Happy 71st Birthday, Grandpa!
I’m sure that my grandparents are having a
great day, and while we had a little chat with them this morning; that was our
only involvement in his big day.
There is something that I was thinking
about today that was all about him being a year older today; and that’s the
fact that my grandparents are still so vibrant and active at their age. That isn’t terribly unusual for Magi seniors
here in Witch Falls; though I’d say that my grandparents are ahead of the aging
curve even among their generally more-powerful peers. We joke about helping Grandpa out when he
needs a little Magi Healing from overdoing it sometimes; but he’s probably
healthier than most ‘normal’ men twenty or more years younger than he is. I’m not exaggerating that from personal bias –
it’s just a fact.
My point here is that I’m wondering if we
should be studying the Magi effect on our seniors as avidly as we’re currently
studying babies, kids, and teens. Sure,
the development with kids is more pronounced, and the Magi skills development
is exciting; but thinking about aging in relation to my grandparents has me
wondering what the upper end of the age limit might be for modern Magi. We do know from the archives that there were
historically many Magi that lived well-beyond one hundred years. Mom and I have learned from the family
stories here that Magi around here live well into their nineties and beyond,
but now that we have Healers in town again; that could change significantly –
if we can do that without causing major social issues or accidentally reveal
ourselves to the world. I guess we
wouldn’t need to worry about that for decades, but it would get a lot of
attention if we suddenly had seniors living into be one-forty or one-fifty.
That would be cool if my grandparents were
still around when I was a grandparent too, though. We’d need to rent a football stadium for
reunions! ;^)
Speaking of football, two teams won the NFL
semi-final match-ups today. Yeah for
them; and double-yeah that we’re now just one game away from the end of another
football season – or two if you must count the pro bowl game. I’m writing about that in the past-tense; but
the games aren’t over yet as I’m writing this because I’m doing my update
between our study session and going to help out with the buffet shift at the
Inn.
Yes, there’s still a lot of day left to go,
but I’m just being proactive in case Michael and I do end up having a sofa
sleepover after we’re finished at the Inn.
Okay, so having an ‘accidental’ sofa
sleepover is in my plans for the rest of the day. I’ll probably get away with it – even if our
parents don’t believe it wasn’t an accident at all. Sometimes it doesn’t totally suck to have all
of the extra responsibilities that go along with being a Magi Master when your
parents cut you some slack for things like this!
Anyway, I do need to wrap this up because I’m
multi-tasking while getting ready to go over to the Inn. We had a fairly standard Tai Chi and
breakfast morning with the added bonus of the birthday chat with Grandma and
Grandpa. It was a fairly normal service
at church; and Sunday school was uneventful too. Michael helped out at the Inn during lunch,
so I was at home with Mom, Dad, and the twins for that – and I got ready for
our study session in the lounge then too.
That was optional for all of my classmates, but we still had a fairly
good turnout; and more than half of our country teens contingent either stayed
and had lunch with their families at the Inn or stayed with other friends to do
that before coming over starting at around twelve-thirty. The studying went well-enough; though
Michael, Rowen, and I mostly just did tutoring while our friends tried to cram
for the exams in the subjects that were toughest for each of them.
I’ll add updates if anything interesting
happens between now and morning, but we’ll be busy at the Inn tonight because
Jacob and Miranda know for sure that they’re short of staff tonight and we’re
all going to need to pick up the slack.
It’s a good thing that we’ll have the bonus day off tomorrow – and I’m
not just saying that because a sofa sleepover wouldn’t be an option on a school
night.
Well, maybe it could be an option in the future;
but not quite yet. Even junior Magi
Masters need to be careful with how much our parents will let us get away with!
I need to get going, though, so that’s it
for now; and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
