Ethan and Ehlana:
We were up early to see Dad and Anna Marie off on their trip to Crystal Springs; and then our day has rolled along fairly-quietly since then – though we have been busy all day too. Tai Chi was chilly, but by the river; we had a hot breakfast with Mom; and then our academic adventures were not newsworthy but good. The weather was good after school for our football or cheer squad practices; and then Ehlana and I brought our four best friends home with us for dinner and a study evening. Mom went with an easy, finger foods meal; she did a group Magi lesson with us that was multi-tasked with our studying; and then we had a music practice for everything we have coming up next from the set we’re booked to do at the Haunted Halloween Walk on Saturday night to the seniors’ Halloween luncheon and school dance next week. We still managed to wrap everything up by nine-thirty and we were all ready to wind down toward bedtime after that; so we cleaned up a bit from last drinks and snacks; and now Ehlana and I are keeping our twin chat and computer checks to the minimum in favor of getting the extra nap time.
The news for Cassie and Michael is that they are wrapping up their last day in Fiji – their Tuesday; and will be moving on to Tonga for their Wednesday. They’ve still had wet weather to deal with, but they did some island hopping anyway; and they will be doing more of that in Tonga; since there are around one-hundred and seventy islands that make up that nation.
As for the world news, the distraction stories continue and we are going to ignore all of them. When it comes to the most-serious issues in the world, talk and action doesn’t line up; so the holes our politicians are digging just get deeper. The Dutch government, for example, is finding out that taking over Chinese companies might be a bad idea when key parts of those companies are based in China and can just shut down the supply chain. They will either need to fix the mess or watch the parts of the company that they took over close and go bankrupt – making the shares they stole from China worthless and leaving them on the hook for the employees and probably all debts and expenses while having nothing to sell or produce!
That is actually a happy story from our perspective as politicians get to learn an important lesson that is long-overdue – though we also doubt that they’ll suddenly see the light and change their ways anytime soon. We do think that this is a happier way to wrap up this report compared to another round of ugly from Ukraine or Gaza, so we’ll save those next updates for another night and just go and get some sleep starting right now.
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
