Ehlana, Ethan, Naomi, and Aiden:
Another Sunday without church or Sunday
school with our family, friends, and neighbors still feels very strange, but we’re
not going to get back to normal for a while longer – though it is possible that
the restrictions will begin to lighten in time for the Memorial Day
weekend. We won’t comment on that either
way, but we can be sure that at least here at home; holiday weekend tourism
money will not come ahead of our health safety.
That is an issue when you’re talking about having thousands of visitors
to campgrounds and town, and even if we are open for business-as-usual again by
then; that doesn’t mean that tourism will just return to normal for the rest of
this year.
Before we get to our own news of the day;
lets’ cover the video-conference town meeting that Mom and Dad joined in on
from the office while we were out playing this afternoon. To keep that update short; we’re continuing
on with the current plans for another few weeks – until mid-May; and then we
might need to follow regional or national guidelines for re-opening
businesses. We won’t be leading the way
for those changes – mostly because a lot of attention is being directed at
those communities and states that are opening up their economies already; and
that isn’t something we want to happen for us – especially if that ended up
being for all the wrong reasons. We’ll
keep you posted on anything new – though there are detailed records being kept
in the archives about everything related to the coronavirus both for here at
home and around the world. Even Magi
Masters aren’t immune to feeling the need to work a bit harder on recording
information during historically-serious crises.
Our news of the day isn’t very
exciting. We had a quiet morning at home
that included Tai Chi by the river, breakfast for four while our collegians
were with Michael’s parents for that meal; a home-service instead of church that
included watching the videos from Pastor John and the music from the Praise
team. Some studying or work followed
that; we had a barbeque lunch outdoors; and then some of us went for a canoe
ride that included extra families in socially-distanced canoes. Naomi, Aiden, and their families went along
on that outing; our best friends stayed with us for some biking on the trails;
we had a socially-spaced, outdoor barbeque and pot-luck dinner with our
families; and we’re now spending the night at Naomi’s house because her house
is going to be study-central for us this week.
It’s been a quiet night since getting
here. We watched a movie; the boys
played some video games; and now we’re having a group bedtime chat in Naomi’s
room while multi-tasking this report.
There won’t be any co-ed napping going on tonight, but Naomi is still
cuddling with Ethan now – and might try to keep him for the night if she
actually had a chance of getting away with that. For the record, that isn’t actually possible
for us with our links to Mom, but while most kids and teens might hate that
kind of parental-awareness; there are more advantages; and there is still
respect of personal privacy on both sides.
We need to move on and get some sleep soon,
so it’s time to wrap this up; and eventually split up so that the boys can head
over to the guest room they’re using tonight.
Naomi isn’t quite ready to let go of Ethan, but we really don’t need to
ramble on with this for no reason; so we won’t.
Stay tuned for more news from the last week of April, and if the weather
continues to improve; then we could have a bit more fun – especially if we can
do more camping and canoeing. It’s a bit
cold for whirlpool swims, but we are a year older now; so longer trips on the
river may be an option that our parents will approve for us this summer.
That’s looking ahead a bit too far; so let’s
call it a night.
This is Ehlana Proctor and gang; live from
the hidden home of the Magi of the Light – and May the Magi Force be with you!
