Party panic (role call post)

Posted on Mon Jan 3rd, 2022 @ 8:18am by Lieutenant Commander Alicia Kelea-Salik

Mission: MISSION 0 - History Speaks
Location: Ariana & Savar’s Quarters
530 words - 1.1 OF Standard Post Measure

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With the away teams still off ship Alicia had spent what time she could stand on the bridge, she was still on maternity leave recuperating from the surgery that saved her life. Young Connor was at the nursery, and N’Vea was currently sleeping peacefully in her Moses basket next to the sofa. Grateful for the chance to rest Alicia put her feet up and lay her head down on the soft cushion at the end of the sofa.

It was only when Alicia put her head down that the sudden realisation that she hadn’t planned anything for Connor’s upcoming birthday suddenly hit her. Not being his birth mother she had only discovered his birth date by going through the rigmarole of medical tests, which could only give her an approximate date. She knew he was going to be two but she didn’t know exactly when, now the date she’d settked on was fast approaching and she hadn’t even got a party planned.

Sitting up again she quickly grabbed a PADD to make a to do list. first things first she needed to book holodeck time, then she needed a theme for his party. Next she needed to organise a list of who was to be invited, she couldn’t miss his little friends from the nursery and their families!

She bit her lip as she realised how much there was to do, she also had to organise food for everyone so that was a trip to the galley to speak with the chef. She could rely on replicators but actual cooked food was so much nicer than plain old replicated food. This was fast turning into a nightmare!

Now it was party music, what kind of music did you choose for a two year olds birthday party? After all you didn’t want to bore the adults that were attending the party. “Computer give me a list of children’s party songs.”

The computer chimed in listing some songs;

Old Mac Donald Had a Farm
The Wheels on the Bus
There Were Ten in the Bed
Five Little Monkeys Swinging from a Tree
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
The ABC Song
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Polly Put the Kettle On
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Incy Wincy Spider
London Bridge
The Ants Go Marching
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Little Green Frog

Alicia sighed. “Computer stop!” She couldn’t help but wonder if she could cope with a party herself, especially at the moment. She felt awful just for thinking about not having a party.

Finishing making her notes on the PADD she decided the best thing to do was to wait for Savar to finish his shift, and to ask her father for his help, once he returned from the surface. She couldn’t help but worry about Sthilg as well, she couldn’t go off ship with him, she wished she could have.

Checking on N’Vea as her gorgeous little newborn slept she smiled, it would soon be time to help out at the nursery as she did most lunchtimes but there was enough time for a de-stressing nap first.

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