It’s been another really, really hot day;
and the only down side to that is the fact that we’re stuck writing exams and
then getting ready for the next ones tomorrow instead of enjoying the great
weather!
Okay, you can just ignore the fact that it’s
Wednesday; and Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I would have had a work day instead
anyway. Go with the sentiment behind the
comment and forget about applying logic! ;^)
The good news for my classmates and I is
that we’re pretty much done with the toughest exams now. I’m not the only teen getting run down from
all of the work; which is probably why the easiest part of our exam schedule is
at the end of it. The same friends that
were worried about the exams today still are; but I think they’ll find out that
they did better than expected for both Geography and Science. I can’t tell any of them why I know that; but
I will mention here that extreme stress emotions do make it nearly impossible
for me not to pick up a lot from others with my empathy and telepathy without
any need to overtly use those talents.
That has occasionally made exam week a bit
strange and uncomfortable; but then again it isn’t nearly as weird as being
around teens when they’re in full drama mode over something like a
break-up. Let’s not even discuss the
weird that goes along with the extreme emotions that go along with intense
physical attractions – and having to deal with that is not restricted to teens.
Maybe I’ll ask Mom if that’s a problem for
her when she’s out with the other couples at places like Sheldon’s – or not. That might be something I don’t need to know
the details for until I’m old-enough to have to deal with those situations.
Moving along, my exams were a breeze, and
while my classmates don’t universally share my view on it; I don’t think that our
History and Politics exams tomorrow will be a problem for any of us. Sure, there was still a lot of memorizing
needed for both subjects, but based on the level of tutoring that Michael,
Rowen, and I did tonight; I’d say that tomorrow is going to be a good day for
my friends.
Speaking of tutoring, I’ve wondered about
how the fact that Michael, Rowen, and I do virtually all of that work with our
friends will be perceived in the distant future for Magi reading my journal. Who knows what life in Witch Falls – or the
world – will be like a century or ten from now?
Whatever it’s like in your ‘now’, though, I hope my writings about
things like this won’t be taken to be some kind of ego trip or anything like
that. In this case, we do the tutoring
because we are the top three students in our year; and there’s nothing more to
it than that. Trust me – there are times
when life would be easier for us if we pretended to be even more normal than
what we’re already doing. Other Magi
have done that, do it now, and will likely go that route in the future too; but
that doesn’t work for the three of us. We
have looked at that, and the majority of Magi do their education the way we do –
or go with a modestly accelerated education so that they can finish college a
year or two sooner than normal.
Anyway, that’s gotten way off-track; so let’s
get back to it so that I can also get to my nap time soon.
While I was busy studying again tonight,
Mom and Dad had their baseball practice; and Violet and Dillon helped them out
with kid control at the park while they were busy. Dinner here was again open for my friends and
another easy-meal menu. The country
kids, Michael, Tim, and Rowen stayed; everyone else did their own thing; and we
took care of the clean-up while my parents headed for the park and their
practice. We had most of our study time
outdoors; swim breaks were happening with at least a couple of us pretty much
all of the time; and we worked close to the river so that we could still ask
and answer questions even while in the water.
I had fun with all of that, but I was also tired out by the time everyone
went home. Michael was in the last group
of departing teens at shortly before eleven, but since we weren’t alone; the
goodnight kisses and hugs were not particularly hot or exciting.
We are going to need to find a way to make
up for the near-total lack of that kind of action sometime soon!
Once I was alone with my family again, Mom
did a Magi lesson with me that she included Violet and Dillon for. They aren’t doing a lot of training with her
anymore; but it is fun to work with them now and then when I can – even when we
end up playing with our talents a bit too long and it delays the start of my
bedtime work. Tonight we worked on a
lesson about group telepathy and empathy.
None of that was actually new for me – it was the what we were doing
that was different and challenging.
Basically, Mom was having me practice focusing my telepathy and empathy on
the group in the house or individuals; getting me to switch the focus as
quickly as possible and also ‘scan’ for certain things that she had everyone
else take turns either thinking about or emoting.
That lesson was one of the highlights of
the day, but it also tired me out even more; and I still had my family business
and nightly computing work to do once Mom sent me up to bed at a bit before
twelve-thirty. I’ve been doing that work
since climbing into bed with Mandy and my computer, and since I was too tired
to shoot for another time-phase too; it’s taken me a while to get everything
done – even with the bits of Magi-powered assistance I did use to fit a
half-dozen hours of work into just two hours.
I really don’t have anything earth-shaking
to report from that work, though; so let’s just wrap this up and I’ll get on
with my nap time. The last bit of news I
have from today is about weekend plans that we were discussing while studying
tonight. A celebration camping adventure
might happen here at my house, but that might not be an option if the weather
forecast for a rainy weekend holds.
Doing that would be fun, and I hope that we can; but I expect that if we
have a rainy weekend that I’ll be either helping out at the med center or with
kid control while the parents are busy there.
Michael and Rebecca will need to be back to helping out at the Inn this
weekend too; and I’ll probably join them for that on Sunday since they aren’t
the only teens with most of the week off from work this week.
Other than the camping that may or may not
happen at all, that sounds a lot like I’m going to be in for a very busy work
weekend instead of a break after exams.
Now I really want to be sleeping instead of thinking about that, so that’s
all for tonight; and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
