Ethan:
Ehlana and I worked at the lab this
morning; we had Naomi and Aiden with us after lunch to help while we worked on
packing up our rooms on the second floor; and then they stayed for dinner
before Aiden and I needed to go to our ball practice. Ehlana and Naomi stayed home to supervise the
first stage of the room move that Mom and Dad had help with from aunts, uncles,
and friends; and then Aiden and I were there for the rest of that work once we
got back from our practice.
Mom and Dad emptied Ehlana’s room and the
room that will be Cassie’s new bedroom across the hall from mine and next to
the exercise room. Prep work was done to
get ready for the painting that’s going to happen tomorrow and Wednesday; and
then we cleaned up - and some of us
needed some tub time when we were done everything on the to-do list for
tonight. Dad’s doing his homework in the
office now; Ehlana’s sleeping in the lounge tonight; and I’m in my new room
again – though it’s a bit crowded with some of the extra furniture that’s being
stored here while Ehlana’s and Cassie’s rooms are being worked on.
That’s the news from home for today, but
the big family news is Cassie and Michael’s first day of college. From what we’ve heard about that so far; they’ve
had an exciting day – though I’m not excited to hear that my big sister is
getting a bit too much attention from one or more of the guys in her classes. It amazes me that even at college – where the
best and brightest humans are supposed to be found; the Neanderthal gene is
still alive and well in a certain portion of the male population there!
Rebecca, Jen, and other collegians we’ve
known have had the same problem, but that’s very different when it’s your own
sister telling you those stories – and dealing with those issues. I’m not worried for Cassie – she can take
care of herself just fine. It’s just too
bad that girls have to deal with problems like that at all.
I’m not going to rant on about that; so let’s
just wrap this up and I’ll get some sleep.
Ehlana and I won’t be doing the painting around here, but we will be
helping out; so I want to be ready for that – especially if that means that I’ll
be running errands up and down the stairs a lot as part of my ‘job’ as gopher
for the painters.
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
The official move is on as of today. My new room is empty; the floors are covered
with drop cloths; and the walls are prepped for the painting that we’ll be
starting tomorrow. I suppose that sounds
boring to most people reading this journal – or too much work for the parents
that have been there and know that first-hand; but I’m still really exited; and
I’m going to love my room as much as Cassie loved it when she first moved into
it after Mom and Dad got married.
Speaking of Cassie; she’s had an amazing
first day at college; and I wish that I could have been there to share the
experiences – though that might have been very different for her if she’d had a
seven-year-old sidekick with her today.
Then again, maybe I’d have saved her from getting some of the attention
she didn’t want to have today, but I doubt she’d really want to take that
trade; and Mom and Dad aren’t ready to have all of their kids go off to college
quite yet anyway. I am glad that Cassie
can finally start to let her light shine, and that she’s making new friends
with her same love of languages; so I’m sure she’ll have an amazing year!
Ethan and I might not have quite as much
fun as Cassie this week, but then we won’t have classes to attend all day and
then studying to do all night; so the fun we will have will be of the play
variety – even when we’re helping out with the painting and the rest of the
work that’ll go into our new rooms. We’re
going to be busy too, though, so I should wrap this up and get some sleep so
that I’ll be ready for both the work and the play time. I’m camping in the lounge for the next few
nights, and then I’ll be in Woodvale this weekend, but by the time I get home
on Sunday; my new rooms will be ready for me to stay in – and Ethan will be in
his room with his own furniture and worldly possessions too.
Stayed tuned – this is going to be a really
amazing week!
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
