CH. 9. Children and Training

Cody was a fairly quiet baby but he sure as heck let you know when he wanted a nappy changed! Sad to say but due to all the restrictions and limitations we couldn't have a cake or a party for Cody but he grew into a cute lil rugrat even without them. Gwalyon tended to most of the early stuff as I was working long hours so I will leave it to him to tell ya all about it.

Learnt to talk. Smart young man if I do say so myself.

Learnt to walk. Really smart young man but I might be a bit biased.

And Arianna managed to potty train him which quite frankly I am glad of as that is not my fav part of being a dad.

(Author's note; I am not big on babies and toddlers even in real life so forgive my lack of story here)
In amongst all the things we needed to teach Cody I managed to transition into an elder and I look pretty cool for an old man even if I do say so myself.

Cody grew up well even with all the limitations there are on our lives. He is a son a man can truly be proud of. Arianna is pregnant again or as she puts it, preggers, and I know she is hoping for a girl this time to make it an even pigeon pair. Arianna makes me glad every single day that I chose her as my life partner.

Arianna gave birth to a beautiful baby girl this time. We named her Sierra (my real life daughters name) and she came in at 7 '6oz and a long 22". Arianna mentioned that two was enough and if I wanted anymore then to figure out how I can carry and birth babies but I think I will be to busy raising these two for that and I am also very happy with the two we have.

(Author's note; Sorry folks but I got so caught up in playing that I forgot to get pics of the new baby)
Sierra learnt to walk. Another smart child.

And was potty trained in no time.

But the one thing she learnt to do the fastest was talk and boy once she learned she didn't ever stop. The young lady even talked in her sleep!


Sierra also grew up well in spite of all the restrictions on our lives but she grew up non stop talking. I swear she should be in politics when she grows up with that silver tongue of hers.
I am very proud of my family and how they have all adapted to this strange life that I got us into.

Ch.8 Children and Choices

Hi there just wanted to introduce myself so you know who I am rather than having Gwalyon always talking about me. My name is Arianna but I do like being called Ari for short but Gwalyon refuses to call me by my nickname. He is such a sweety but he can be such a stickler for formalities sometimes, keeps saying its the way its done which is a load of tosh but I love him anyway.
Anyway we talked for a long time about which we should do first have kids or get me to the top of my needed career. Gwalyon pointed out that he isn't getting any younger and that he is more than happy to stay at home with the kids while I go and work. We ended up deciding to have kids first. But it was off too work for me till I was too fatso to work anymore, I wanted to have just a few more bits and pieces for the rugrats when they get here.

You know I tend to be the more 'practical' one of the two of us but I just can't stop thinking about my honey and the things he does for me and how he thinks of others as well. Its one of the reasons I fell in love with him. He is truly one of the good guys. Now enough of the mushy stuff we have work to do!

Well darnit, who would have thought that I'd be so fertile that I went and got myself knocked up on our wedding night! This is not what I was expecting at all when I got preggers, this tossing up my food what seems like night and day is for the dogs. But I am excited and scared to think that there is a brand new life growing inside me.


Crikey they could make these maternity clothes a bit more flattering than this!! Though Gwalyon says I look beautiful in anything I wear, even a flour sack if thats all we had. God help him if that's all I did have to wear as these things are bad enough!


Gwalyon had just gotten home from work when I went into labour and thank the stars he did as this HURTS! If this is how much it hurts every time then I am only having two rugrats and be blowed what Gwalyon says. If Gwalyon wants anymore then he can get preggers and have them himself though I just can't see him going through this.

It's a boy weighing in at 6'8ozs and measuring 20". Bit on the tiny side but I blame it on the quality of food. We named him Cody (my real life sons name) and we are both very excited to welcome him to the world.

Lets just see how fertile I am and how long it takes for me to get preggers again.

Ch. 7 Promotions and Marriage

Woohoo my first promotion! And heres to hoping for all of them to go this fast as I truly can't wait to have my Arianna move in. I am slowly coming to the realisation that this might be harder than I at first thought.

This not being able to have a shower is getting very old very fast. Even the hand basin keeps breaking down in protest which takes me precious time to fix every time it does. Though its beyond my comprehension as to why hygiene does not go up when I do this as I get totally drenched every time I repair it.

It is slow and tiring only ever being able to either wash my hands or take a sponge bath. Taking a sponge bath is totally abhorrent to me as where I come from waterfalls are plentiful and taking a shower is as natural as eating. Yet I persist as I just need to think about my sweet Arianna to keep my spirits up.

Dear Diary I know its not really a male thing to do but I find it helps me to write my thoughts and feelings down. I long to have a family but I do not feel right bringing them into this environment where we would not even be able to give them a proper bath so I pray for the promotions to keep coming thick and fast.

At last, I did it, I reached the top of the medical field and I can have a LONG awaited for shower! Which I so desperately need and which I must have if I want to look and smell good for when I ask Arianna to move in which I am going to do as soon as I finish this luxurious shower.

Arianna was so excited to hear that I had finally reached my goal that she raced right on over without even packing her bags. She gladly accepted when I asked her to move in and ....

she matured into a beautiful young woman. Admittedly the workout clothes do not compliment her exquisite beauty but I am so happy to finally have her by my side.

Needless to say I promptly asked her to be my life partner to which I was overjoyed when she accepted even though I did my best to explain yet again how hard this will be for not just her but also any children we will be blessed to have. I also explained that due to all the problems the city is suffering that we would be unable to get our parents here for the ceremony but again Arianna rose to the occasion and waved away my concerns.


The bonding ceremony was a very quiet ceremony as we do not know to many people all that well yet. I know that now I am bonded to Arianna I will never be as lonely as I have been the past few months.

Ch. 6 The beginning of the apocalypse

My first view of the city was a real shocker as there is nothing, well almost nothing left of it. All there is to see is total and complete devastation. A few people here and there and from them I pick up what happened and I am truly horrified. Apparently while I was having my graduation party the ultimate final game in the seasons series was taking place at the superbowl. It was such a riveting game that nobody wanted to miss any of the action by taking time out for a bathroom break and the results of this were that so many toilets were flushed and so many taps were used that the water pressure dropped too far for the 3 local power plants to handle and all of them went into meltdown causing massive chain reactions which resulted in explosions all through out the power grids in the city. Needless to say it caused this devastation I can now see. I walked around for a while till I stumbled across this man that resembled the town mayor whom I talked to for a while and he told me about how they need someone to lead the way in the recovery. I asked him for more information and he said that everyone who survived was just to demoralised to attempt any type of rebuilding. He also explained that there were so many things wrong that it would take more than one or even 2 generations to fix everything so the person who was willing to take on the task would need to have a lot of moral fiber (personally I think it would take more than that but who am I to say?) The more he explained the more I felt that I would be able to help and that it was everyone's duty to do whatever they could to assist in the recovery and rebuilding efforts. I just hope I know what am getting into.




This is the block of land the mayor allocated me. Seems that the family who lived here had only one survivor who deeded what was left of the property he owned over to the mayor and took off for parts unknown.
I know I wasn't sure what to expect but I certainly expected at least some sort of building to live in so that I could get Arianna here but the mayor told me AFTER I had accepted the job of being a guiding light that I had to get to the top of a career to prove to people that an attempt was being made on the rebuilding efforts. So my future with Arianna has to be put on hold for now. I hope she just understands what I have done.


I finally built my house, its not much but its a roof over my head.



















It has everything I need for now but I seriously hope I don't have to bring my Arianna here or raise a family in it.











I called Arianna as soon as I could get the phone working and tried to explain to her exactly what had happened but as there is barely any video footage its hard for her to understand the magnitude of what has happened.









Arianna wanted to move over right away to be with me which was very sweet of her but I had to talk her out of it and explain what the mayor had done. She was less than happy with what the mayor had done but has told me she will stick with me no matter what which made me very happy as I must confess I was a little worried that it would all be to much for her to cope with.






I am off to my first night at work as an intern. lets hope that all goes well and I get promoted through the ranks very quickly. I am very nervous as the medical field here varies a fair bit from the way we practice medicine back home. Speaking of which I called my mum and even though she worries for me she is proud of me for stepping up to the plate and trying to be a guiding light to all the people who lost so much in the devastation

Ch. 5 My last days at college

Its a pleasant change from all the studying and classes to just sit over a meal and talk about things that have no bearing on college. But I think that this poor girl is trying to talk to us about something she clearly has no clue about as that hat she is wearing can hardly be called fashionable although she has colour co-ordinated herself to match the hat. I think she is studying in the fashion area but I do not like to ask how she is going as fashion is not one of my strong suits.




The study groups occasionally have some lighter moments like this one for example. I never did get the blokes name but I reckon he had to be doing it on a dare or something coz I know I sure would'nt be doing something quite as daring as that. It certainly entertaining and takes your mind off studying though. College will be over all to soon and I know I will miss these sorts of things happening and I will also miss these study groups but thats the way life goes I guess, we live we learn we move on.





Arianna and I continue to see each other as much as possible as we know our time here is growing short and I very well may be returning to my home.












We spend time just talking about what we want and what lies ahead in our futures. We also just spend time together not talking but being comfortable in each others silence and knowing that we are thinking the same thoughts. Time is growing short as final exams are only in a few
hours.









Well I did, I graduated with Honors and a GPA of 4.0. Now its time to throw me a graduation party and have a bit of fun.


While we were inside doing what one does at parties there were these ground tremors and muffled booming noises. We all raced outside to see if anything was going on but much to everyones surprise there wasn't even a cloud in the skies so we talked about what could have happened but we had more important things to do, like partying.



Well here I am all grown up and ready to move out of the dorms. I will miss this time here as I met some great people and met my sweet Arianna. But its time to head to the city to take a break and take stock of where I want to go and what I want to do with myself.
So farewell to college and hello to my future.