Ehlana and Ethan:
We’re having a quiet evening at home after
working on chores for a lot of the day with a couple of hours of biking and
play time with our friends once the work was done. Compared to the rest of our story from
yesterday, that wasn’t newsworthy, but we have still had a good day; and
welcome the break from all of the busy tonight.
Backing up to the rest of our news from
last night, the biking and fun with our friends while enjoying the warm weather
continued with the gang that stayed with us for a barbeque dinner that Dad
grilled for us with sides that we helped Mom to make. It was cooling down by dinnertime, so we
enjoyed that meal in the sunroom; the teens and tweens took care of the
clean-up; and then we still had the extra friends around for our band practice,
video gaming in the lounge, and the first movie of the night. Mom and Dad had some company too along with
some cousins, but it wasn’t a full family-and-friends’ night; and all of our
guests headed for their own homes or elsewhere by ten-thirty. We kept Naomi, Aiden, Sophia, and Aaron with
us for the night; the extra movies, chat time, and co-ed cuddling combined to
make for a great end to our day; and then we only ended up with a handful of
hours for the co-ed sleepover part of our night.
Tai Chi was by the river again this
morning, and we loved that, but it was also cooler; so we might not get to do
that for much longer if it chills to below-freezing again each night. Mom and Dad cooked up a hot breakfast; we
took care of the clean-up again; and then our friends all moved on instead of
trying to work together on our chores.
With another high near sixty, there were outdoor chores to go along with
the usual housework; and that’s why we needed more time to get everything
done. We had a snack lunch; met up with
Naomi and Aiden once we were set free; and then we’ve already mentioned the
biking that went along with a football scrimmage for the guys; girl chat time
for Naomi and me with some of the other girls at the park; and some playground
fun with younger cousins and kids before we split up again and headed for our
homes.
While we’ve had a non-news day, Grandma and
Grandpa have been continuing Grandma’s weekend-long birthday adventures, and
while they’ve had a cooler, rainy day; they simply changed up their
entertainment options to include indoor activities. Don’t scare the grandkids with thoughts about
what our grandparents might have included in that play time! Moving along, it is Sunday in Darwin for
Cassie and Michael, and while they’ve done some work and will add in a bit more
sightseeing; they’ll be heading for Brisbane next for the last blast of work on
their travel schedule. We don’t need to
get ahead of that story for them, but they’ll spend three days working in the
Brisbane area and then they’ll be having fun for the rest of their time in
Australia while celebrating Cassie’s birthday and through until they fly home
from Sydney. That seems like the start
of a wind-down over the next week, but we are mostly just looking forward to
having them home again; since we have really missed them. That reminds me that we haven’t done a local
update for them lately, but that’s mostly because we haven’t needed to do
anything at their house thanks to the nicer weather, and while we should have mentioned
Mandy more-often; she’s currently taking a turn staying with Faith; and has had
some play time with Brianna since her last visit with us. She’ll likely go home sometime next week; and
we’ll have more on news for Cassie and Michael’s house; since we’ll be sure to
have at least one chores day there. Some
party jokes may be part of our story over there too, but that is all they’ll
be; since we wouldn’t actually throw a major party at their house while they
are away!
Moving along, I can’t resist commenting on
the latest news from the Middle East. Retaliatory
attacks have started this weekend, and while we had hoped for cooler heads to
prevail, we are not surprised that another escalation was chosen instead; and
our country’s response to one drone strike that killed three of our soldiers
and injured dozens more has been to bomb more than eighty targets and killing
and injuring a still-unclear number of people.
News flash to the leaders of the world – more bombs, death, and
destruction is not the answer to the core problem caused by the bombs, death,
and destruction in Israel and Gaza. I
also want to mention the news that Europe has approved more than fifty billion
more in support for Ukraine. It wasn’t a
surprise to us, but we again hoped for better; and really can’t understand why
any of those leaders believe that doing more of the same thing that has led to
hundreds of thousands of casualties and trillions in destruction will lead to a
better outcome instead of simply causing more death and destruction. Okay, we do actually understand why those
decisions are being made, but few or none of those reasons are for good; and we
really, really wish that we could just step in and put an end to all of the
insanity.
That isn’t going to happen – though it is
occasionally fun to imagine a scenario where we could put an end to all wars
with the help of our Magi talents, but if we actually tried; it would be
more-likely that those world leaders and their armies would just turn their
weapons on us instead. We’re
fairly-talented, but fighting off all of the armies of the world might just be
a bit too-much for us!
It is obviously time to wrap this up since
that idea is silly – even if it might make for an entertaining Hollywood movie;
so let’s call it a night and Ethan and I will move on to some quality nap time
now.
Until next time, live with love, fellow
Magi of the Light!
