Grams had been hopeful I'd get the hang of incantations in a century or so.I carried the vial, small ball of hair and my whiskey bottle into the Power...Circle. I didn't need to do this anymore now that the Circle was attuned to me. I could have channeled Power at the worktable now. But always before I'd had to be in the Circle, it was an ingrained habit of mine to sit in the center of the Circle when making a potion. A habit that bit me in the ass now!Using Power to turn tap water into Witch. !"Tom held her close and whispered that he was sure everything was all right. He pointed out that Connie would have told her if anything bad had happened.She was reassured somewhat when the news show came on and she saw that the anchorman seemed to be happy as he said, "In our top story the people attending the circus at the Forum tonight saw things never before seen by man in history. Two small children — first-graders, only six years old — performed with ten mature Bengal tigers. This footage. The day felt like it dragged on and took forever to end. When the final bell rang he didn’t speak to anyone, instead he headed straight home. He came through the front door trying to act casual but in reality he was frantically looking for his mother. He checked in the kitchen, then the bathrooms and bedrooms but couldn’t find her anywhere. The last place he rushed to was the basement where he found her on a yoga mat doing some stretches."Mom! I’ve so worried about you!" He said as he sat. "What size are you?" I'm uh..." I knew what size I was, but my shoes were also looser thismorning when I put them on. I didn't realize weight loss caused feet toshrink. "I'm not sure. I've lost some, um, weight recently." I wasfinding it hard not thinking about my own feet shrinking. My feet evenfelt weird. Something was definitely going on."Okay, hun. No problem. I'll measure you, and we can go from there."She seemed nice. "Okay, thanks." This must have been why my ex boughtnew running shoes.