Journal of Suzie (M1)

Journal of Suzie - after marriage (one month later)
It's already evening and my husband Babida has not yet come back to our hotel suite.
The construction works of the administrative headquarters which had been demolished by the demonic walking tornado were completed last week.
So my spouse Babida is busy reorganizing the public service and processing the financial and material requests of the victims of the calamity.
With urgency, my husband, assisted by General Dipi, sped up the construction works by giving the builders a magical potion that multiplied their strength and energy.
They built up the edifice in twenty-one days and changed its architecture and design. They suppressed lodgings and let the headquarters exclusively be an administrative space dedicated to rendering imperial services to the inhabitants.
They would have yet to construct later residences for my husband the Governor, and his staff.
For now, Babida and I are still living in the hotel suite since our marriage. Thank the ancestors, all expenses are covered by the imperial palace.
Nonetheless, though it's nice to be in this incredibly relaxing hotel apartment, I hope we can build our house soon and go live there. Especially now that I'm carrying a baby in my womb.
This morning before my husband left for work, I announced the happy news to him and he jumped for joy. He then told me that we will have to pay a visit for the protection of our child to Kaba, a good Witch who dwells in the forest in the south of Okunde.
When I was living in my hometown Ekule, I heard stories about the Sorceress from my grandmother. There are a lot of fine Witches in the empire but not all of them have a nationwide reputation like Kaba here in Okunde or the Witch Kili in Okala.
Anyway, it's a good idea to seek protection against evil for our child since bad spirits are frequently attempting to harm us.
And with the recent setback of Edimo, the god of ruin, there is no doubt that the bad divinity is vexed and is going to look for revenge. Particularly against my husband Babida and his loved ones, that is to say, the future baby and me.

I'm wondering whether it's a boy or a girl. If it's a girl, my preference, her name will be Anna like my late mother. My wish is that my daughter and I be as close as I was with my mom.
When my sweet little girl grows up, I will make her tasty mushroom soups as I did for big Momma. Yes, Grandmother congratulated me each time I concocted this meal and repeatedly said that I was a great cook, the best in the world.
My daughter and I will also stroll together in the forest. But now that we are in Okunde, a village that I don't know quite well, I am not sure that we will be able to conduct this activity.
In my hometown Ekule, in addition to the fact that I master all corners of the western woodland, it is also far more beautiful than the bushes of Okunde.
I don't want to venture into the depths of Okunde's greenery and bump into a maleficent evil with my daughter.
Anyway, let's decide about it when the time comes. Right now, what matters the most to me is the big day, the baby delivery's day. Nine months it takes, although I wished it could be today. No, I'm just kidding.
Of course, I will patiently wait for the fetus to evolve naturally. My only regret is that I wanted to work as a medic for the imperial army but now that this stomach is about to grow like a pumpkin, my plan is compromised. Maybe later, I will have that chance. Well, I hope so.
Unless…I get pregnant again? Oh, no! My goodness, It seems like I'm going to be a housewife forever. How many kids are my husband and I going to have?
Well, I have an idea about that. For my husband Babida, it's clear that the answer is 'as many children as possible'.
Yes, certainly! He's not the one to carry these little angels in the womb. So he doesn't know the pain of pregnancy and will never experience it anyway since he is a man and hence can't procreate.
However, I hope that he will be very supportive and stay by my side during the two last months before the baby's delivery. What I fear the most is being home alone without anyone to assist me in case the offspring in my womb decides that it's time to go outside.
If big Momma was still from this world, it would be less stressful for me or even if uncle Bibi had not gone yet to the ancestors. He would surely be a great granddaddy for my daughter who will be reminding him of my mom, his sister.
As he did with me, they would go to Ekule's market and stop by the ice cream merchant. I remember when I was five years of age, the seller was a very nice old man who always gave me a second cornet of ice cream.
My favorite flavors were vanilla and chocolate. I used to lick the ice and then bring my tongue out before asking uncle Bibi to look at how colorful it had become.
The latter laughed out loud and pinched my soft cheeks.
Sweet memories indeed. So much time has passed since then. Now it's my turn to be a parent and a mother, and create all those fun moments that would mark my child.
And hopefully, she would want to reproduce these awesome moments with her kid when she becomes a mom too. And her infant would do the same for her toddler when she becomes a mother in her turn. And so on and so forth…
I'm yawning now so exhausted I am. I can no longer wait for my husband Babida. I left some food on the table for him that the hotel staff brought for dinner.
He will probably come back a bit late and find me already asleep.
Okunde, October 25, 502.