Marlon

I have just given birth to a wonderful baby boy. We named him Marlon Slade Smith. Like his sister, he is probably half my size. He is healthy, happy and incredibly cute. I forgot how much I liked babies.

I have been staying home these last couple of months breastfeeding him. I was reading it would make him healthier and it gives a chance for Gabby to focus on the changes with what she and Amber are going through losing the creepy part of being a demon. In a couple of weeks we will swap over duties and I can go hunting again, and investigate Cherry Log.

Other than that it has been very quiet. I had a really nice baby shower that Slade and his wife threw for me. A lot of people showed up, there was hugs, presents and drinking (except for me). I am really lucky, hopefully I will still feel that way next time.

I am back

I know it has been a long time since I posted last. Things have been incredibly busy, many things have come to pass and overall life is looking up.

The first thing, I am pregnant again. Mark and I went to the midwife yesterday and found out I am going to have a boy. Marisa will be about 5 when he is born, not a bad time between them. Although if we are going to have more children I would like to have them more regularly.

 

I was reading through some of the old posts and I figured I would update the list I wrote at “Fantasia Sucks”. Since that list has been outstanding I have written what the original list portion was in blue and followed up with any changes since then in black. By doing this I think it will set up future posts by giving you a brief update on all those little parts.

1. Train Jessie at the Market, get him feeling comfortable and let him help me organize things. Jessie and his partner in crime (not lover) are both head priests. They go to the market, they take care of the day to day crap. I don’t know if I could do this without them. In addition to this, I have turned the school over to Chrissy for the most part. She (like Jessie) is rocking it. I sort of come in to both of them and look around, but as a rule I haven’t seen anything I would change.
2. Find a bookkeeper/manager. Marbles is right, I can’t figure out half of this shit. Mark doesn’t have time (and I think he doesn’t have the inclination) to fill this role. Paul wont work, he is slowing down, I think Marbles is right, I think he is going to become a full time cop. Damn that hurts, I never even considered that. Not only did Paul become a cop, he became the head cop for Dallas. I do miss him (and I will post more about it) but he is happy. I can’t blame him for being happy. In addition though to being happy, he has really helped change things in the police department. The integration of the fey is going well and I am proud of him.
3. Train my apprentices in all the paths, maybe adjust it as much as possible for pixie and/or human input. Not only have I trained them, we have adopted a new set of apprentices including other fey, an elf, a minotaur and a nymph. Things are great and the training is being adjusted more and more. The inclusion of modern weapons and tactics I think brings more to it. Definitely more about this coming up.
4. Prepare for my trip around the USA. I want to hunt, and spread the word of Abraxis (that seems weird when I write it down). I want to see how things are in other places, find where might need help and maybe gain some apprentices and acolytes (are acolytes right word for religious apprentices?). USA trip is still a go, but postponed. A bunch of stuff has come up and I think my next sojourn is going to be Cherry Log and the fey lands, then off to the rest of the USA.
5. Work on our house/group/religion/whatever you want to call it. I need to figure out with help of friends how will this work. I also need to figure how it will act concerning the Pixie House. Things are going really well. Way too much to post here except to say we have expanded the church, the school and our connections with the Faerie house. I am incredibly happy.
6. Get Jessie trained up enough to cleanse me of the apple. Done and done. The apple is cleansed out of me. I have ascended and have changed a lot.
7. Maybe work on relations with Paco. I need to see if I can get him to stop disliking me. I want to learn more about my people and maybe open his eyes and get him to be a bit more flexible….. LOL I think he likes me but nothing has changed…..

Thats it for my very very short update. I have to start planning our hold, setting up how our school works officially and do the same with the church. I didn’t realize how much responsibility I would have. I do miss hunting, and I plan on hunting and honestly I plan on doing more on this journal. So stay tuned!