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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!

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Cassie's Journal - April 2, 2015



Having a three-day weekend just two weeks after March Break feels a bit strange, but I’m not complaining; and it’s really nice to be done school for the week a day early.

My day started out with another Tai Chi by the river workout, and then Michael stayed for breakfast before hurrying off to school for the usual morning weight training with Tim.  Normally, I’d add ‘the other guys’, but in this case; they were on their own because the rest of their usual gang skipped the workout today.  A lot of the kids and teens seemed to be absent at school today too; though we were pretty much all there – physically.  That made it tough for our teachers to keep us focused on lessons; and we really didn’t get a lot accomplished – unless you count having fun all day as an accomplishment.

Tim’s football buddies might have skipped out on him for weight training, but he didn’t have a problem with getting two teams together for a scrimmage at lunchtime; so Rowen and I sat on the bleachers with some of our girlfriends and watched the action.  Playing the game too had been an option, but while I don’t have a problem with getting dirty; I wasn’t dressed for football; and it’s a pain to get dirt and grass stains out of pastels – even for a Magi Master! ;^)

Getting a dash or two or rain this morning made that decision easier too; though it was nice enough again by lunchtime.  It was nice out after school too, but I couldn’t skip out on the work again today because I was helping Mom and Aunt Leanne with getting ready for the weekend.  That was okay, since Rowen, Tim, and Michael were all helping their parents too – either at home or the store, shop, or Inn; and we had fun with the work too.  That could be because we did a lot of it with a bit of Magi power assistance.  Whether we were cleaning bedrooms and getting them ready for guests or pre-cooking a few meals for the weekend; using our Magi gifts to speed up the work was a blast – and Aunt Leanne even let Zack play with us a bit too.  He preferred trying to float cookies from the counter to his hands over using his telekinesis to work with veggies; and thought that it was a lot of fun to try and sneak the cookies past Aunt Leanne or Mom.  They did let him succeed a couple of times; though that was more to keep him busy while he ate his little prizes than to keep him interested in the little game that also helped to exercise his Magi talents.

We had dinner together too, since a lot of that work happened at Aunt Leanne and Uncle Adam’s house; so Dad came over after work and used the barbeque to grill some chicken, burgers, and hot dogs, and by then; we had lots of cold salads to go along with the meat options.  While Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne have all of their inbound family staying with them this weekend, none of the Johnsons arrived until later this evening; so we were all able to go next door to Uncle Mark and Aunt Grace’s house for a visit after Uncle Blaine, Aunt Alison, and the kids got to town along with Grandpa Duncan and Grandma Mercy.  They were able to leave as soon as Jaimie and Kaitlyn were finished school; and managed to make good time getting here too.

That visit was fun, and while I’d love to have the rest of our family here too; it is nice to be able to spend some time with only part of our family when it isn’t so busy that there isn’t really a chance for more than cameo moments with each person.  In addition to visiting, we also went for a little walk around the new section of town so that Uncle Blaine could see the progress there with the construction; though there really wasn’t much of a change since Christmas for brand-new projects.  He’s been an architect for quite a while now, but he still has that little-boy excitement when it comes to seeing his designs come to life; and it’s fun to see how much he obviously loves his job.  We didn’t go over to the med center too; but he could see the river side of the building from our side of the river; and he’ll probably go over there sometime tomorrow or Saturday.

While the family fun was great, it was also nice to come home to the comparative quiet when it was time to get Ethan and Ehlana into bed for the night – at the same time that Aunt Alison wanted to get Jayden off to bed too.

I helped out with the bedtime story and getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for the night; and then came up to bed while Mom and Dad decided to do a bit of work in the office first – mostly because Dad doesn’t want to have a pile of work to do on Sunday night.  While I was ready to get changed and into bed with Mandy too, I’ve also been doing some work and studying too; since it wasn’t that late yet when I started – at least compared to most of my nights this week.

There isn’t anything important to report from any of that, though; and I’m definitely ready to sleep now.  We’ve got the Good Friday service at church in the morning before moving on to a weekend of family and friends adventures.  The best part of that is going to be spending a lot of that time with Michael; since the Inn will be closed both tomorrow and Sunday – as will all of the stores in town.  I’ll save the daily fun details for each journal update – not to be cryptic or anything; but only due to the fact that I’ve had enough for today and want to get some sleep now.

With that at the top of my to-do list now, I’m out of here; so, until next time...

...May the Magi Force be with you!