Ehlana and Ethan:
It is Sunday night and our Christmas break is ending; so we’re winding down fast to a comparatively-early bedtime and plan to get the extra sleep to be ready for our first school week of the New Year. Ethan and I have had fun today, but don’t really have much personal news to offer. We did not get together for Tai Chi and breakfast – I was with Aiden and his family for that while Naomi was with Ethan, Mom, and Dad. Church and Sunday school felt close to normal with a bit of extra music for the bonus weekend visitors, but Sunday school lessons resumed with the start of the next round of teaching modules that are loosely connected to Pastor John’s sermon schedule.
Our morning was good; Ethan and I were on our own for lunch with Mom and Dad; and then we met up with some of our friends for a play afternoon that included a mix of indoor and outdoor time that included some chilly biking on the trails; a snack break and some shopping at the Galleria; and some hang-out time at Naomi’s house before we came home in time for dinner with Mom and Dad. Since then, we’ve had a quiet night from enjoying that meal and taking care of the clean-up through some office work and a Magi lesson to the bath or Jacuzzi time that we just finished before starting in on our twin chat and computer checks.
I haven’t covered our respective sleepovers last night, and I am tempted to share details that Ethan never will, but let’s save that up for another day; since we do need to get that extra sleep – and Ethan might not be able to do that if he spends too much time thinking about his co-ed fun with Naomi last night that included hours of parent-free time while Mom and Dad were at Tracey’s birthday party! For the record, Aiden and I didn’t get that same parent-free time because we had Hailey and Leah with us while Aiden’s parents were at that same party. We did have fun; and Aiden and I just saved up the best parts of our co-ed cuddle time for later after everyone else in the house was sleeping! ;^)
That brings us to the weekend world news update, and I will admit that we are not over being angry about the ‘regime change’ operation and bombing of Venezuela. The damage that our leaders and military have done to our national reputation will fester for years or decades; and proves that we are just the biggest bullies on the block – just as we’ve been in Central and South America for decades. Our leaders obviously don’t learn from history; and there is no way to predict the consequences. We are not going to comment on our President’s assertions that ‘we’ will rule Venezuela from now on – other than to ask how that went for us in Afghanistan during the twenty years that we ‘ruled’ that country.
We should stop there, but need to mention that Ukrainian ‘peace’ has still not happened while the battles on the ground and bombing attacks around the country continue to kill people and destroy the country and infrastructure. In the Middle East, stories are rampant with whispers about another escalation in the works for Israel against the Palestinians, their neighbors, and Iran; since it apparently isn’t enough for Israel to have destroyed Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the rest of the ‘enemies’ they want to bully the same way that our country is happily bullying Venezuela and too-many other smaller, weaker countries.
Let’s stop there before I get going on a major rant. We have had an amazing Christmas break; we’re looking forward to the return to our school work and schedule; and we’ll keep you updated on those adventures as we live them. Stay tuned for that; and we’ll wrap this up and get some sleep starting right now.
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
