2nd day of Fourth Hand of the Month of Bakah (11) in the year 10,157 CA

Wow, my journal....all I can say is wow. So many things have happened lately that it almost seems as tho I've been in a dreamstate. I know in my heart the events that have taken place have done so becuz they are true and natural...they needed to happen, for Odin has forseen that my family is together once more. I guess you could say it feels like my life's direction has finally straightened out...my duties seem more fulfilling, the air I breathe is much more sustaining....even the food I consume, tastes more rich now. I see how much my children needed me to be a part of their lives. I have always been there for them but I see how much attention the girls demand and the need of a firm hand and stern voice they need to set the example of what a man should be in their lives. Just the other day, as the children lined up for dinner, I had them extend their hands out for me to inspect their cleanliness when Korlee denied my request. Then when I asked her why, she lied to me...cant think of what she told me but when I called her on her fib she broke down and tried to distract and coerce my coddle by throwing a crying fit. Me, Callie and the other children just stood there waiting for her to finish and finish she did. When she was done throwing her tantrum, realizing that her tirade wasnt working, I told her to apologize to her brothers and sisters for holding up their dinner and instructed Breanna to take her to wash her hands. She was fine afterwards. I do note the difference in my children's personalities especially the girls....Breanna and Trenessa are a very serious type personality and Korlee....oh my little Korlee...she has the spirit of her uncle Kory in her, most definitely....she is fearless just like my brother Kory. These mini goreans fill my soul with light and love and to see them grow up so fast before my eyes is daunting.

Callie has spoke with Trenton about having a sale in her shop and I've taken it upon myself to help her in acquiring the treats she will hand out with every tunic sold. I spoke with Lady LizBeth at the chocolate shop and she was more than delighted to help out with whatever Callie needed. I think she was just flustered that the EnSword raved about her chocolates. Even after a lifetime in the city of warriors, she still gets excited when we rave about her candies. So it seems Callie has decided on a date, luckily it is a date that is a hand before the Schendi tourney...which I have decided to enter into. I sent in my registration and received my comfirmation but it seems that the tourney has been bumped back a hand and that works perfect for Callie's event. I havent told her that I will attend her sale yet...I wish to see her face when I just show up. Come to think of it, I dont think I've even told her we were going to Schendi. I also need to tell ember so she is aware of putting together my things for the trip.

I know I keep going back to my family being together once again but it makes me just ecstatic beyond belief, Im excited to hear my children's laughter filtering thru the doors of my chambers and once again we have all moved back into our old chambers. Its amazing how fast slaves and men worked to set up our quarters, even remodelling the chambers to include the twin girls, the newest additions, Tejan and Pasha and their nannies. And I will never admit this but I even chuckled inwardly (Callie will never know I chuckled outright) when the girls and Callie teased me about the pink with purple polka dots curtains and what nots for their chambers. And well, the night before we actually moved in was a deliciously memorable event....let's just say Callie and I "inspected" our chambers in the most delightful way...took us most of the night and well into the early ahn of Lar-Torvis. Needless to say, its been quite a while since I was late for duties or worked my duties as a sleen with no sleep. I would do it all over again....hmmm...soon.

Callie and I are back to our talks again, we talk about everything she even read to me from her journal which had me smiling and her blushing, her entries a joy to hear, especially coming from her lips. We've also spent alot of time out on the jetty together, discussing our future, our children....its so great to know things havent changed much between us even tho our paths forked for a time. On one of our little talks I expressed to her that we were always joined in our hearts, just becuz I didnt draw up any papers as a contract does not mean she isnt my woman. But I told her that I thought we could gather the children and have our own little joining ceremony. No one but us as a family to renew our vows, sacred since the day we first spoke them. Perhaps out on the thassa...on the Bladed Rapier...under the moonlight but I expressed to her my wish to rejoin her under the tremoons and she accepted. :::grins as he writes::: we've even talked about having more children....27 USED to be the number.....now she's informed me that 60 is in request...Odin the woman has energy! And me, I agreed! Im gonna be one tired EnSword.

Afsana has finally approached me with her need to see the children. Her redeeming grace, now I can stop my thoughts of abandonment and feel secure in knowing that my sons will grow up knowing their mother. I see how much my children need me in their lives, so do they need their mother. I have sent a schedule for her and the children to spend quality time. The woman need not see me at all for her to spend time with her children. So far the children have been returned safe and happy, they do not seem to be deprived or hurt in anyway...I know thats sad to say but one never knows events and situations that can take place. I know for a fact that she loves her babies and would never hurt them deliberately but they are growing fast and things can happen. I have acquired new cribs for them, their rooms preciously fixed, their nannies even having a room off the side to their nursery. My boys want for nothing.

Well, journal, my family awaits me at home...:::grins again::: Home...that sounds so nice....