<div class="floatright">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d80f/21h8ybmnz6cjeh34g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/21h8ybmnz6cjeh3/Kimmie.png/file)</div><br/>Shopping in peace finally takes its toll on me.  I forget about 'danger', 'the Shadow', and other nefarious activities.  I let the fun of shopping and buying consume me.  In other words, I have fun!<br/><br/>Our haul of clothes is ridiculous.  We each look as though we are prepared for our own personal 'Ice Age'.   But it will be nice to be warm all winter.  I have a full wardrobe now, of pants, long sleeve tops, sweaters, leggings....and....a couple of nice  dresses.  Unlike Chloe who would dress as a tomboy most of the time, I have an unexplained need for items without pant legs and things that look feminine.  I guess a psychiatrist would say something about me 'compensating'?  But I go with what I feel.  And, since my change and re-education, looking pretty has become part of my being.<br/><br/>Chloe and I wander over to the Infants Department.   Once an alien area in any store, we no both, feel more in tune with its offerings.  The entire department seems almost magical to me.<br/><br/>“Guess we’ll need to shop here to setup for Isis and for your daughter too. I’m thinking a crib in our room for the first few weeks and then the middle bedroom for a nursery with the far bedroom when we need the nursery for your baby. A few years apart, not too many but not a lot.”<br/><br/>I giggle at Chloe and press into her a bit....<em>"Look at us....'family planning'....."</em>and I cannot keep the smile from my face.<br/><br/>“We’ll need to ask Huguette for a sister who decorates. Feng Shui isn’t our heritage, nor is it Isis’. This will be fun!” adds Chloe.<br/><br/>I begin to think about names for our second daughter.  That's all we know right now, that the baby will be a girl.  Her role is still hazy though.  We both know that Isis will be the revered and exalted child, but what of my baby, our 2nd daughter?  The thought that the Goddess will direct, fills me with good will and the anxiety dissipates almost instantly.<br/><br/>“Has Huguette started you on patterns yet? Labyrinths and mazes and celtic knots? Lovely ways to loosen and manage one’s brain and to guide children. I never did like Alexander’s answer to the Gordion Knot. Amateur solution to a very human problem and it ended up killing him though history doesn’t recognize that.”<br/><br/><em>"Not yet.....but Im sure she will shortly.  Now that I can open up foresight instantaneously, without thinking, Ive been learning how 'not' to be too transparent.....An equally valuable skill"</em><br/><br/><br/>“Gotta leave room for the baby shower I’m sure someone will throw. So a wish list too. And I’m sure Mother will come to visit right after Isis is born to help. Or supervise or whatever doting grandmothers do.” #Giggle<br/><br/><em>"You can hope that Circe will not be here until after the baby is delivered, but that would be foolish.  Any of our plans need to include space for her to be around.  If not, she'll be at a nearby hotel and waking us up every morning at 4 AM to 'help'</em>(I even add air quotes for emphasis)"<br/><br/>We pack up all our purchases, and even thought I consider myself strong....this stuff weighs a ton!!  We deposit it in our car, shoving the last few packages down so the trunk can close...Then Chloe ask Ulla about lunch.  We head to a local cafe.....as we walk hand in hand, (garnering some side glances from other pedestrians), I say to Chloe:<br/><br/><em>"Using the credit card has pinpointed our location.  I know, that you know that too.  I also know that staying hidden for eternity was not an option.   I'd give the Shadow 18 to 24 hours before they have at least one operative in the area.  So, my dearest, the wheel turns....but what the Shadow doesnt know:  We are ready"</em><br/><br/>I give her a quick peck on the cheek.....This is all part of the plan....<br/><br/><br/><br/>