Ethan and Ehlana:
Our evening with Sophia and her family was great, and for this update; we’re going to talk about spending time with Sophia’s family. In particular, we want to write about Jessica and Patrick; since they headed back to college and their townhouse today and spent most of the evening with us last night because they will be away for most of the next nine months. All of that is true for Ryan too as he’ll be starting his freshman year, but it feels different with him; since we have seen him a lot more-often up to now. Patrick will be in his final year of college earning his Master’s degree; and Jessica is a senior and has two years to go before she’ll be done too. Ehlana and I don’t think of this very often, but Sophia is in the same place with Jessica as we were with Cassie – though different too; since Sophia doesn’t have Magi links of any kind with her sister or brother. Maybe that makes it harder for Sophia, since we do always know where Cassie is and how she’s feeling – at least generally; so we’re never really entirely apart. We sat around talking more than usual last night, but there was some music play time with everyone getting in on the action – even Sophia’s Mom; and we watched a bit of television too as part of the evening entertainment. We all stayed up later than we should have; and the extra time together was worth the lack of nap time – even when that got to be co-ed time for everyone in the house except Ryan! For the record, Ryan hasn’t dated much so far and never seriously; so there will not be any romance issues as he heads off to college. There is a reason for that that we do know about, but we wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise for anyone in the future; so we’ll keep what we know to ourselves! ;^)
Moving along, the rain moved out of the area, so we had a nice morning for Tai Chi today; followed that up with a last breakfast that we did the work for on both sides before the collegians headed off to their townhouses; and then it was time for football or cheer squad workouts that were better today without the rain. Ehlana and I headed over to the lab or archives after that; worked until around one o’clock; and then we met up with our friends for some afternoon biking and swimming that included taking a picnic lunch along for the ride and park trail adventures. We gained extra friends and cousins along the way; and made plans on the fly for a camping night that Aiden is hosting in his back yard. That’s why Ehlana and I are doing this update now – while we’re getting cleaned up and packed for the camping. We need to get our tents and gear over to Aiden’s house soon; so the best news of our personal day will have to wait for our next report. It is going to be busy to get tents set up; have dinner; go to our baseball practices; and then keep friends and cousins entertained with outdoor video gaming and movies after dark; so we expect to be going non-stop between now and bedtime. Some of us hope that’ll be co-ed camping, but we might end up with junior campers; so we’ll let you know how that goes for us.
Before we get out of here, Cassie and Michael have finished their second day in southern Turkey; and have already started to move north and out of the more-dangerous areas of the country. That is relative for the entire region, but we’re sure they’ll be okay; and will be doing a lot of good in a country that really needs the support we can offer and a lot more that we can’t handle even with all of our resources.
As for the world and political news; let’s just take a break from all of it. Focusing on having fun with our family and friends will keep up much-happier than spending any extra time on all of the bad in the world; and it is okay for us to do that more often than we usually do – a truth that Naomi reminds us of fairly-often. I’ll admit to being too-serious compared to most of our friends, but Naomi loves me anyway; and I try not to disappoint her too-much!
We really do need to get going now; so that’s all for today.
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
