Cassie's Journal - Feb. 4, 2012

Annoying brother and his best friend alert!

I’ll keep this short to avoid Patrick or Scott catching me working in the archives.

I had morning Tai Chi, breakfast, and housework with Mom and Dad while Alicia mostly took care of Ethan and Ehlana after getting to our place after breakfast. Rowen joined us for lunch, and then we’ve spent the day at her house. Sleepover approval at her house was acquired too early; and that’s why Patrick and Scott have been pestering us since dinnertime.

Since using our Magi powers on the boys isn’t an option, that’s all I have time for tonight.

Live from Witch Falls; this is Cassie Proctor and Rowen Emerson, wishing we could put a pair of ‘going-on’ nine-year old boys into archive storage somewhere far away, but settling for signing off from this archive instead!

Cassie's Journal - Feb. 3, 2012

We’ve had rain off and on today, and it didn’t really warm up much today either.

That’s really the news of the day; mostly because the damp, cold weather affected pretty much everyone in the Ridge River District. For Rowen and I, it meant playing indoors after school; and I’ve definitely been a bit less fired up than usual today too. Rowen had plans with her family tonight, so she went home to get ready for that by a bit after five, and we only had Aunt Leanne and Uncle Adam with us for dinner and a movie night.

Ethan, Ehlana, and I had fun tonight, as always; but they were ready to be nursed and put to bed by the time the movie ended shortly before ten. I went up to bed then too, and have been working on my computer since then while Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne stayed to visit with Mom and Dad until nearly midnight. Taking the night off from studying was an option, but since I will need to take a few nights off over the next couple of weeks; putting in a bit of extra work now is probably a good idea.

Some of that was fun – especially practicing my Japanese with a little online chat with a girl from Japan. The time change is going to make that easy to do during my late-night studying. I should have done that last, because I only managed forty-five minutes of archive studying; and nodded off twice before deciding to get this done and go to sleep. We’ve been getting some snow flurries, but not much; and nothing that will likely stick around for long tomorrow. Mom and Dad will have me doing chores in the morning, but Rowen and I are going to have a play day after lunch. We don’t really have any plans for what to do, but since the weather is going to stay cold and wet; we’ll probably just end up playing indoors anyway if the forecast doesn’t change. I’ve had enough for today, though, so...

...live from Witch Falls; this is Cassie Proctor, signing off!

Cassie's Journal - Feb. 2, 2012

Happy Birthday, Grandma!

Today is also Groundhog Day; which I honestly didn’t even think about last year. As usual, the various groundhogs being watched on their big day either saw their shadows or didn’t; so we’ll either have six more weeks of winter, or spring will be early. Since we’ve had spring-like weather practically all winter so far; I have no idea why anyone would care one way or the other this year.

The highlight for our day was the birthday Telepathic link we did with Grandma and Grandpa for the hour or so we had after dinner before needing to go over to the Inn for game night. Grandma did sound like she loved the play day that Grandpa took her on – nearly as much as he did. The only downside for him was that they didn’t have Mom, Uncle Adam, or me there to heal him after playing a bit too hard.

Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne had come over to our house for that, so we all went to the Inn together; and they won the game night senior Championship this week. Dad needed to get some work done after we got home again, so I helped Mom with Ethan and Ehlana; including giving them baths before Mom nursed them and we tucked them into their cribs. Mom opted for some Jacuzzi time after that, and I got changed and in bed with Mandy.

Since then, I’ve managed to get everything done except studying in the archives; but I’m too tired now to even think about doing that too. One more day to the weekend, and I am so ready for it! That’s all I have tonight, so...

...live from Witch Falls; this is Cassie Proctor, signing off!

Cassie's Journal - Feb. 1, 2012

Rowen and I missed out on the beautiful last day of January play time opportunity while we were being responsible instead; but we made up for that with a great after-school outdoor adventure today that made for an awesome start to February!

With the Super Bowl coming up this weekend, football was on again at the park. We stayed away from that, and our boy-crazed friends and classmates that felt the need to watch the boys goof around and show off as much as they actually played the game. Our bike ride around the park on the path; playground fun; and visit to the Falls was much more exciting than sitting on bleachers doing nothing but watching and talking about boys.

After Rowen and I split up just before dinnertime, the rest of my night has been fun too. Mom had another lesson for Ethan, Ehlana, and me; and then I was set free to get started on the rest of the work I wanted to get done before going to sleep. I’ve been busy doing that for a couple of hours now, and decided to wrap up with only a half hour of archive time after finishing my email and entertainment check; and my Japanese lesson. It’s only coming up on eleven o’clock, but I’m ready to get a bit more rest than usual tonight. I definitely want to catch up on my sleep and be ready for work and game night at the Inn tomorrow, so...

...live from Witch Falls; this is Cassie Proctor, signing off!

Cassie's Journal - Jan. 31, 2012

Aunt Leanne would tell Rowen and I that we’re spending way too much time around Mom and Dad, but we did resist temptation and go to work at the computer store and office after school.

Since I couldn’t be outside, I settled for playing with some of my South America family businesses instead. The most satisfying part of my work today was arranging some extra help to some of the towns near the epicenter of the earthquake; including some financial support for one of our companies’ employees and their families.

Mom wanted to do Magi lessons with Ethan, Ehlana, and me after dinner while Dad was working in the office, so that worked out to be a good time for us to talk with her about those changes to the study plans for the twins. That did mean letting her know a bit about the ‘why’ behind the ‘what we need to know’, though I’m sure she has more questions that we just shouldn’t answer for her quite yet. The bottom line is that we’re all moving in the right direction now; and Ethan and Ehlana are particularly happy about having new challenges.

With three hours of archive studies, Japanese lessons, and an email and entertainment check behind me now, though, I’m ready to call it a day – and month; since February has already started.

Live, but half-asleep, from Witch Falls; this is Cassie Proctor, signing off!