My usual Tuesday after-school work plans were changed when
Mom decided that she was due for a sleepover in Crystal Springs
with Dad this week.
Instead of working on the family business, I helped Alicia
with Ethan and Ehlana after we picked them up at KidZone; and we kept them
entertained until Aunt Leanne finished work and took us home with her for the
rest of the night. I moved on from
assistant babysitter to cook’s helper for a while, and then it was mostly
playtime after Uncle Adam joined us and Alicia headed home.
Okay, it wasn’t all fun and games – at least for me. Aunt Leanne took the opportunity to spend a
little quality time teasing me about Michael – especially at the point in my
daily recap when she found out that he joined Rowen and me for our lunchtime
music practice; but Lisa didn’t. I’m
really getting tired of repeating the fact that I’m not interested in any boys,
or in crossing over, and even if I was; Michael, and for that matter every
other boy in our class, has a girlfriend.
No, Aunt Leanne, I’m not getting so tired of repeating
myself that I’m going to give up, cross over, and start dating just to get you
to stop bugging me about it. I’m tired
of seeing that particular topic pop up far too often in my journals too, so
let’s skip the teasing and matchmaking details and get on with the rest of the
story.
Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne led a Magi lesson with us after
we cleaned up from dinner. There really
isn’t much that they can teach me, but they can work with Ethan and Ehlana; and
I do learn other things that relate more to the ‘how’ they teach than the
‘what’. The way they were taught was a
lot different than how Mom’s been training me, and that’s one of the things that
is going to be changing a lot now – though Mom can’t possibly train every Magi;
and it will take time to teach other Magi her techniques.
While our lesson wasn’t challenging for me, we all had fun,
and continued to keep entertained with some play time, a little television and
cuddle time, and a long bedtime story and snack time. All of that, and some bonus aunt and niece
hair, nails, and chat time while I was getting ready for bed, had me starting
my nightly studies and computing a bit later than I’ve managed for the last
week and change, so I kicked up the time-phase into high gear; and still
managed to get everything done before eleven-thirty.
Unless Mom’s using a time-phase tonight too, I’ll guess that
Dad isn’t finished his work yet, but I’m not sending them any messages to find
out if I’m right or not. I really don’t
need to know most of the details of what they’ve been doing tonight, and the
recap of their dinner with the Malloys can wait until I see Mom tomorrow after
school. I wish that I could see Angela, Terry,
and Valerie more often, but they’re at least as busy as Mom and Dad; and
getting together for weekend visits just never seems to be an option.
Anyway, I need to wrap this up and get some sleep. It’s not that I have anything particularly
exciting booked to rest up for, but I will be doing back-to-back work nights
now to make up for not getting much done today.
Except for school and game night at the Inn, it’ll also mean that I
won’t have any play time with Rowen until Friday, so it’s a good thing that we
get to have a three-day weekend so we can have an extra day of fun to make up
for the lost best-friend time this week.
Until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor; logging
out!
