Ethan:
How quiet is it here in our little
town? We’re not even getting the really
bad winter weather that’s happening elsewhere and getting so much attention
with the snow and record-setting cold temperatures!
No, it’s just another Tuesday around
here. We had a good day at school;
Ehlana and I pretty much repeated our Monday from after school play time at the
lab through dinner with the parents and a work and study evening in the
office. Now we’re in our beds, and I’m
ready to get started on my nap time a bit early thanks to the extra time
phasing while studying earlier; so I’ll wrap this up and get to that.
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
I’ll only add that Mom spent some time
tonight directing some family business resources into areas in need due to that
snow and cold. We don’t write about that
much in our journals, but while we help out all around the world; we still do
lots of charity work here at home too; and there’s often as much need for the
aid during winter storms as in the aftermath of Hurricanes or other disasters
that usually get more attention in the news.
This will sound cynical, but it’s so hard
to boost ratings when the reporters are so bundled-up that you can’t even see
their faces – or there’s nothing to see at all through the snow!
It has been, by the way, cold around here
too, and we do get snow, but that’s only been normal winter sort of weather –
nothing shocking. I don’t want to make
light of bad weather or extreme cold either, since they really can be as-bad as
extreme heat or tropical-based storms, but I do think that the hype gets to be
too-much in the news; and we should all be prepared for dealing with the
weather conditions where we live – even when they reach the extremes. I’m glad that we’re taught to be self-sufficient
– and I mean that ‘we’ to be all of the kids in our community; not just those
of us with a few special, extreme talents.
It amazes me every time I hear or read stories about kids – and even
young adults – that have never been taught even basic life skills.
Call me old-fashioned, but I think that
everyone should learn how to change a light bulb! ;^)
Okay, I’m droning on now for no reason, so
I’ll wrap this up and get to sleep too.
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
