We’re back to school today, and that’s the
big story for the parents around here now that they’re kid-free during the
weekdays again; but my top news story is about the big March Break ski trip to
Colorado that was announced today – and that Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I signed
up for as soon as we heard about it!
Coach and Mrs. Robinson are setting up the
trip, and while it is an official school trip that’s meant to expand our
athletics experience; Michael and I were also told that the Robinsons have the
added bonus of being able to make the trip a family vacation that’ll be
less-expensive thanks to the group and school rates they’re getting for our
trip. While signing up for the trip
still left the hurdle of getting parental approval, Rowen and I ganged up on
our fathers after school; helped Michael and Tim out with their parents once we’d
gotten our own approvals; and that gave all of our parents a fun batch of
stories for the future to make up for the drain on their collective bank
accounts.
Yes, I’ll be paying for my own trip, but
that won’t be public knowledge – just as my part time job isn’t known by most
of my friends.
We weren’t the only early sign-ups for the
trip; and Anna-Marie Palmer, Cal Jennings, and Erica Bassett will be going
too. I’ve heard rumors that Anna-Marie’s
parents are going to be two of our chaperones, and that’ll make Mom and Dad
happy to know that I’ll have at least two strong Magi there with me in case I
need them. There were two definite no-go’s
for the trip, and I wish that Rebecca and Jenny would go along, but Rebecca
knows that Lucas would never be allowed to be away from the farm for March
Break when his father needed him there; and Jenny wasn’t interested in going
without Peter – which he couldn’t do since it’s only open to students at our
school.
While we now have our March Break adventure
in Colorado to look forward to, we did actually have more important things
going on at school – like jumping right into our studies – and mid-term exam
preparations. We have two weeks to get
ready for them, but you’ll be happy to hear that none of our classmates are
starting out the New Year in panic mode over that news; mostly because they’re
all going to be doing the bonus studying with their favorite resident ‘brainiacs’
– though it’s funny that we’re only the class favorites around exam time when
it comes to academics!
We had stacks of exam prep work dumped on
us today, so in addition to the more-important after-school job of getting our
parents to agree to the trip to Colorado; we had lots of homework to do tonight
too. Michael and I did that at his
house; but didn’t get around to that until after we had dinner with his
parents, Rebecca, and Jenny. Four of our
dinner companions had fun teasing us about the methods that Rowen and I used to
get those trip authorization forms signed, but that just added to the
entertainment for the evening; and I definitely wouldn’t have missed out on
Jacob’s gourmet dinner even if I wanted to avoid the teasing.
Michael and I did our homework in his room
while Rebecca and Jenny did the same in the dining room; we followed that up
with a music practice; and wrapped up my time at his house with a minor
make-out session before I needed to be home for the night. All of that was fun, and so was my first Magi
lesson of the year with Mom. She and Dad
were working in the office when I got home; Ethan and Ehlana were getting
organized to start their Master’s degree curriculum; and Mom took a break in
her work to do my lesson so that I could get that out of the way and then take
care of getting the twins tucked in for the night.
My lesson took an hour; Ehlana and I ended
up talking for another half hour or so after we finished saying goodnight to
Ethan; and then I came up to my room and was soon in bed with Mandy and my
computer. I’ve had a lot of work and
studying to get finished since then, and did the work in real time instead of
using the extra Magi power for a time phase; and that’s why I’m still awake and
writing this as it’s closing in on three-thirty in the morning.
That’s only going to leave me with enough
time for a nap before it’ll be time to get up and moving again; but there are a
few notes I should add before calling it a day.
Violet and Dillon are still in Woodvale,
but will be back tomorrow morning after deciding to spend one more day there so
that Violet could have some bonus time with friends that are also home from
college. They’re going to do some more
work here for the rest of the week; and then head back to school on the weekend
to be there for the last week they’ll have before starting their next
semester. I’ll need to try and spend a
bit of time with them before they leave; but we’ll see how that goes – as usual. I will at least have a bit of extra time
tomorrow; since band and teen praise team practices won’t start up again until
after we’re finished exams; but then we will have the extra studying to do; so
there might not be any difference at all.
Finally, while this will hopefully be a quiet week compared to the last
month and a half or so; Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I are tentatively setting up a
movie night in the lounge on Friday; mostly because we haven’t spent much time
together with just the four of us. I’m
also going to take the weekend off from the Inn, since they’ll be slow there
for the next month or so anyway; so maybe I’ll even manage to use some of that
time to fully recharge and be ready for the extra study groups that’ll be
starting next week.
Don’t laugh – it could happen!
Or not, but it is time to get started on my
nap now, and I don’t have anything else to add to this report; so, until next
time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
