Ehlana and Ethan:
This early update is coming to you now because I’m about to head over to Aiden’s house for the night while Naomi will be here with Naomi and our parents because it is their turn! We had fun last night with our cousins and friends – including the family-and-friends’ dinner that Mom and Dad ended up hosting; and the co-ed sleepover that our four best friends stayed for was great too! We don’t really have much news from today-so-far. Tai Chi and breakfast were indoors; we said goodbye to our friends for a while and had chores to do here and at the usual houses and cottages; and then we had a couple of hours off since our late lunch break to bike and play with cousins and friends. It wasn’t as-warm today, but still sunny and in the high-forties for the high that we’re just hitting now; so we still had fun and only needed warmer clothes and we work gloves while biking. Let’s mention that the snow we had during that storm that hit much-harder elsewhere to the east is pretty much all melted except for some shaded spots in the woods, but the ground hasn’t softened up much except for where there are pools of standing water that hasn’t dried up yet too.
We mostly stayed clean, but hit the showers after getting home and now we’re ready for our respective sleepovers. Cassie and Michael are already enjoying their Saturday night naps – or maybe they aren’t; since it is Cassie’s birthday already in Thailand! They had fun with sightseeing and quality water and beach play time for their Saturday; and we are happy for them – even while still being jealous of the sun and mid-nineties highs they are getting to enjoy there!
Ethan and I do not want to get into a major world news update right before we’re going to have fun with Aiden or Naomi for the rest of the day, but we need to mention one story – the assassination attempt on a high-ranking Russian General who is also the Deputy to Russia’s chief negotiator for the trilateral peace talks. That does not look good for building any trust in the negotiations; a likely attempt to derail those talks even though they aren’t going anywhere anyway; and Russia may have already retaliated with a massive overnight missile and drone attack across Ukraine. There is also news that the assassin has been captured in the United Arab Emirates and may be on the way back to Russia, but we also doubt we’ll ever learn the truth about what really happened or which country or countries were behind the attack. On a related note, we can also mention that the talks between the United States and Iran were followed up by new sanctions on Iran; and that won’t build any trust either – not that there is any to start with after the attacks on Iran last year that happened while our leaders pretended to be talking peace then too.
We are going to stop there because I’m getting the urge to rant for a while and don’t want to ‘make’ time to do that now. Maybe we’ll do that with the next update, but for now; we’re ready to get back to the fun and are out of here!
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
