This has been an interesting first day of
October; with a couple of top stories to report.
First up is the most obvious change around
school and town today; and that would be the sudden appearance of orange on the
teen guy fashion front. Michael didn’t
say a word to me in advance; but he was in on the plan that Tim talked all of
the Grade Nine guys into doing with him; and some of the football guys dressed
in orange too. Whether they dressed
head-to-toe in orange or only wore an orange shirt or hat; the guys all had fun
with the launch of their new fashion theme; and enjoyed the attention they got
from the rest of the students.
Rowen and I are happy to let the boys have
their fun, but if Michael or Tim expect us to wear orange too; they’re going to
be disappointed. I might be convinced to
hang a little stuffed pumpkin on my computer bag; but orange clothes would look
atrocious on me – and on Rowen too. It’s
a safe bet that the majority of girls at our school will feel the same way; though
there’s also a good chance that the younger boys all ran home to either search
for orange clothes or ask parents to buy some for them so they could be as cool
as the older guys appear to be to them.
You might be wondering why Tim and the
other guys thought that this would be a good idea and fun. They’re teenage boys – a ‘why’ isn’t
required. ;^)
The other news of the day was from the
ranks of the cheerleaders. Jenny will
have more details for us tomorrow, but her news revolved around her boyfriend,
Lance. Mr. Caldwell turned sixteen
today; passed the test for that all-important second step in the driver’s
license process; and picked Jenny up in his birthday present car after our
practice. She’s spending the evening at
his family ‘estate’ along with his family and some school friends. I’m sure that she’ll have an amazing evening;
but it’s now having a boyfriend who can drive on his own and has his own wheels
that really has Jenny fired up today. I
expect that we’ll see Lance around here more often from now on; and Jenny will
definitely want to venture out into the world whenever they find time for date
nights.
Compared to that, my personal day has been
a bit on the boring side. Rowen and I
stayed in the background while the orange craze was launched; Jenny was the
center of attention among the cheerleaders; and it was a work night for me from
the time I left the school until now. I
did take a dinner break with Mom, Dad, and the twins; but worked pretty much
non-stop the rest of the time until wrapping up the work for the day and
helping to get Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for the night.
I’ve skipped over the weather report, and
we’ve had lots of rain today and tonight, but since I was indoors most of the
time; I didn’t really mind. The rain
didn’t arrive until after we got to school; so Tai Chi by the river was an
option. The only time I got wet was
during the walk home, but a change of clothes and hot drink took care of that
little inconvenience.
There isn’t anything exciting to report
from the work or studying; and I’ve been in my Jacuzzi since tucking Ethan and
Ehlana in for the night. I’m
multi-tasking the tub time with my bedtime computer checks and it’s time to get
out of the tub and finish getting ready for bed; so I’d better finish this up
and get on with that – especially since Wednesday night seems to be my only
chance for extra sleep during the school week.
I’ll need the extra eye rest too if I’m
going to be inundated with orange visuals for the next however long it takes
for this fad to run its course. If you
know me in my future as you read this, and I have an aversion to the color
orange; you’ll know where it came from! ;^)
That’s all for now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
