We had a fairly quiet day here in Witch Falls today. Nothing particularly exciting happened at school; though most of the boys, and a handful of the girls, are getting pretty fired up about our football team’s home opener this Friday night. Rowen and I won’t miss watching that game at all while we’re doing our usual dinner and a movie night instead.
Grandma Emerson was doing an after-school lesson with Rowen today; so I tagged along for that. This week, Rowen’s grandmother has her working on a Transmutation of metals; changing different properties of a small alloy metal bowl. While it was something that I had learned years ago, getting to play Magi with my best friend is always fun; and Rowen really is very good with Transmutation.
After the lesson, Rowen and I picked up Ethan and Ehlana and took them out for a long walk. That included a little play time at the park, and then the twins and I walked Rowen to the computer store before going home again. Dad was there already, and he continued to work on making dinner while I helped Mom with Ethan and Ehlana.
I took the night off from work, and Mandy and I took care of the twins while Mom and Dad both worked in the office for a couple of hours. I helped Mom again with the evening feeding; had a shower; and am now in bed earlier than I’ve been able to manage in what feels like weeks. Even Magi Masters need a little extra sleep now and then!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Cassie's Journal - Sept. 13, 2011
We had the first classmate birthday of the school year today. Rowen and I don’t really hang out with Karla and her best friends, but we did pick up a card and a little gift that we left on her desk before class started this morning. Mrs. Warren had a cupcake and candle for her too; and Karla seemed to be having a fun day.
Other than Karla’s birthday, it was a pretty quiet day at school. Rowen was working at the store today, so I worked in the office after getting home; doing my homework first, and then spending a couple of hours on the family business. Having Alicia helping Mom with the twins makes doing that a lot easier, and I had everything I wanted to get done finished by the time dinner was ready.
Mom had me teach most of the lesson we did with Ethan and Ehlana after dinner. Tonight we worked on their Telekinesis, and though we do have them each practice the exercises, they naturally want to work together. It’s amazing to see what they can accomplish in tandem, and the control they have is just as impressive as the raw power. We tested their limits a bit during the lesson, and by the time we were done, they were ready to nurse and then have a nap. I helped Mom until they were sleeping in their cribs; we got a snack and drinks ready; and then joined Dad in the office. While Mom and Dad both worked at their computers, since I was done my work, I just checked my email and surfed while chatting with them for a while.
News from the family tonight via my email included Violet’s plans to meet Dillon, Jake, and Stephanie in Crystal Springs this coming Saturday. Dawn sent me an update on how she and Jillian were doing, and Mark and Grace both sent replies to my email to them without really telling me anything about what I wanted to know. Maybe I’ll suggest to Aunt Leanne that we invite Mark to come here for Thanksgiving; though I guess he might be busy with his own family and work.
Since the twins were sleeping, we skipped story time tonight. It was nearly eleven when Mandy and I went to bed, and we’ve been having a little cat-chat as I took care of this and a couple of other archive entries. We’re both ready to get some sleep, so I’ll wrap this up and call it a night.
Other than Karla’s birthday, it was a pretty quiet day at school. Rowen was working at the store today, so I worked in the office after getting home; doing my homework first, and then spending a couple of hours on the family business. Having Alicia helping Mom with the twins makes doing that a lot easier, and I had everything I wanted to get done finished by the time dinner was ready.
Mom had me teach most of the lesson we did with Ethan and Ehlana after dinner. Tonight we worked on their Telekinesis, and though we do have them each practice the exercises, they naturally want to work together. It’s amazing to see what they can accomplish in tandem, and the control they have is just as impressive as the raw power. We tested their limits a bit during the lesson, and by the time we were done, they were ready to nurse and then have a nap. I helped Mom until they were sleeping in their cribs; we got a snack and drinks ready; and then joined Dad in the office. While Mom and Dad both worked at their computers, since I was done my work, I just checked my email and surfed while chatting with them for a while.
News from the family tonight via my email included Violet’s plans to meet Dillon, Jake, and Stephanie in Crystal Springs this coming Saturday. Dawn sent me an update on how she and Jillian were doing, and Mark and Grace both sent replies to my email to them without really telling me anything about what I wanted to know. Maybe I’ll suggest to Aunt Leanne that we invite Mark to come here for Thanksgiving; though I guess he might be busy with his own family and work.
Since the twins were sleeping, we skipped story time tonight. It was nearly eleven when Mandy and I went to bed, and we’ve been having a little cat-chat as I took care of this and a couple of other archive entries. We’re both ready to get some sleep, so I’ll wrap this up and call it a night.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Cassie's Journal - Sept. 12, 2011
The big news at school today is that Amy White and Jared Spencer got engaged on the weekend. Amy – Miss White – looked so happy today; and I was really glad that Jared finally got around to asking her to marry him. Rowen and I had our chance to congratulate Miss White at lunch time; though nearly everyone at school wanted to spend some time with her, so we only had a minute to admire her ring and share a couple of hugs.
Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana had heard about the engagement by the time Rowen and I got home from school, but that was still the top story during our snack and chat time. After that break, homework was next on the list, and then Rowen and I took Ethan and Ehlana out for a walk to the park while Mom worked on dinner. Rebecca and Jenny were there with some of their friends – apparently to watch some of the boys play football. The twins actually managed to distract them from boy-watching for about ten minutes, and then we let them get back to that while we played on the swings and at the fort with Ethan and Ehlana.
Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne came over for dinner, and after helping with the cleanup, Uncle Adam and I spent an hour or so working on our Magi research project. I’d spent a little time working on that before and after church, and we started by discussing what I’d found out about each person. The Carter family (Carter Construction, not the Ridge River Ranch Carters) is turning out to be an interesting case for us. Mrs. Carter, Ellen, is one of Eleanor Byrd’s grandchildren. She’s a Magi, and so is their three-year old son, William; so it’s a bit surprising to find out that her baby not only is not a Magi, but only a moderate latent. Mr. Carter is a weak latent, but that doesn’t really explain such a disparity in Magi potential with their children.
We decided to start archive files for each person in town, and Uncle Adam will take care of those records for us. My next job is to come up with some kind of a power scale that we can use in our assessments for the Magi and Latent groups. There is a ‘normal’ range too, though we probably won’t have time to research that for a long time; and I’m not sure whether that normal range means anything beyond an indication of each person’s abilities.
Mom and Aunt Leanne were busy with Ethan and Ehlana while we were doing that, and then Mom joined us for a healing lesson. She had a surprise for us tonight – a guest patient! I’ll refer you to her archive for the personal details, but Uncle Adam and I each helped heal one of the senior members of the Magi Council; and Mom advised us that we’d be getting to do this with and for other Magi. It’s too bad that we can’t do that for everyone, but this is still going to be amazing!
I wrapped up the evening with a little family business work in the office after Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne went home. Mom, Dad, Ethan, and Ehlana were in the office then too, and we combined work, snacks, nursing, and the telepathic bedtime story so that we had all of that done by shortly after ten o’clock. There’s always more work that I could do, but it’s been a long enough day, and my Jacuzzi is calling to me!
Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana had heard about the engagement by the time Rowen and I got home from school, but that was still the top story during our snack and chat time. After that break, homework was next on the list, and then Rowen and I took Ethan and Ehlana out for a walk to the park while Mom worked on dinner. Rebecca and Jenny were there with some of their friends – apparently to watch some of the boys play football. The twins actually managed to distract them from boy-watching for about ten minutes, and then we let them get back to that while we played on the swings and at the fort with Ethan and Ehlana.
Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne came over for dinner, and after helping with the cleanup, Uncle Adam and I spent an hour or so working on our Magi research project. I’d spent a little time working on that before and after church, and we started by discussing what I’d found out about each person. The Carter family (Carter Construction, not the Ridge River Ranch Carters) is turning out to be an interesting case for us. Mrs. Carter, Ellen, is one of Eleanor Byrd’s grandchildren. She’s a Magi, and so is their three-year old son, William; so it’s a bit surprising to find out that her baby not only is not a Magi, but only a moderate latent. Mr. Carter is a weak latent, but that doesn’t really explain such a disparity in Magi potential with their children.
We decided to start archive files for each person in town, and Uncle Adam will take care of those records for us. My next job is to come up with some kind of a power scale that we can use in our assessments for the Magi and Latent groups. There is a ‘normal’ range too, though we probably won’t have time to research that for a long time; and I’m not sure whether that normal range means anything beyond an indication of each person’s abilities.
Mom and Aunt Leanne were busy with Ethan and Ehlana while we were doing that, and then Mom joined us for a healing lesson. She had a surprise for us tonight – a guest patient! I’ll refer you to her archive for the personal details, but Uncle Adam and I each helped heal one of the senior members of the Magi Council; and Mom advised us that we’d be getting to do this with and for other Magi. It’s too bad that we can’t do that for everyone, but this is still going to be amazing!
I wrapped up the evening with a little family business work in the office after Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne went home. Mom, Dad, Ethan, and Ehlana were in the office then too, and we combined work, snacks, nursing, and the telepathic bedtime story so that we had all of that done by shortly after ten o’clock. There’s always more work that I could do, but it’s been a long enough day, and my Jacuzzi is calling to me!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Cassie's Journal - Sept. 11, 2011
The Angels Cried
I remember the day before it happened
The rain fell down, cleansing the city
Just another rainy day
As we went about our lives
If we could have this day back again Would we have done anything different
If we had known
If only we had known
Chorus
But Heaven knew
What was going to happen
The gates were open wide
To welcome thousands
It wasn’t just
Another rainy day
For on the day before it happened
The angels cried
I remember the morning that it happened
The sky was clear, the sun so bright
Then the world came crashing down
And so many lives were lost
If we could have this day back again
Would we have done anything different
If we had known
If only we had known
Chorus
But Heaven knew
What was going to happen
The gates were open wide
To welcome thousands
It wasn’t just
Another rainy day
For on the day before it happened
The angels cried
I remember the day before it happened
The rain fell down, cleansing the city
Just another rainy day
As we went about our lives
If we could have this day back again Would we have done anything different
If we had known
If only we had known
Chorus
But Heaven knew
What was going to happen
The gates were open wide
To welcome thousands
It wasn’t just
Another rainy day
For on the day before it happened
The angels cried
I remember the morning that it happened
The sky was clear, the sun so bright
Then the world came crashing down
And so many lives were lost
If we could have this day back again
Would we have done anything different
If we had known
If only we had known
Chorus
But Heaven knew
What was going to happen
The gates were open wide
To welcome thousands
It wasn’t just
Another rainy day
For on the day before it happened
The angels cried
Today is the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and like at school on Friday, it was what most everyone in town was talking about; just as it was the biggest news story of the day pretty much throughout the world. Pastor Lewis talked about it during his sermon, and the service was a lot like the one on the Memorial Day weekend.
Thankfully, though there were threats made, there were no terrorist attacks this weekend, but it was still a rather somber day. While the world mourns and commemorates the loss of so many lives, I’ll end this short journal entry with my heartfelt prayer for the survivors, and the families and friends of the victims, to have God’s comfort and peace.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Cassie's Journal - Sept. 10, 2011
Dad and I spent the morning working in the yard while Mom mostly stayed in with Ethan and Ehlana; taking care of them, and cleaning the house. Alicia was working her first Saturday shift of the school year, and was helping Mom until putting the twins down for a nap following their afternoon feeding. We didn’t stop for lunch until nearly one, and I was set free to go play with Rowen for the rest of the afternoon.
Rowen’s Mom had kept her busy with a major cleanup of the back rooms at the store; so we were both ready to take it easy after working so hard. We biked to the Emporium to get drinks and snacks, and then went over to hang out at the park. Baseball was done for the year, but some of the boys were playing football, so we sat in the bleachers with a few other kids and watched them while having our snack. After that, we rode our bikes all the way around the park along the path, and then wrapped up our afternoon with a little playground action. I biked over to the store with Rowen, but her Mom and Dad were busy with customers still, so I didn’t stay long, and went home to help out with Ethan and Ehlana while Mom and Dad got dinner ready.
It was just the five of us for the night, and after dinner, Mom, Dad, and I did a Magi lesson and question and answer time with the twins. I remember what those lessons were like with Mom when I was a baby, but we definitely seem to have more fun now. We worked with the elements tonight, and Mom let me teach a big part of the lesson. I’m sure that she’ll write about it more extensively in her own archive, but one thing that’s very different is how Ethan and Ehlana discuss what they’re being taught with each other before trying the lesson themselves. That does seem to help them, and they haven’t really had any problems with losing control like I occasionally did.
We ended up doing most of the question and answer time while watching a movie in the living room; and Ethan and Ehlana had as many questions about the romantic comedy we’d decided to watch as they did about things that had happened during the day while Alicia was working and they couldn’t talk with their parents or sister. Mom nursed them then too, and then Ethan and Ehlana were tucked into their cribs for a nap while Mom and I went to spend a little quality time with our Jacuzzis, and Dad worked in the office for a couple of hours.
Mandy and I are in bed, and she’s telling me that it’s time to get some sleep. My typing must be keeping her awake – it’s not like she has to get up with me at three to help Dad with Ethan and Ehlana. Sunday mornings are always busy, and I am tired, so it is time to call it a night.
Rowen’s Mom had kept her busy with a major cleanup of the back rooms at the store; so we were both ready to take it easy after working so hard. We biked to the Emporium to get drinks and snacks, and then went over to hang out at the park. Baseball was done for the year, but some of the boys were playing football, so we sat in the bleachers with a few other kids and watched them while having our snack. After that, we rode our bikes all the way around the park along the path, and then wrapped up our afternoon with a little playground action. I biked over to the store with Rowen, but her Mom and Dad were busy with customers still, so I didn’t stay long, and went home to help out with Ethan and Ehlana while Mom and Dad got dinner ready.
It was just the five of us for the night, and after dinner, Mom, Dad, and I did a Magi lesson and question and answer time with the twins. I remember what those lessons were like with Mom when I was a baby, but we definitely seem to have more fun now. We worked with the elements tonight, and Mom let me teach a big part of the lesson. I’m sure that she’ll write about it more extensively in her own archive, but one thing that’s very different is how Ethan and Ehlana discuss what they’re being taught with each other before trying the lesson themselves. That does seem to help them, and they haven’t really had any problems with losing control like I occasionally did.
We ended up doing most of the question and answer time while watching a movie in the living room; and Ethan and Ehlana had as many questions about the romantic comedy we’d decided to watch as they did about things that had happened during the day while Alicia was working and they couldn’t talk with their parents or sister. Mom nursed them then too, and then Ethan and Ehlana were tucked into their cribs for a nap while Mom and I went to spend a little quality time with our Jacuzzis, and Dad worked in the office for a couple of hours.
Mandy and I are in bed, and she’s telling me that it’s time to get some sleep. My typing must be keeping her awake – it’s not like she has to get up with me at three to help Dad with Ethan and Ehlana. Sunday mornings are always busy, and I am tired, so it is time to call it a night.
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