Cassie's Journal - March 26, 2017

Congratulations to the Connor clan – it’s a boy!

William Connor was born late last night, but before midnight.  Mom and baby are doing well from what we heard at church this morning, and while we didn’t get to meet the newborn baby; we are all happy for William, his parents, and the rest of his family.

I don’t really have any additional news for today, though it seems funny to say that when the new baby was quite the adventure for the doctors and nurse in our family as they took turns helping with that over most of a day between a long labor and recovery that is still ongoing – though Ellen and William are home now.

It was cooler and cloudy all day with a spit of rain or two; I was indoors most of the day while at church, working at the Inn, and the working and studying after I got home tonight.  We worked on the Easter services sets and costumes during Sunday school; the lunch and buffet dinner shifts at the Inn were too busy; and I had a lot of work and studying to get done tonight – including a long Magi lesson with Mom.

I’m exhausted; need to crash and nap; and don’t have anything else to add; so, until next time...

...May the Magi Force be with you!

Cassie's Journal - March 25, 2017

Our plans for a movie and make-out time went off the rails last night for Michael and me when Mom and Dad stopped into the lounge for a visit; watched some of the movie with us; and then crashed into nap mode while cuddling together on the far side of the sectional sofa from where we were having fun cuddling too.  While an unintentional sofa sleepover by my parents is funny; it also put an end to any hopes Michael and I had for any quality make-out time.  We eventually fell asleep too; and then we were up early for our breakfast shift at the Inn.  Mom and Dad weren’t still in the lounge by then, so they’d obviously woken up and headed down to their room; but we didn’t see them again until later – once I was done my morning shift at the Inn for me; and during Michael’s afternoon break for him.

My day today has been fairly uneventful.  We had a quiet breakfast shift; I did chores at home until we stopped for lunch at one; Michael and I did our homework while on his afternoon break because it was wet and cool for most of the day; and then we worked the dinner shift until a bit after eight o’clock.  We didn’t have to work until close, so I brought Michael home with me; and we’re going to have a movie night with Ethan and Ehlana.  They aren’t hanging out with their besties tonight, and while I love spending time with Naomi and Aiden too; it’s going to be nice to have a quiet night with my brother and sister.

I’m not actually expecting another sofa sleepover tonight, but just don’t want to end up working on my computer later; so I’ve just been doing the basic bedtime computing while freshening up ahead of my cuddle time with Michael.  We haven’t exactly had an exciting day, but then they can’t all be non-stop fun and adventure; and we do need to make money to pay the bills – or at least help with the upcoming college bills. ;^)

That isn’t something I even want to think about tonight, though, and I have some movie and cuddle fun to get to now; so, until next time...

...May the Magi Force be with you!

Cassie's Journal - March 24, 2017

The weather was still nice first thing this morning; so Tai Chi by the river was a fun way to get the day started.

It could be that our morning workout was the highlight of my day – until now, but since there’s a chance that the best parts of my day won’t happen until after I finish writing this update; let’s go with that being the news highlight for this report!

The rest of my morning was standard school day normal; we had fun at school, but without anything happening that was even remotely newsworthy; and then Michael and I worked the dinner-to-close shift at the Inn.  Since we started getting rain off and on by late morning and that will continue at least through most of tomorrow; we didn’t miss any outdoor play opportunities; but I did miss out on the family dinner and a movie night at the Carrington’s house.  Ethan and Ehlana were there for the dinner, but they’re having sleepovers with Aiden and Naomi respectively; which is why I’m writing this update now instead of later – because I plan on keeping Michael for a sofa sleepover tonight.

It was busy at the Inn tonight because of the rain bringing in extra customers – as well as extra shoppers to the stores; since working late on the farms wasn’t an option.  Don’t get me wrong – our farmers don’t just hide from the rain – they just don’t need to work through the weather at this time of year when pretty much every nice-weather day is a bonus for them until it’s really time to get busy again in a few more weeks.  We worked straight through until a bit after ten; Michael stopped in at home to get cleaned up, changed, and maybe pack an overnight bag; and he’ll be here soon for our movie-watching cuddle time.

I need to finish getting ready too, though, and can write about that – and the sofa sleepover – with my next report; so I’m going to wrap this up and get back to having fun in the real world now.

I know this is a bit light on the details, but I am a teen; and picking the Michael and me time over my computer shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone reading this.  I can’t claim that it’s been too long since our last chance for that since we did get to have some play time last night, but I’m very okay with having the bonus opportunity again tonight and really do want to get to that teen-rated entertainment now; so, until next time...

...May the Magi Force be with you!

Cassie's Journal - March 23, 2017

We’ve had a great weather day; but some of us didn’t get to enjoy much of it while busy with school and work.

Tai Chi by the river this morning was an option; that was fun; and so was our lunch break at school with temperatures in the seventies by then.  We topped out at around eighty, but by then, Michael and I were busy with after-school work at the Inn; so we didn’t get to go out and enjoy the sunshine.  Ethan and Ehlana played with their friends while we were busy, and Mom took them to the park for some biking and playground action; so I really missed out while working at the Inn.

Michael and I didn’t miss out on having some alone time after we were done our work at the Inn because we skipped game night; and had fun at my house for the rest of the evening.  Studying and a music practice was part of the fun too, but the make-out time between the music and the Magi lesson Mom did with us once she got home from the Inn with Dad and the twins was the highlight of our day!  Sure, playing with our Magi talents is always awesome too, but isn’t very high on the hot factor scale – at least when it comes to our lessons. ;^)

While I’m glad that we got to have that alone time, it did mean that I had to trade that for another late work and study night that didn’t get started until nearly eleven-thirty.  I worked in a time-phase as much as I could – as usual; but had more work and studying to do in real time tonight; which is why it’s past-three now as I write this report.  The business details are available elsewhere in the archives – if you have access to them, and that is usually why I don’t bother boring you by duplicating much of that news here; but I will add tonight that I managed to help out some people that were being exploited by the Hathornes in Asia; so I’m feeling pretty good about that right now as I get ready to wrap this up and get some sleep.

We still have a long way to go on the way to the Ascension of the Light, but every little victory like this one helps; and we’re going to keep doing everything we can through our investments and charities.

The best thing I can do to help with anything right now, though, is to get some sleep.  That’s all of the news I have for today anyway; so, until next time...

...May the Magi Force be with you!

Cassie's Journal - March 22, 2017

Tai Chi was indoors; part of our lunch break was outdoors, but too cool to be as much fun as it was on Monday; and I stayed inside after getting home from school so that I could work on the family business and do all of my ‘normal’ and language studies after school and this evening instead of having another late night.  I used a time phase for a lot of that; Mom, Dad, and the twins all took advantage of that when they could work in the office with me; and we were all finished our work by nine o’clock.

I was done earlier than that, but wanted to spend  some time in my Jacuzzi before getting into bed with Mandy; so I enjoyed that tub time while Dad finished his work and Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana split that last hour between work, studying, and taking Silkie for a bedtime walk.  Ehlana and Ethan came up to my room to tuck me in for a change; that was fun; and then I did a last bit of bedtime computing that wasn’t work-related before getting around to this update.  There has been, as always, a lot of details that make up my average school and work day, but most of that would be totally boring to write about every day; and I’m sure you don’t care about how many times a day I brush my teeth or any of the rest of the little routines that fill our days.

This is my big chance to get a solid night of sleep, though, and I don’t really have any interesting news to add to this update; so, until next time...

...May the Magi Force be with you!