It definitely felt as though we were back
to life as normal today after the post-holiday buzz at school yesterday. The rain and cooler temperature wasn’t much
fun for walking to and from school; but we were indoors for most of the rest of
the day and the rain didn’t get in the way of our school work or practices.
There really wasn’t any news from school
today, though band practice was fun because Michael, Rowen, and I spent some
time talking about the possibility of a Florida trip with some of our band
mates and friends before and after practice.
I know, the process hasn’t even started with the adults for doing that
trip, and I don’t expect any real news about it for a while; but having the
members of the band excited and on-board with the idea will help to convince
the parents that it’s worth doing.
Having band and teen praise team practices
makes for a very busy day, and Michael and I had to rush through dinner and our
homework between the two practices. That
was at his house again because my family got to have us all last week; and then
we had to hurry on to the church with Rebecca for our second-to-last practice
for the Easter weekend services. That’s
mostly for the sunrise service, and Rebecca came along because we were doing a
full practice for the Easter program; so most of the teens were there and
involved – including Lucas, Tim, and Rowen.
Since this was our first time going through all of the music, skits, and
the rest of the program; it took more than two hours to get through. Easter is a week from Sunday, though, so we
needed to spend the extra time doing that – and we’ll be doing a full dress rehearsal
next Tuesday night.
That’s why I didn’t get started on my
studies and work at home until a bit after ten o’clock. Michael and I spent a little time saying
goodnight to each other on his front porch in between the practice and me
getting home; but that wasn’t a major delay – even though we were tempted to
stay together for a minor make-out session.
We’re both missing that end-of-day fun that was an option all last
week! Instead of going there; let’s keep
moving along with the report.
Mom, Dad, and the twins were all working in
the office when I got home. Ethan and
Ehlana kept working on their college studies while Mom switched modes and did
my Magi lesson with me; and then three out of five of us were sent up to bed
for the night. I took care of getting my
brother and sister tucked in for the night on my way up to my room; and then
got to work again as soon as I was changed and snuggled in bed with Mandy and
my computer. I went with the family business
work first, followed by the archive assignment that Mom gave me for tonight;
and made my language studies third on the schedule tonight in case I got too
tired and needed to skip it. That didn’t
end up being a problem, and though I am getting tired now; I’m not exhausted or
feeling run down.
I’m going to try and stay away from regular
or nightly time-phases, but other Magi-powered work and study aids are an
option; so I got a lot of work done in a bit less than three hours. There isn’t anything exciting to mention from
the work or studying. It does feel
really great getting back to my full schedule, and the only important fact with
this is that the enforced break won’t be a big deal in my overall education
plan. That’s true for both my Magi training
and language studies, and while most reading this would expect that the Magi
training is most important; my language studies really are going to be just as
important to my future.
That’s a topic for another night, and I
need to wrap this up sooner instead of later; so let’s do that.
There wasn’t any news via email tonight,
and while I did the full nightly computer checks including for Hathorne
Industries before getting to this update; there isn’t anything particularly
interesting to report there either.
Gwyneth may be blasting her way through her ‘public’, home-schooled
education, but she didn’t go on any spring break trips with Gawain and Kellie;
since they were both working all week. We
were glad of that; since our trip to Florida might not have been so much fun if
the Hathornes had decided to spend a week at Disney and Universal while we were
there too.
If you’re suddenly picturing a
confrontation between the Magi of the Light and Dark in Diagon Alley; you’re
not the only one. ;^)
Getting back on topic, I guess it’s
more-correct to report that there wasn’t any major news from the Hathornes when
it comes to Mom, me, or our family – or personally with Gwyneth. There’s always news from around their
company; and that’s usually all bad – even for those people working for them
that believe they’re successful or have it made. We do keep trying to do what we can when
possible to counter the bad things they’re doing around the world, but there
are too many times when we can’t help at all; and the victories we do have seem
small by comparison to all of the bad the Hathornes are involved in. I’m not saying that they’re involved in
everything bad that happens in the world – just that they’re doing way more
than their fair share.
Okay, that’s enough for tonight. Tomorrow is an after-school work day, so I
should be able to have a comparatively early bedtime; but it will still be a
long, busy day. If the rain moves out of
the area tomorrow, the big story with the kids and teens around here will
likely be the start of the work at the park for the new playground. That would have been big news today if the
work hadn’t been delayed by the rain. Hopefully
that will get going before the weekend; since the new playground is supposed to
be in and ready to us by the end of May in time for the holiday weekend. The park addition and trails will take a year
and change to complete; but that should be ready for next summer – and some of
it will be done and usable this year.
Now I really, really am finished, and I’m
out of this digital world before I get side-tracked again; so, until next
time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
