Randomacy 2-Settling In

Sleeping in a real bed again was a luxury to Eliza. She has spent so long sleeping in tents on cots or in sleeping bags at the camps where she stayed. Having his sister back was good for Reed, but it did take some adjustments on his social life. He didn't mind, as the older brother (even if it was only three minutes) he felt it was his responsibility to take care of his sister when she needed him. While Reed was at work, Eliza spent time walking around the city exploring the sights. She found a lovely little art gallery that allowed patrons to paint for free should they be inspired.

Reed's house was kinda bland so creating art to hang on the walls felt like the right thing to do. For a man that worked out and talked about being in shape, Reed had poor eating habits so Eliza took on the responsibility of making sure he had a decent meal, or at least not so much take out.

"Hey Reedy." Eliza called out when she heard him come home. "I made mac and cheese for dinner."

"Thanks for cooking." Reed replied walking into the kitchen.

"How was work?"

"Well my bosses talked about openings in the astronaut training program today."

"Do you think you will get in?"

"Not this round, I'm still pretty low on the totem pole."

Over dinner they discussed Eliza's desire to get a job, she didn't want her psychic talents to go to waste, they needed constant training. Reed just smiled and nodded as she talked, then explained getting a job could wait until after the baby is born.

"Speaking of babies, did you make an appointment today?"

"No I don't need one, I feel fine. Besides women have been having babies without the interference of medicine since the dawn of time."

"Lizzie we talked about this. You promised you would go. Isn't bad aura or karma or something to go back on a promise?"

Reed using her thought process against her worked and Eliza agreed to actually go to the doctor. The check up went well.

The midwife said she and the baby looked fine. On the way home she stopped by a community garden. She may not be able to work, but growing an organic garden would help cut back on the grocery bill and provide much better food to cook with.

It would take some time, but since she was going to be put for a little while and loved being outside, a garden would help her feel more connected to Mother Earth. The midwife suggested a few books to read, so after watering the plants, Eliza headed to the library to see if they had the book.

There was an entire child development section so she was able to locate the one she was after. Eliza couldn't resist getting an ice cream when she saw the truck parked outside the library as she was leaving.

She enjoyed her fudge bar until she got a text from Reed. The vibrations scared her making her drop the ice cream. Having a phone was new for her, but Reed insisted in case she went into labor while he was at work.

 "Oops. Maybe he won't notice the cracked screen." She said as she dropped the phone on the sidewalk. This pregnancy was making her a bit of a klutz it would seem. All in all, living the typical domestic type life wasn't all bad. Eliza felt she was settling in nicely.