Ehlana and Ethan:
The changes in our lives continue to evolve
– and that’s the story of the day for our little town. After the rain last night, things were a bit
damp outdoors this morning; and that included our shoes after the Tai Chi by
the river start to our day. That was
still fun with nine of us – and weird as we had more neighbor-spectators;
mostly because they also kept their distance and morning greetings were
exchanged from afar. A nice spring day
was an outdoor chores opportunity too, but that had strange moments as well
while doing our work around home without any real interaction with friends and
family visitors.
Keeping that social distancing is still new
for us, but we are doing it – each small group hanging out together while
staying apart from every other group.
That was especially-obvious today when we were doing those yard chores
and didn’t even have any hugging moments with our aunts, uncles, and
cousins. The doctors and nurse in the
family need to lead by example, though; so we all understand.
Then again; that might not be true for
Naomi and Ethan if they were included in those bans on hugs and kisses! ;^)
We are not, by the way, exceptions to the
social distancing limits. Most teens and
kids here are allowed to have close contact with best friends or boyfriends and
girlfriends – at least as long as there aren’t any coronavirus cases in our
community. That may change eventually;
and the odds are high that we will begin to have cases here sooner instead of
later. Even with everything we’re doing,
we’re not completely-isolated from the rest of the world; so we will eventually
have the virus show up here. We’re also
sure that the Magi healers in our family can handle the challenge when it
arrives.
This is getting off-track, but that is
something we’ve talked about today – how to deal with those cases. Sure, we could just heal everyone as soon as
we know they’re infected, but that probably won’t be what we’ll do unless
needed for serious cases. That’s because
Mom and Cassie think that if we do full healings; our patients won’t gain immunity
to the coronavirus at all and could just get it again. We don’t actually know whether virus
survivors get that immunity or for how long it lasts either; so we’ll find out
those answers first and then handle our treatments from there. We can also report that some samples are on
the way to our lab thanks to some friends of our favorite doctors; so at least
one of us will get to work on a new project soon too. That news might scare some of our neighbors,
but we do have better labs than anyone – especially when you add in the
Magi-powered protections; so there is no need for concern.
Instead of going on about that; let’s get
back to the news of the day.
We worked in the house and out in the yard
until one o’clock; had lunch out on the patio; and then we met up with Naomi
and Aiden again for what feels like our daily bike rides. They, by the way, headed for home or the
bakery after breakfast; were busy with their families doing their own work or
chores; and they’re home with their families tonight too. The biking was fun, and the trails had mostly
dried out by then; so it was only different from normal because we kept away
from every other group on the trails or at the park while having our fun. Sure, we could still talk to our friends from
a distance and get the latest news from them, but that isn’t the same as
hanging out in big groups and the interactions with everyone. There also aren’t any football games at the
park or school; and no basketball, soccer, or even baseball.
We still have a month and change to go, but
life this summer really will be odd if we don’t have our little baseball league
this year!
After biking and hanging out for a few
hours, it was time to say goodbye to our best friends; we all headed back to
our own homes; and it has been a quiet night around here since then. We had a barbeque dinner in the sunroom; went
for an after-dinner walk with Silkie; and then it was movie time in the living
room. Add in some bath or Jacuzzi time-sharing
and bedtime chats; and that’s everything for today. We didn’t add in anything from last night,
but the last movie was a good action flick; we ended up watching it to the end;
and then there were two co-ed sofa sleepovers because we were comfortable and
were happy to keep the cuddling going while talking ourselves to sleep.
Finally, tomorrow is going to be very
different without church for the first time in our lives – at least when it
comes to that when we’re actually at home.
There will be a live online service instead, but there won’t be live
music; so that’ll be more of a message or sermon from the Pastor; and there won’t
be any Sunday school lessons for the kids and teens. We might not even watch that live; since it
will be available anytime; and won’t really be aimed at kids anyway. There also won’t be buffets at the Inn; only
a couple of stores will be open; and we don’t have any plans either; so it
could be a very quiet day.
We can let you know how that goes with the
next report, but that’s all we have for today, and it’s time to get some sleep
even if we don’t need to get up early for church or school or work; so we’ll
wrap this up and get to that napping part of our day.
This is Ehlana and Ethan Proctor; live from
the hidden home of the Magi of the Light – and May the Magi Force be with you!
