Ethan:
This update is coming to you live from our
hotel in Crystal Springs, but I’m also in a room full of other guys; and need
to keep this short; so I’ll have to skip a lot of the details for our amazing
play day.
On the not-so-fun side of our adventure; it
was very early when we got up and hit the road for the Blue Ridge Ski
Center. I didn’t sleep all the way
there, but we didn’t party all the way up either. There was a stop for fast food breakfast that
ended up being a sit down meal because of the decision to have pancakes by a
few of us, but we had time; and still made it up to the ski center close to
when the lifts were starting up for the day.
We got razzed a bit about starting our snowboarding adventure on the
bunny hill, and Ehlana and I didn’t actually need to do that despite the fact
that we haven’t been snowboarding that many times, but that was the safer
option for all of the younger members of our group; and we had fun with that
warm-up anyway before moving up to the more-challenging ski runs.
We are still kids, so it’s a bit unfair
that we can’t try the tricks that Cassie and Rowen are so amazing at – or even
the tricks that Michael and Tim do on their snowboards, but Ehlana, Naomi,
Aiden, and I do the best we can for our age; and we had an amazing day on the
slopes. Cassie had everyone paired up
with at least one buddy, so we got to have a bit of extra fun with May whenever
she was paired up with Sophia and the six of us played together. Cassie and Michael spent close to half of
their play time with us too; and they paid for lunch for everyone – which is
why even Patrick, Jessica, and Ryan joined us for that meal – and dinner –
instead of having to fend for themselves with their own spending money. I loved all of the snow play; and getting to
do that with some of our favorite teens and best friends. Staying for the night-time snowboarding would
have been great too, but I voted for the early return to Crystal Springs and
going out to a movie instead. We did
that; checked into our hotel near the highway and our favorite mall – not the
one that Dad usually stays at downtown near the courthouse; and then took
fifteen to get ready to go out. We split
up to watch two different movies – one of them kid-rated; Cassie and Michael were with the kids for that show while May opted to go with Rowen and Tim to the other movie; and now we’re back at the hotel and some
of us are ready – or getting ready – for bed.
The college teen couples have their own rooms; May and Jessica have
Ehlana, Naomi, and Sophia with them; and Aiden and I are in the ‘guys’ room
with Patrick and Ryan.
That’s the main reason for why I need to
wrap this up now, since Ryan’s nearly-done taking his turn in the washroom; and
Patrick will likely be back any minute now from saying goodnight to
Jessica. I will not say anything about
that, since I’ve already been razzed about goodnight hugs and kisses from Naomi
– even though Ehlana had hugs and kisses for Aiden and me too. This has been an awesome, remember-forever
kind of day; I’m glad that Cassie, Michael, Rowen, and Tim offered to take us
on this adventure; and now it’s time to hang out with the guys for a while
longer and then crash and get some sleep.
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
We have a couple of non-Magi in the room,
so I’ll need to keep this report short too – particularly since I have the same
issues as Ethan; including the girl side of Jessica and Patrick’s alone time
while May is taking her turn in the washroom.
The highlights of my day included the
snowboarding and movie; I loved another chance to see Cassie and Rowen show off
their daredevil, tandem tricks; and Naomi and I had a blast with Ethan and
Aiden – and with May, Sophia, and everyone else. We probably should have invited extra friends
for Sophia and Ryan, but that would have meant an extra vehicle; which is why
the teens decided against that. It
worked out anyway, since Ryan made some new friends and went snowboarding with
them a lot; and Sophia had fun with us – and with May when she played with us
too – which was a lot. Our movie time
was a great way to wind down our day, and while the night time snowboarding
would have been awesome too, we don’t get many chances to go to the movie
theaters in the city; so I’m glad that we did that instead – and I was ready to
get warm by the time we made that decision anyway.
As always, it’s the ‘who’ we had fun with
today that matters most to me, and now that we’re just a few days from going
back to school again on Monday; I’m glad that we’re getting to have this
adventure with Cassie and Michael. I’m
not going to even think about them heading back to college yet, and I have a
bedtime girl chat to get to next; so that’s all I have for tonight.
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
