We’ve had another busy day, and I’m tired
out; so let’s get right to the news so that I can move on to nap time as soon
as possible.
Tai Chi by the river was not, for a change,
the quietest part of my day; and that was because I spent the morning at the
lab with Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana. Michael
came over for Tai Chi, but didn’t stay for breakfast; and instead grabbed
something to go from home before heading out on his bike to meet up with Tim
and ride out to the farm they were having their morning football workout at
today. Rowen and I decided not to go
along this time; mostly because we weren’t going to have any other girls to
hang out with if we did go along. The
guys can manage to survive a few hours without us now and then; and Ehlana was
especially happy that I picked hanging out with her in the lab for a change.
I should do that more often, but as always;
let’s just add it to the list of things I don’t have time for and move
along. We did have fun today, and in
addition to playing in the lab with Ehlana for a couple of hours; I also liked
getting to do a tour of the archives. Mom
and Ethan are there more often than I am, so the ongoing changes aren’t that
impressive to them; but books from the ‘old’ archives are being delivered
practically every week now; and it’s amazing to see the new archive fill up and
become such an amazing place. I should
probably just call it a library, but since it’s so much more than that; we’ll
stick with calling it the archives.
Reading those books through the digital version of the archives is very
different than seeing the original documents, or ancient copies, of the
originals; and that experience is a bit humbling when you realize that you’re
just one person in a millennia-long line of Magi. The archive is already Ethan’s domain, and
while Ehlana would be in the lab all day, every day if she could; he’d be
immersed in ‘his’ books all of the time while she plays with her sciences.
When I see them so happy with what will be
their respective lives’ work, I can envision working with them easily enough;
while also knowing that I’m probably too hyper-active to do either job no
matter how much I like science and history too.
The twins have both inherited a healthy dose of Dad’s patience, but
while I can have fun with my brother and sister in the lab or archive for a few
hours like we did today; I wouldn’t be able to do that full-time without being
totally bored. The good news is that I’m
perfectly suited for what I do want to be when I grow up, but I won’t take that
any further right now; since I don’t want to scare the parents. ;^)
Ethan, Ehlana, and I played at the lab
while Mom had a meeting with Aunt Grace and did some work on her computer systems. Uncle Adam was there for about half of the
time we were in the lab after doing some work at the med center first; but he
stayed in the lab when we did the tour of the archive; and went home for lunch
sometime after we left with Mom. We had
a quick and easy lunch out on the back porch; and then I was put in charge of
Ethan and Ehlana for the afternoon while Mom needed to get some work done in
the office. The twins had play time
already set up with Naomi and Aiden, so we went out on our bikes; collected
them; and then met up with Michael in time for his afternoon break.
We played at the park; rode the trails;
went for a swim back at our house; and then wrapped up Michael’s break time
with another ice cream snack in the dining room at the Inn. After Michael went back to work, we still had
some play time left before dinner, so we rode our bikes around the new section
of town to see what was new there; and then we came home again and played in
the back yard until Mom needed help with making dinner. My day got busier for a while after
that. We cooked a ‘real’ meal; Naomi and
Aiden stayed for dinner because three out of four of their parents were working
anyway; and then I got out of the clean-up because Rowen and I needed to get to
our ball practice at the school.
Michael was still working at the Inn then,
but Tim and Lucas were both there because they were having another football
scrimmage while Lucas’ mother and sister were in town for our practice. Tim wasn’t happy when there wasn’t much of a
turnout for that scrimmage; they didn’t have any decent quarterbacks; most of
the guys that did show up were too small for a decent offensive or defensive
line; and they pretty much just ended up practicing running plays with less
than half the guys they’d have needed for a full scrimmage.
Even when it’s a baseball night for me, and
Michael’s not even involved; I end up writing more about football than
baseball. That could be because Tim is
getting more fervent about his favorite sport every day now; and that was all
he wanted to talk about when he and Lucas met up with us after our
practice. I won’t get into all of the
details from that chat time with the boys; and just hope that Rowen eventually
convinced her boyfriend that they had more interesting things to talk about –
or d0 – once she had him alone at his house when we split up after that and I
came home again.
Michael was working until close, and he
came over for a while after that; but didn’t stay late. Violet and Dillon had gotten home while I was
at my practice and had dropped off their luggage and Violet’s car; but had
moved on to his house to spend the evening with his family. I had time to go for a swim, get cleaned up
and changed, and have a nice visit with Mom, Dad, and the twins before Michael
caught up with me; and then we took care of getting Ethan and Ehlana off to bed
before coming up to the lounge for an hour or so of quality make-out time. That was definitely a highlight of the day
for both of us, but we’re heading into another busy weekend; and neither of us
wanted to stay up too late.
That choice may have worked out for
Michael, since he went home again by a bit after eleven, but while I’ll still
have time for a half-decent night of rest; it’s been a couple of hours or so
since Michael left. After seeing him
out, I got ready for bed and started working on my computer. Violet stopped in for a chat on her way to
bed; and while Dillon took his turn in the washroom and grabbed a shower. I’m glad she did that; since there’s a good
chance that’ll be the last chance we have to hang out together when there isn’t
a gang around us with Violet pulled in a dozen directions as everyone wants to
talk with her before she and Dillon head for college on Saturday.
Violet and Dillon had a nice visit with her
family in Woodvale, and they’re looking forward to one last blast of fun with
everyone here between now and Saturday; but they’re also really fired up about
school now too. As I’ve already
mentioned before, a big part of that is due to their off-campus living
arrangements; but they’re also looking forward to seeing their college friends
again too. Violet keeps in touch with
them via email and calls more than Dillon does; but none of their friends have
come here or to Woodvale yet; so I haven’t met any of them. That seems strange for them to have that
whole other life away from us; but then that’s nothing compared to their secret
identities that none of those friends can ever know about.
Speaking of that, and I’ve mentioned this
before too; I’m sure that Violet and Dillon are both going to love being able
to use their gifts again while at school – at least while in their
apartment. Violet and I talked about
that tonight too; and they’ve already gotten some Magi-powered study tips from
Mom and Dad, and Dillon’s Mom and sister.
I wonder what they’ll do with all of the extra time they’ll have left
once they’re done with their studying each night?
I still had work to finish after Violet
left to have a shower before bed too.
She was tempted by my offer to use my Jacuzzi; but decided not to take
the extra time for that after a long play and travel day. With a bit of Magi-powered help; I wrapped up
a few hours of family business work in less than an hour; did one last email
check; and then got started on this update.
There was more family business work to do than I’d expected; but I
received a new investment proposal; and decided to get it out of the way ahead
of the weekend. There wasn’t anything
major to deal with for that last email check; so I guess that’s it for the news
of the day.
The only event we have planned for tomorrow
is a dinner and movie night at Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s house. The movie part of that is optional, and will
likely be something else if the weather cooperates; but the dinner will be
fairly major because it’s a going away party for Violet, Dillon, Josiah, and
Christina. We’ll have all of our family
there, along with the Palmers and Jacobs; and quite a few friends and neighbors
too. That’ll be fun; crazy; and probably
too busy since I’ll be helping out with the work and kid control while the
parents are busy with our favorite collegians.
I should get what rest I can to be ready
for all of that; so let’s just wrap this up and call it a night.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
