Wake snuggled in to Fred and Brianna is upstairs being upset. Realize the alarm for Audrey has gone off, why Brianna is so upset. That and she is hungry so crawl out of bed and grab the robe, slip it on but don't tie it since I need to feed my little girl. Find Audrey standing at the bottom of the steps with Brianna so I am handed her with a yawn from Audrey.
Follow Audrey into the kitchen with Brianna feeding. Audrey is making oatmeal today and that sounds good. Luckily oatmeal takes a little while to cook up and be edible so we can make other things. I want hash browns so mention those and Audrey looks up but does get to work on skinning potatoes.
She is grating the potatoes when Brianna has finished feeding so set her on the table. Then I am pulling out bacon to get that cooking. Course the stove is a little bit full so I am pondering it, then chop up the bacon and drop in the hash brown pan.
"Why is there a pan on the stove?" Audrey snorts and shakes her head.
"I figured on hamburgers tonight so need to have a pan for fries." I am nodding since that makes sense.
"Sounds good. Honest the doctors told me she will sleep longer sometime this month or next." Audrey snorts and shakes her head.
"Simon took longer last night so I got to sleep late and then she didn't help but not really her fault."
"Almost want to suggest we move the crib to our room." Audrey snorts then looks up for a moment and shakes her head.
"Simon sleeps through her being upset before you get upstairs and feed her. No idea how he does that but I don't really wake that much either."
"Not your baby." Audrey is giggling pretty good now, then Simon is coming in and sitting at the table.
Ponder it a little then fill the last burner with another pan to make sunny side up eggs. Make two for Audrey who turns red but doesn't disagree. Little later we have gotten breakfast to the table and sat. Mostly watching Simon wave his hand over Brianna, she is trying to grab his finger. She manages some which is rather precious.
"If you want to buy her a present for Christmas I would think a stuffed animal. She won't have much use for it at first but walking in spring or so." Simon snorts then looks over at me.
"What are you and Fred getting her?"
"No idea, I am sure a doll, or two. I almost want to get her a construction set, but then no idea if she would be interested in that." Audrey snorts.
"Most likely she will be like you, as in into the mysteries." Sigh because on one hand that is good, on the other I never know if I can make it home above ground.
"I don't know if I want that for her, I never know if this gang house will be my last." Simon snorts and puts the newspaper in front of me.
Groan because front page is an article on the doodle crew, they didn't get caught and someone talked about them. Up to six capers from them now and the newspapers are taking an interest in it. Not good and I may get asked to help look for them tonight. Course I half think they will not do anything for a while to let folk calm down about them.
Also unsure on if that would happen or not. Seems like the more attention paid to something the more it is done. Sometimes it cuts off until it is forgotten about to. Just no telling which of those will happen.
"Simon do you think I will get asked to help look for them?" Simon sighs and shrugs.
"No idea, us colored aren't talked to about this. The crew isn't hitting places in the colored section either. I am sure that detectives and raid crew are being asked to go looking for them at night."
"At the moment I am wishing I was only watching over the colored section too. Following a crew into a store isn't safe." Simon snorts and Audrey looks up.
"So long as you are careful, I don't want to be mom to your bundle of joy."
Sigh and shake my head, luckily no more talking that is a depressing comment. Also quite true, I mess up and Audrey is being mom to my little girl. Don't want that to happen, mostly because I want to be her mom. Granted plenty of the not wanting that is I would be offed, definitely not something I want to happen.
Pretty sure Fred doesn't want that to happen either. Toss up on he doesn't want to lose his nookie, or that he does care about me in his own way. Get Brianna into the sitting room then I am going to take a shower. Shower finished and checked all of me for shaved good I am going into our bedroom to get dressed, missing showers with Fred.
Debate it some and finally decide on the purple suit. Also add in a scarf, Kelly had designed a few to make and gave them to me. The one I grab is pink and does flair so it is tied up and then expands. Needs a different knot, instead of the shoe knot it is almost a tie knot. Scarf flairs out and covers my body a short distance, really sticks out in a suit and is good without jacket.
Audrey grins when I come into the sitting room wearing the suit and scarf. Also points outside so look and groan, it is raining pretty good. Means I will need my trench coat. Toss my hands though I don't have to leave now anyway.
"Shoofly?" Audrey snorts and nods.
"Yeah, Simon commented on how we have tried to turn him white long enough." I am giggling, after the blackberry rhubarb pie I made apple caramel.
Audrey grabs up Brianna in her basket and follows me into the kitchen so we get to work on making up this shoofly pie. Luckily it's pretty darn easy, mostly just molasses and water to the thing. Does call for a crumb covering instead of a top crust so that is nice. Also see why this is rather popular with the colored, very inexpensive pie.
Smells good too, the molasses makes for a wonderful smell. I am drooling practically while we are sitting in the kitchen waiting on the pie to cook. Brianna is a little unsure on the smell, it is new after all but after a few words to her and touching she goes back to sleep. Takes a while but we get the pie out and that is cooked good, so check outside and it is still raining.
Coming up on eight also so I sort of need to get a move on. Trench coat goes on with the hat cover, though today I have a regular skirt hat with blue silk flowers. Cover at least fits this one to, when I cover up my silk hat with it hangs down and covers my hair too. Nice, but also not long enough to do that fully anymore.
My hair is getting toward long and I don't look like a flapper anymore. Audrey has the bob look, she had long hair when we met her but Simon wanted her hair short. Entirely possible Audrey wanted it short and told Simon it will be. Whichever the reason he had taken her to a barber and got her short hair.
Then I am out in the rain and dealing with it coming down in spades. Along with getting the tarp off enough to yank up the cover. So the tarp is sort of shoved into the backseat, more on top of it than anything else, then the cover is getting fastened. Feel at my jacket under my trench to find I am more or less perfectly dry so that is rather handy.
Get my breezer started then think to check on having a book. Which I do, it was stuck in the trench coat, inside pockets galore. Two of those are rather large, for maps and such. At least what they were designed to hold way back when they were handed to soldiers. Having everything I need I get moving to the office.
