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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Cassie's Journal - December 8, 2014



Happy 14th Birthday, Lily!

We’ve had a very interesting evening at Lily’s birthday party; but before I go there; let’s start with the rest of the daily update – starting with some morning Christmas fun.

Before even getting around to Tai Chi, Ethan, Ehlana, and I found out that an Elf on the Shelf and three reindeer Elf Pets arrived overnight and were waiting for us on the kitchen table.  Michael was with us by the time we named our Elf ‘Sparkle’; since that is very important if you want your Elf to get her – or his – magic and be able to fly to the North Pole every night and check in with Santa.  I named my reindeer ‘Winter’; and Ethan and Ehlana went with ‘Snowball’ and ‘Snowflake’ for theirs.  While our Elf could lose her magic if we touch her; our reindeer need lots of love, cuddles, and kisses to save up Christmas magic in their pendants; so we get to play with them all of the time.

Three Magi Master kids have a lot of magic to give our Elf Pets too! ;^)

I took my new little reindeer buddy to school with me, and while Winter and I got razzed about doing that; she was very popular with the younger kids today – especially when they found out that Winter is happy to get hugs and kisses from every kid she meets.  That helped to make our music practices today more entertaining; and even getting razzed by Tim and some of the other guys was fun too.  There were elves and reindeer arriving at other family homes this morning too, and while Zack and Leah probably had fun with that; Caleb and Sebastian are a bit young to appreciate the new additions to their Christmas traditions quite yet.  I haven’t had a chance to meet the other elves in the family yet; but I did get a quick report on how that went for everyone else while I was home between the end of school and the start of Lily’s party.

Lily’s birthday was the biggest story in our class today; though the boys were all over the college football action from the weekend too.  The conference championship games were dissected; and the bowl game decisions were debated – particularly the new playoff format for the top four teams.  While the new format for choosing the college football champion has changed, the semi-final playoff format hasn’t resolved every problem; so the teams that were excluded and shunted to less-important bowl games still have issues with how fair the system is for them.

I don’t really want to write about football tonight, though, so let’s just move along and leave all of that to the people who really care about it.

While we did do some school work today too, the highlights for my day were the music time with the kids and the little birthday party we had for Lily at lunchtime.  As I mentioned, I was home long enough after school to get the daily report from Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana – and to get changed and ready for Lily’s party before Michael picked me up for the walk over to her house.  The elf stories were the most entertaining, but they had a good day too – playing or working at the lab; and having lunch with Aunt Grace, Uncle Mark, and Caleb to do a little business meeting that was mostly just to keep Aunt Grace in the loop for what was going on at the lab.  I’ll be very surprised if she isn’t stopping in to do some work there on a regular basis by early January.

That walk, by the way, was a change from Lily’s party day last year when we had snow; it was colder; and Mom gave us a ride to her house.  Today it was sunny and close to fifty at party time; though it cooled off quite a bit by the time we came home tonight.

Pretty much everything at Lily’s party tonight was teen-normal for around here; though there was some weirdness too with her new, eighth-grade boyfriend, Reid, making his first party appearance with our gang of niners.  The guys didn’t get too goofy about that because it is Lily’s birthday – and her parents were in the house too; but now that I’ve spent a few hours around them outside of school; I think that Lily and Reid are a pretty good match.  Her parents certainly like him; so that’s a bonus.

The pre-dinner social hour included music and video gaming in the family room or living room; since we needed to spread out to have room for everyone – including her family dinner guests.  Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I spent about half of that time together; and the boys were off playing video games for the rest of the time while Rowen and I chatted with the other girls.  Dinner was teen-approved finger foods; with pizza, wings, and battered fish or chicken strips the main options along with lots of salads and veggie sides.  We needed to be spread out for that too, and Michael and I were not part of the group with Lily in the dining room; but we did all gather there when it was time to do the birthday song; have Lily open her gifts; and then move on again to have dessert.

It was play time after that, and while video gaming was still the top entertainment for the guys; there was a bit of dancing going on in the living room while that was chat-central for the girls – and couples when the boys weren’t taking a turn with the gaming.  I really like Lily, and consider her as much of a friend as the rest of my non-best-friend classmates; but we’re also different enough that I doubt we’ll ever run in the same daily friends circles.  That’s okay, and that isn’t really possible to do with everyone anyway – even in a small town.  It’s tough enough trying to find time when Michael and I can hang out with Rowen and Tim sometimes; and trying to do that with twenty-five or thirty friends every week would be impossible – even if we did have places big enough to hang out together around here.

I’m getting side-tracked, though; so let’s get back to the story.  What’s most important here is that Lily has had a really good day; and everyone at her party seemed to be happy and having fun too.  My party highlights included a couple of dances with Michael; some cuddle time with Michael; and sharing a few kisses with Michael here and there.  Are you sensing a pattern here? ;^)

The hang-out time with Lily, Reid, Rowen, Tim, and the rest of our friends was pretty good too; and it didn’t even seem like we’d been there all that long before it was time to head home again.  It’s a school night; and a fourteenth birthday milestone did not earn curfew extension for anyone.  Add to that the fact that we all had homework to get done before morning too; and the teen exodus from Lily’s house went smoothly without any major delays – or at least none that we saw before leaving somewhere in the middle of the pack.

Michael walked me home, and we shared a lengthy goodnight hug and kisses on my front porch; but he didn’t come in; and we’d decided on the walk home to just do our own homework instead of doing that together.  I couldn’t get to that right away because Mom did my Magi lesson shortly after I got home – while Ethan and Ehlana were busy writing one of their final exams and Dad was busy with his homework.  I followed that up with some bedtime fun with my brother and sister; and then came up to my room for some Jacuzzi and study time multi-tasking.  Since I’m still working ahead to get ready for the Christmas break; that was more than four and a half hours ago; and I’m predicting that I’ll be doing another round of self-healing in the morning – which will be in about an hour and forty-five minutes.

That is pretty much everything I have for tonight, though; so let’s wrap this up with the Christmas music video thing and call it a night.

I love some of the music that Pentatonix is doing, so here’s a second Christmas video from them for my Christmas favorites this year!



May the Magi Force be with you!