Ethan and Ehlana:
Happy 3rd Anniversary, Marc and Gretchen Johnson!
Cassie and Michael have been involved in the anniversary fun for their friends, but we were out of the loop; and only sent along our best wishes. We do want to report that there are changes in the celebrations for Cassie’s friends now that many of them are joining the club with the rest of the next-gen parents; and that includes the couple of honor; since their first child, Geordie, is now around three months old. Let’s also mention that Sally Parker is pregnant and due in May; so she and Joshua are excited and happy too.
Our day hasn’t been that exciting, but we did have fun from Tai Chi by the river through our academic adventures to the football and cheer squad practices that kept us busy until dinnertime. Ehlana and I hosted our four best friends for that meal and our study evening. Mom did a group Magi lesson with us and we had a music practice for both the school band and our band so that we’ll be ready for the dances we’ll be playing at over the next month; and we’re keeping Naomi and Aiden for the night so they’ll be here in the morning for Mom and Dad’s special birthday breakfast for their anniversary. We’ll have more on that with our next report, and we’re writing this while Naomi and Aiden are taking turns grabbing a shower or Jacuzzi time. For the record, that wasn’t offered in order; and at least one of us doesn’t want to think about Aiden choosing a soak in Ehlana’s Jacuzzi anytime ever! ;^)
We do want to have this wrapped up before our favorite cuddle buddies rejoin us; so let’s get to the world news report. First up is the federal government shutdown after our senate couldn’t come to an agreement on a spending bill. We’d be happy to see that shutdown continue indefinitely, but know that it won’t; and the disagreements are just more theatre as they fight over peanuts while they all agree on continuing with multi-trillion-dollar deficits every year with no care at all for how that will damage our collective future. This political nonsense won’t put even a pause into funding the favorite wars and the Palestinian genocide, but maybe we should avoid the cynicism tonight and not go there. There was a serious earthquake in the Philippines that has caused a lot of damage and there have been dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries or more and while we didn’t do any charity work tonight; Mom and Cassie directed some aid where needed already and will keep up on anything we can do to help through our businesses and charities.
Aiden has joined us, so that’s enough for tonight. Stay tuned for our next updates; since the fun level is going to turn up a few notches by morning and continue through to after the fall festival and beyond! For now; we’re going to enjoy some quality co-ed cuddle time and our sleepover and are out of here right now!
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
