Ethan and Ehlana:
Happy 23rd Birthday, Emma Sheldon!
Congratulations, Stephanie and Jake – it’s a boy!
Samuel Stone was born this morning, so that’s our top story of the day. Mom has met Samuel already, but we didn’t try to add more to the crowd for his family; and we’ll get around to meeting him soon-enough. Cassie and Michael are missing out on that fun while on their trip, but they have done a vid-chat to meet their new nephew virtually; and they are very happy for Jake, Stephanie, and their kids.
Our day has been uneventful by comparison. Tai Chi was by the river; we had a standard school day breakfast with Mom and Dad; and then our academic adventures included prepping for our trip to Washington. We’re also getting tested and wrapping up some projects related to our civics lessons that are tied into other subjects; so we’re looking forward to being done with those modules and moving on!
It warmed up to near-eighty today, but we had some showers too; so Ehlana and I went to work-play at the lab. We probably would have done that anyway because we have work that we want to get done before being away next week; and that’s why we took picnic dinners and worked into the evening – along with some time-phased hours.
We’re happy with what we got done tonight, but we’re also tired, and since coming home; we’re pretty much just had a quick visit with Mom and Dad and then we came upstairs to get ready for bed and deal with our usual nightly computer checks. There has been some different news, so for one example, there was a major power blackout in Spain, Portugal, and France with upwards of half of Spain going dark. The problem is still being investigated, but it appears to be a grid crash that could take days or longer to get the entire system re-booted. This is something to pay attention to because our power grids around the country have similar vulnerabilities to what might be a natural phenomenon – maybe a solar storm; and that kind of incident could happen to us too. Okay, not to us here at home, but only because our grid can be detached from the regional grid so we wouldn’t get caught up in a cascade event like that one.
Moving along, Russia announced a unilateral truce for three days over their Victory Day on May Ninth for the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War Two, but the last one for Easter didn’t go well; so we’re not expecting better this time. The peace talks really seem to be dead now; since each side has only been hardening their positions instead of looking for true compromises. That trend holds for the Middle East and the newer spat between India and Pakistan, and while the tariff war continues to cause havoc for trade and financial markets; that could blow up into real conflicts too if any of the countries involved decide that they have nothing to lose if they’re being destroyed economically anyway.
Most of that is bad news and we really wish we could offer better, but sometimes it seems as though we have the market cornered on happiness here in our little town!
We’re ready to get back to feeling happy, so that’s all for this report; and we’re off to nap time now.
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
