Christmas Video of the Day!
Ethan:
Compared to Ehlana’s accomplishments
yesterday; it’s been quiet around here – and not just because she can’t tell
anyone about the true story behind the cold cure; or even that it is a cure
instead of a new treatment for cold symptoms.
We’ve still had a fun day, and Ehlana has been fired up at school, the
lab, and while we played games at the Inn after dinner; but we don’t really
have any news to write about tonight.
We skipped all other news from yesterday,
though, so I thought that if there was one additional item I should mention for
posterity; it would be to note that yesterday was a National Day of Mourning
for former President George Bush – the father; not the son. I’m not doing that to comment on the politics
or the media circus that has been going on since his passing last Friday. I’m writing about this because all of the
students at our school were involved in some way with a memorial for a
past-president; and there were history lessons of varying degrees too. The version of the lesson for our grade was
really basic and generally-positive, but I know that more honesty was involved
for the older teens; and that’s likely not the norm for most schools.
Many would suggest that is inappropriate
for a memorial, and it’s likely true that we’re kind with our own friends and
neighbors at times like this, but then it’s safe to say that we’d generally be
hard-pressed to find anything bad to say about anyone around here. My point, though, is that this was a teaching
opportunity about a President that we – the kids – know little or nothing
about; and I’m glad that our teachers choose to offer a complete, truthful
portrayal instead of a white-washed version – especially when that might be the
only lesson that some of us get of the former president.
That might seem hypocritical, but as the
future archivist for the Magi of the Light; I’ll definitely want to make sure
that truth is a big part of the historic record.
Okay, I didn’t want to drag that story out
for this long; so let’s move on.
Ehlana earned some attention for being so
excited today, but it was infectious; so we had a fun time at school. After the big breakthrough yesterday, her
work at the lab was more-tedious, but I was happy to play in the archives while
she was busy; and we weren’t allowed to stay late because of game night at the
Inn. We had fun with that too, and while
there isn’t any news from the gaming; I can tell you that Naomi is ready for a
best-friend intervention after Ehlana has been so focused on her work at the
lab all week. I’ll predict more play
time this weekend and less work.
That sounds like a plan, and I should get
some sleep to be ready for the fun; so that’s all for tonight, folks.
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
We have a cure for the common cold!
Oh – that’s not news anymore? Then I guess that we’d better wrap up that
project; pass it along to Aunt Grace to make money with; and move on to the
next big breakthrough. Maybe we’ll cure
cancer next! ;^)
Ethan’s covered the rest of the news – plus
that blurb on presidential memorials, and I don’t have anything else to add; so
I’ll get back to my work; since I don’t seem to be able to shut down while this
excited and motivated. It would be
awesome if every day could be like this in the lab, but I suppose if our work
was that easy; we wouldn’t find it exciting anymore – or it wouldn’t even be a
job we’d need to do as Magi.
I wonder what I’d do instead if we didn’t
have the lab?
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
