Ehlana's and Ethan's Journals - April 5, 2021

 

Ehlana and Ethan:

We are wondering today whether Mother Nature has kids that are back at school full-time this week!  Tai Chi by the river was great this morning thanks to one of our warmest nights of the year that left us with a starting temperature near-sixty.  It has warmed up since then to around eighty for the high this afternoon; we got to spend a lot of time outside while at school; and the awesome weather had everything to do with our choice to bike and play with our friends instead of working at the lab or archives.

That might sound as though Mother Nature was gifting an awesome weather-day for the kids, but we can assure you that all of the kid-free parents have enjoyed the nice weather and free time.  Ditto that for our favorite collegians, though Cassie and Michael couldn’t take any of their classes outdoors and had to settle for spending time outside during their breaks between classes and at meals.

There hasn’t been any news for Cassie and Michael so far today, but we can report that May had an awesome spring break with Lee, his family, and some other friends.  Her plans for the week worked out for us and our vaccination clinics, but we still missed seeing her for this holiday; and hope that she’ll still spend most of the summer break with us instead of with Lee or elsewhere.  We can mention that she will not head back to China this summer because of how expensive it is to fly right now and the risks of getting stuck there or in quarantines at both ends of any trips.  That makes it tough on May – and her parents and family, but that’s true for a lot of people now; so we won’t offer more on a story that is only different for us because we’re personally involved in May’s ongoing pandemic drama.

Moving along, our biking and play time with our friends this afternoon was the entertainment highlight for our day, and then we were home for dinner with Mom and Dad and a ‘normal’ work-study evening that included a Magi lesson and a return to our doctoral research.  Mom used a time phase for a lot of that work, so we were able to come up to our rooms by nine o’clock; we had a short music practice; and then split up for tub or Jacuzzi time.  Our bedtime twin chat has been multi-tasked with computing that has included email checks and a bit of digging around in the Hathorne Industries systems, but while we can confirm that Gwyneth was at her home in Princeton over the Easter weekend; we don’t have anything else to offer about her; since she manages to keep most of her personal activities out of the company computer systems – which is one of the reasons for why we can’t keep track of the goons she hires to come after us.

Let’s hope that we don’t jinx ourselves by mentioning any of that tonight; since we have been grateful for the break we’ve had since the last batch of attacks on Cassie, Michael, and Dad.

We don’t really have anything else to add for today anyway, and should go and get some sleep now; so, until next time...

...this is Ehlana and Ethan Proctor; live from the hidden home of the Magi of the Light – and May the Magi Force be with you!

Ehlana's and Ethan's Journals - April 4, 2021

 

Ehlana and Ethan:

Happy Easter, everyone!

Congratulations, Christina and Josiah – you’re pregnant!

The news about another ‘pandemic baby’ won’t be public knowledge until official test results come out, but Mom was first to find out about Christina’s change in social status; and loved getting to share that news with her while we were at church for the Easter services and pancake breakfast.

While we’re writing about babies, we should also do an update for Violet; since we haven’t been doing that in our journals – mostly because our personal involvement in her pregnancy is very limited.  She’s counting down to her due date by weeks now; Mom and Uncle Adam are making sure that she’s doing well while also working with her on prenatal training for her baby; and Violet and Dillon are already pretty much ready to be first-time parents – including having the baby’s room ready to go.  We’ll have more on that story once our new cousin arrives, but probably won’t have much news about that between now and then – at least in our journals.  That does remind us that we could also mention that our Magi-powered vaccine-healing is safe for pregnant women and their babies; so Christina has nothing to worry about from her recent treatment.

Moving along, our day started very early; we had some Easter fun with Mom, Dad, Cassie, and Michael; got ready for church; and headed to the sunrise service at the church.  The entire morning was non-stop busy through that service, the breakfast sittings, and then the regular Sunday service.  While having the majority of our community vaccinated now was most-noticeable at the church, we were as-happy to find out that the Sunday buffets at the Inn have returned too – an Easter surprise that everyone loved finding out about this morning.  Jacob and Jake couldn’t do everything as normal because of food supply issues, but that was still awesome – and we got in on the last buffet sitting of the day.

‘We’ didn’t include Cassie and Michael because they were on the way back to their townhouse by then, but they did spend some time at the Inn and had a meal on the fly with his parents while also having a last visit with Sierra.  They spent some time with us too, but that was a bit of outdoor biking fun; and then we took a break to help them pack up their car after their visit to the Inn; they met up with Rowen and Tim by three-thirty; and then they were gone and won’t be back again until after their final exams.

Naomi and Aiden helped us out with keeping busy while missing Cassie, Michael, and Mandy; their families did the last buffet at the Inn too; and we’ve wrapped up our holiday weekend with a quiet evening at home.  We took Silkie for a walk after getting home from the Inn; did a Magi lesson with Mom; and followed that up with a music practice; bath or Jacuzzi fun; and this update and twin bedtime chat.  The biggest news for next week might end up being our return to full-time school, but we’ll keep you posted on that; since we also need to decide what we’ll do for our work-play schedules between now and the end of June now that we are back to school every day and also don’t have any need to keep regular vaccine clinics going – at least that we need to help with; since the second round of vaccines will only be for show.

Finally, we’ve had another awesome weather day, which is why we spent so much of our free time outdoors and on our bikes.  We’ll hope for a lot of warm, sunny days instead of a month full of April showers, and since that’s a happy thought to go to sleep with; we’ll wrap this up now and go do that! ;^)

This is Ehlana and Ethan Proctor; live from the hidden home of the Magi of the Light – and May the Magi Force be with you!

Ehlana's and Ethan's Journals - April 3, 2021

 

Ehlana and Ethan:

Happy 7^th Birthday, Gerald York!  Happy 21^st Birthday, Jeremy Fletcher!

Those birthdays wouldn’t normally be news for us, but Gerald is one of Naomi’s cousins, so we heard about the vid-chat her parents had with him this morning at breakfast while we were still at Susan’s house; and then Cassie and Michael did the same this morning with Jeremy – though they waited to do that call with Rowen and Tim between breakfast and the vaccine clinic.  This update is supposed to include the rest of the news from yesterday, though; so let’s do that now.

The high temperature for yesterday reached the mid-sixties; so that was awesome for the parts of Susan’s party that we could take outdoors.  Her parents and their adult helpers had some games for us to play and compete in for prizes; kid-friendly barbeque and sides felt like a nice change to birthday dinner pizzeria pizza; and the Olde Bakery cakes are always a hit with everyone.  There was no video gaming; the movies and make-overs were awesome; and the girl-chat time was entertaining – in part because we’re still too-young for that to get into any tween or teen drama issues.

Yes, boys were talked about, but they’re generally still gross and stupid and very annoying! ;^)

Okay, Ethan is usually given an exception from the other girls because he’s my brother – and most of our girlfriends wish that they were Naomi; while Aiden gets his pass because he’s so nice and his parents own the bakery.  Yes, quite a few of our girlfriends wish they were me too, but that isn’t quite the same as it is with Naomi and her life-long and overt claims on Ethan.  Moving along, Susan only had five friends staying overnight, so the rest of our friends headed home after the makeovers were finished; we had a long wrap-up bedtime chat in Susan’s room; and then we were in three rooms for the sleepover part of our night.  Naomi and I were together in one of those rooms; we got more sleep than usual when doing our own sleepovers; and then we started our day with Tai Chi in the Connor’s back yard with only her Mom for a spectator while everyone else slept until shortly before breakfast.  Having pancakes for that meal worked for us, we helped with the work before and after breakfast; and then we headed over to the park for the Easter Egg Hunt.

While we were busy with Susan’s party, Ethan and Aiden had a bit more play time and biking with the guys while Aiden’s parents were still busy at the bakery.  Their dinner ended up being pizzeria pizza because Hannah didn’t want to cook; and then Hailey and Leah put Ethan’s and Aiden’s reputations at risk by getting them to go biking together – once around town on the full loop.  Naomi teased Hailey and Leah about that today while we were all at the park, and the guys got razzed a bit by a few of their buddies, but I have already mentioned that Ethan and Aiden are nice guys; and they can admit that it is possible to have fun with younger siblings and cousins.  That is a reality that is more-true for them with Hailey and Leah than it is for Naomi and me with Zack and Eli; so I’ll leave that train of thought there and move on.

The Easter Egg Hunt was the big news of the day for the kids, but Uncle Adam and Uncle Mark also ran a vaccine clinic today starting at nine-thirty and going through to around two o’clock with an hour off for a lunch break.  Mom, Cassie, and Michael took turns helping out there and also getting some time at the park with us; and then we were at the med center too through until one-thirty or so.  After doing two-hundred and twenty ‘vaccines’ today; we’ve reached fourteen-hundred total; that covers nearly-everyone in the Ridge River district that wanted and could get the vaccination over the past week; and we’ll handle the rest by appointment and possibly just one or two more clinics over the next couple of weeks.  We’re also working out helping family and friends from further away, but that might be something we’ll need to work out over the next two holiday weekends if we do go ahead with doing that at all; since there are some risks with doing that and then having what we’ve been doing compared to ‘normal’ vaccinations.

That clinic was the most-important news of the day, but we still had a lot of fun at the Easter Egg Hunt.  We won’t be doing the hunt for much longer – possibly not even next year, but then we spent more time today helping our youngest cousins and friends to do well and win prizes anyway.  The treats and prizes were great, but it was the family-and-friends’ time that made the morning so awesome for us.  Spending time with Mom, Cassie, and Michael had a lot to do with why we had fun with the work at the clinic too, but then Cassie and Michael were busy with his family again this afternoon; so we had another biking and play afternoon with our friends once we were finished at the med center.  The weather has been even-better today with a high temperature in the low-seventies; so we had a blast out on the trails; our afternoon snack break included Emporium ice cream treats; and we stayed out until nearly-six before heading for our own homes.  A co-ed sofa sleepover would have been nice, but tomorrow is Easter; so that wasn’t an option that we could get away with – and not because we don’t think that the Easter Bunny would skip any of us if we weren’t at our own homes!

A late night wouldn’t have worked for any of us with the sunrise service to get up early for; and that’s why we followed up our semi-late dinner with an evening walk; early bath or Jacuzzi time; and plans to go to sleep early too.  That includes writing this update and having our twin-chat time early, and while Ethan is a bit more-tired than I am tonight after staying up later with video gaming last night; we’re both worn out thanks to all of the fun and all of the time-phased work at the med center.  This really has been an awesome day for both fun and helping our neighbors and friends; so we’re very happy as well as exhausted.  We still have a day left for our holiday weekend, though, and don’t want to be awake when the Easter Bunny comes around; so that’s all for tonight.

This is Ehlana and Ethan Proctor; live from the hidden home of the Magi of the Light – and May the Magi Force be with you!

Ehlana's and Ethan's Journals - April 2, 2021

 

Ehlana and Ethan:

Happy 10^th Birthday, Susan Connor!

It feels strange to be starting our Good Friday update with those happy best wishes, but then Susan is also still having a birthday party and sleepover with her girlfriends – a party that Naomi and I will be going to soon while Ethan and Aiden will have to entertain themselves for the rest of the day.

Our day so far began as muted as usual for Good Friday through to lunch time.  The church service was solemn, but kid-appropriate; and the only change today was a notable reduction in the need for masks and social distancing thanks to the vaccine clinics.  Yes, we have some visitors to town for the holiday weekend too, but not really very many; since most people are still avoiding holiday travel – at least for our hometown families.  Moving along, Mom and Dad set us free for some biking and play time after lunch; we did that with Naomi, Aiden, and some other friends; and this update is happening while Naomi and I are getting ready for Susan’s party and sleepover.  Ethan is packing an overnight bag too, but he’ll be at Aiden’s house tonight while Cassie and Michael are having a family day with his side of their family and Mom and Dad are getting weekend homework finished today instead of tomorrow or on Easter Sunday.

The rest of our news for today will have to wait for our next report; since we’ll both be too-busy having fun with our friends.  The weather is really nice again this afternoon, and we’re ready to move on now; so that’s all we have for today.

It’s better for us to write about the adventures we’ll be having separate from Good Friday anyway, so flip the digital page in our future to find out how the rest of our day goes for us; and, until next time...

...this is Ehlana and Ethan Proctor; live from the hidden home of the Magi of the Light – and May the Magi Force be with you!

Ehlana's and Ethan's Journals - April 1, 2021

 

Ehlana and Ethan:

Happy April Fool’s Day!

We can’t report a prank and joke-filled adventure even when we were at school today – mostly because there just wasn’t much of that going on around here again this year.  The vaccine clinics continued to be the top story around town anyway, and while our time at school kept us from helping out for the entire afternoon session; we still did our part for the second-half of the afternoon and the entire evening.  We ‘vaccinated’ around three-hundred people today, and that number was lower than yesterday because we didn’t get as many people as we could have handled today.  That still puts us at nearly twelve-hundred people vaccinated so far in just four days; so we’re already closing in on getting nearly-everyone vaccinated.  We’ll do one more round of clinics on Saturday; and then the rest of them will be done at the doctor’s offices and possibly with one clinic at the school – though we expect to have nearly-all of the students and all of the teachers vaccinated before Monday.

The back-to-school-full-time news is official; the reactions were generally as we expected; and some parents may have parties next week to celebrate! ;^)

We’re going to wrap this up on that happy note, since while we didn’t put in quite as many hours at those clinics as yesterday; all of the extra effort has caught up with us; and we need to crash and nap again tonight.  That isn’t an exciting start to our holiday weekend, but we’ll still be happy with all of the good we’re doing this week; and the costs are small and worth it.  This will, hopefully, be an especially-awesome weekend, though, so while we go and get some sleep; stay tuned and we’ll let you know how that works out for us over the next few updates.

This is Ehlana and Ethan Proctor; live from the hidden home of the Magi of the Light – and May the Magi Force be with you!