Deliverance

Round 22: Autumn 2015

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Collette Sitko is 70, Julian is 65, David is 33, Kirstin is 31 and Camilla and Lila are both 2.
(Maria is 72, Magdalena is 51)

Narrated by David Sitko

Julian has been short-staffed at the diner since his chef died but he's finally found someone permanent to replace him.


Her name is Magdalena and she's supposed to be a great cook. She used to be a dancer but she's feeling a little old for that now.

Julian didn't think he'd like waiting tables instead of hosting when he first started but he's enjoying it now. He likes talking to all the customers about whatever strikes his fancy. The diner is doing great though business is growing more slowly now than it did when it first opened.

While Julian's at the diner, Collette looks after the twins at home. Kirstin told her that she'd take care of helping Camilla and Lila with their walking but Collette decided to give it a shot anyway...

...and soon regretted it.

I guess caring for toddlers is a little more taxing at 70 than at 30! Not that any of us would dare say anything like that to Collette!

Kirstin and I are adjusting to parenthood pretty well, though Kirstin's convinced Lila has it in for her. I can't count the number of times Lila has thrown up on her.

I never questioned whether I'd like being a father or not but I know Kirstin still had her doubts, right up until the girls were born. She's got more of a maternal instinct than she thought though, because sometimes I come down to get them in the morning and Kirstin's already got them both up, dressed and fed.

They're both talking now and walking, so we really have to watch them.

Mum comes over to see Camilla and Lila all the time and she manages to pick the most inconvenient time without fail. We've told her time and again that we put the twins to bed at 7 and still, she comes over at 7:30pm and insists on seeing them "just for a minute".

Mum hasn't said anything about more grandkids since Camilla and Lila were born. She has six now so maybe she has enough.

Camilla started screaming while we were talking and I had to go and attend to her.

Leaving Collette to hone in on my mother. Collette still wants another grandchild and probably wants to get Maria on side.

I really hope they don't start nagging Kirstin. Right after we found out we were having twins, Kirstin said that would be it for kids. She has really been enjoying them though and she said a little while ago that maybe we could try for another once Camilla and Lila started school. If she never decides she's ready again, I'd be happy with our daughters, so I really don't want our mothers involved in the decision making process!

I tried to convince Kirstin to take a little more time off after the twins were born but she went back to work when they were four months old. Her hard work has paid off because she's working in corporate law now - most of her colleagues are twice her age! We're all so proud of her.

I'm doing good at work too but I'm almost constantly late. I get caught up playing with Camilla and Lila and I don't hear the carpool honking the horn.

We both had some vacation time saved up so we took one Thursday off from work and went shopping at Sullivan Mall. I guess it was kind of our gift to ourselves for our five year anniversary but I mainly just thought Kirstin deserved a break!

We saw a movie we'd been wanting to see for a while, "Weather Control".

Because it was the middle of the afternoon on a school day, there was literally no one else in the theatre - it was really nice.

After the movie, we went to the tea room at the mall. I don't know what we were expecting from tea at the mall but it wasn't very nice. Nothing compared to the tea we had on vacation a couple of years ago. We should buy our own set, find out how to make it properly and do it ourselves.

We could enjoy it in private then, at least!

Notes:

• Collette's main two wants this round, that stayed up even unlocked: a) Get a Grandchild and b) Become a Witch. I LOLed. An evil witch, I'm assuming. But also WTF? There are no witches in this hood (apart from those stupid NPC ones that I am unable to ban from my lots - grumble, grumble) so I have no idea why this want popped up out of the clear blue sky. But if I was going to introduce supernatural elements into Sullivan and have an evil witch, Collette would pretty much be my choice. Anna would be her protégé.
• Speaking of Anna, I don't think I mentioned it last time but Anna has the want to win a fight with Collette and Collette has one to win a fight with Anna. They're friends, so I'm not sure where this came from.
• David has the want for another baby and he and Kirstin try for a baby every time. She's on birth control, so it won't happen, at least not yet. I'm still considering whether I'll let them have another. They'll definitely wait a while if they do have one though.