Happy 72nd Birthday, Grandpa!
I know that Martin Luther King Day is the
big event for a lot of people today, and that I didn’t even have much
involvement in Grandpa’s big day; but he still gets top billing for my report
today. Grandma and Grandpa are both very
happy to be in Florida right now, and while it’s going to be cool there today
compared to some of the warm they’re used to when wintering in the south; it’s
a lot warmer there than here. We were
once again below zero on more than one temperature scale this morning; which is
why I didn’t venture outdoors at all today.
That’s one advantage of having my house as
study central; though most of my friends got rides to the house too instead of
walking when they came over for our morning study session after breakfast. Having a house full of teens might be the
main reason for why Dad went to work at his office today instead of working
from home; but Mom stayed home with us; and the twins had Naomi and Aiden over
for at least part of the day – along with visits from Hannah and Liz.
The studying went fine today, and we’re ready
for our first exams tomorrow; so my work for helping my friends out with that
is nearly done now. We managed to have
some fun around all of the work too, and I’m glad that Michael and I have been
able to spend so much time with our friends over the past week; but it’s also
exhausting – and explains why we don’t hang out like this all of the time. One other thing that would be nice would be
if our exams didn’t coincide with football playoff season. To be blunt, I am tired of hearing about
football, guys! Yes, we’re only in grade
ten, and our lives won’t be over if we don’t do well on our exams, but the
stats from the Patriots’ and Broncos’ games on the weekend won’t be on any of
the exams; and there won’t be requests for making predictions about the
conference championships games for this coming weekend either.
Okay, knowing some of our teachers, it is
possible that football could intrude on math or science exam questions, and I
did use football to help some of the guys with learning both subjects; but part
two of that was only because they wouldn’t stop talking about the sport and it
worked to get their attention back where it needed to be.
Moving along, we studied all day; Mom fed
us a lunch that we could eat while still continuing to work; and the dining
room and sunroom were teen central for the day while Ethan and Ehlana used the
lounge for the day while I was busy. We
wrapped up our work at four-thirty; Michael stayed for dinner because Dad will
be in the city for the rest of the week after he heads out in the morning; and then
we had a work and study evening in the office with Mom, Dad, and the
twins. That included a Magi lesson; I
did all of my family business work; and then Michael, Ethan, Ehlana, and I came
up to the lounge to watch television for a while and wind down before Michael
headed home for the night so we can both get enough sleep to be ready for our
exams tomorrow. Time phasing was needed
for that work and study part of the night, and Michael and I might have used a
bit of a time phase after we tucked the twins in for the night so that we could
have a minor make-out session before he left; but there should be at least a
few advantages to being a teen Magi Master, so don’t begrudge me the occasional
use of my abilities for a bit of play time now and then.
As I’m thinking about that, and for the
record; Michael and I are generally pretty good about that sort of thing. Imagine what being able to time phase would
be used for by your average teen – even here in Witch Falls; and be afraid! ;^)
Then again, it’d be nice to write each of
our exams in minutes instead of hours over the next four days. Too bad Mom would veto letting me do that for
our exams – though that’d be more fun with finals in June. It’s too cold for that free time to work for
us this week.
Okay, I’m just babbling along now, and
could be sleeping instead. My exams
obviously won’t be a problem for me, but I do still want to be there for my
friends; so I’ll need extra down time to keep up with both the exams and
ongoing studying we’ll do after school for the next few nights. Writing those exams and the studying and work
will be all I’ll be doing between now and Friday when I’m not sleeping; but
then we’ll see about making up for that with a bit of fun this weekend. I’ll keep you posted on that, but I’m done
for now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
