind – life is good! ;^)

Some nap time will be good too, and I’m going to get to that right now; so, until next time...

...May the Magi Force be with you!