Ethan and Ehlana:
Happy 14th Birthday, Natalie Morris!
Our classmate’s special day is our top story because we were also at her party and only got home from it a little while ago. We had fun at school with added birthday fun for Natalie – especially at lunch; and then we were only home for long-enough to get changed and ready to go over to the Morris’ home with Naomi and Aiden. We don’t write about most of our friends and classmates all that much, but we should do that more-often; since we actually aren’t the center of the universe in our little town; and a lot goes on that we don’t have anything to do with at all.
While that might sound shocking for junior Magi Masters, it is still true. In Natalie’s case, we don’t spend much time with her family – though we have Spanish classes with her mother, Madeline, every week, and her father has helped to build some of our favorite homes – including the houses that Naomi and Aiden live in! Mr. Morris knows some of our friends pretty well – especially the guys that are really into construction, and while he might not yet be considered a master carpenter; he is one of the best at Carter Construction. Natalie’s younger brother, Mike, is twelve going on thirteen, and while he is only a grade behind us; we don’t know him very well either. Don’t take that the wrong way, since we do know facts about everyone, but that isn’t the same thing as being close friends. Finally, for Natalie’s personal life, she is currently dating Blair Benton. He’s a classmate too, but they don’t hang out with us very often for the biking and park play, and that’s okay; since we don’t have a problem with friends that have other interests and prefer to do their own favorite activities.
The actual party was generally a lot of fun with only a few teen annoyances. The social time before dinner included some video gaming, music videos, and chat time; dinner was grilled meat options with various sides; and then our evening fun included ‘live’ music that we led – along with Naomi, Aiden, Sophia, and Aaron; dancing was involved while we played; and then the party split up between the gamers and movie watchers. We helped with some of the post-dinner clean-up too, but were among the first to leave right after the movie. We picked Silkie up to take her for a walk first before seeing Naomi and Aiden home, and for the record, since we do get teased about that now and then; doing that works for us and it would just be weird if I walked Naomi home; Aiden did the same with Ehlana; and then he and I crossed paths on the way back to our own homes.
Since getting here, we did a bedtime visit with Mom and Dad; bath or Jacuzzi time followed; and now we’ve been doing extra work – including a bit of school homework – to go along with the usual computer checks and twin chat that has been all about the party recap. We are really glad that Natalie has had a good day; enjoyed the time with her family ad our friends – especially getting to see her Mom outside of school for a few hours; and it was also nice to get through another party without any serious teen drama. Maybe we’ll be done with that sooner than we expected, but probably shouldn’t jinx things by even writing about thoughts like that one!
Moving along, the political and world news of the day isn’t really worth writing about because the stories being focused on are pointless theatre while the real problems of the world still continue with no real progress in the right directions. Everyone should have a problem with the daily killing, injuries, and destruction; so we just can’t help but to be annoyed when the ‘biggest’ stories are instead about pointless issues like whether the latest Disney movie is good or bad or having unauthorized people ‘accidentally’ included in on a not-so-secure, classified digital chat. Mom could, by the way, help them out with that problem – though no computer system can totally overcome human stupidity!
There is certainly a lot of that going around with our world leaders, but we’ll continue to hope for better; and work in the background to clean up as many of the messes they create along the way for our own, personal journeys. We need to get some rest now to be ready for another day of fun; so that’s it for this report. We really hope that your day has been this good too – whenever your ‘now’ is in our near or distant future.
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
