Ehlana and Ethan:
This has and still is a travel day for some of our favorite people; and that’s our top story of the day. Dad – and Anna Marie – had the shortest trip to Crystal Springs and their work week there that they got to before we were even at school for our academic adventures. Grandma and Grandpa are in Arizona at their usual winter rental; and they definitely prefer flying there now instead of driving – though they do still love driving trips as long as they can putter along and not spend more than a few hours a day actually driving. Cassie and Michael are still en-route to Egypt – their first stop on their east-to-west tour of northern Africa; and it will be Tuesday afternoon local time by the time they arrive in Cairo. We’ll keep you posted on all of our travelers’ adventures as we hear their stories, but that’s pretty much all we have so far for their collective news.
Here at home, we braved the mid-thirties chill for Tai Chi by the river with Mom after we also were up early to see Dad and Anna Marie off to the city; we followed that up with a hot breakfast and drinks; and then Ethan was off to the school for weight training with his friends while I enjoyed the extra time with Mom before meeting up with Naomi and Sophia for the walk to school. It only warmed into the low-sixties today, so most of our academic adventures were indoors; and then Ethan and I headed for the lab to play-work there while our friends were busy elsewhere. We didn’t check out the park tear-down, but that was popular for a lot of kids and teens; and is already nearly finished despite the chilly start to the day for those workers. Mom joined us at the lab to play with us too and brought a picnic dinner; so we stayed and had fun with books or beakers until nearly ten o’clock. Time phasing helped us with getting even more done; so Ethan and I are happy with our progress; and we were glad to get back to the lab after taking the time off for the festival – and because we won’t be able to do that again for at least a couple of days while busy with other things.
That brings us up to now, and we’re quickly running out of steam thanks to those extra time-phased hours; so let’s wrap this up. Our usual computer checks only showed that all of the bad in the world is still there and our leaders are more-interested in political theatre than in fixing any real problems; so that trend will continue despite our best wishes and hopes for better. No rants are about to follow, and we really don’t have anything to add tonight; so that’s all and we’re out of here and off to dreamland soon where we can make the rest of our night as happy as we’d like it to be while sharing that happiness with one or more of the people we love the most! ;^)
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
