"Harm wake up." Mac nudged him in the ribs.
"What it's too early?" He mumbled.
"It's 7.57, we slept in."
"Go back to sleep." He mumbled and rolled over.
"Move your butt flyboy. We have to leave in 30 minutes and I have to get Jenny to the crèche my first case is a 0930 and I will not be late on my first day."
"Go take a shower I'll wake up in a minute." He mumbled.
"We have two showers you take this on in here and I'll check on Jenny before I take mine. If you're not downstairs in fifteen minutes I'll kick your butt okay?"
"Okay."
Mac grabbed her uniform from where it was hanging on the back of the door and headed across the corridor to her daughters bedroom.
"Morning sweetheart." Mac whispered. Jenny was still asleep. "I'll come back and get you some breakfast but I have to go to work today and see what the bad sailors are doing."
Mac left her and took a quick shower, and dressed in her uniform ready for the day. Once she was ready she added the towel to the laundry basket and collected Jenny and getting her dressed for her first day at the crèche.
Exactly fifteen minutes after she warned Harm to be downstairs she was preparing Jenny's bottle and making sure she had everything pack in the diaper bag. In between all the organisation she took bites of toast.
"You're Daddy is a lazy bones Jenny. He's going to be late, if he doesn't get a move on but we won't will we because we're organised. " She tested the bottle on the back of her wrist and before beginning to fed it to Jenny.
Ten minutes Mac called up the stairs,
"Harmon Rabb Jr I'm leaving in two minutes so if you're not in the car you're driving yourself to work." There was no reply. "I think Daddy has gone back to sleep Jenny. Come lets get you in the car before we're start running late."
Mac waited for a full two minutes before pulling out her cell phone and dialled the familiar number of JAG headquarters.
"Hello Lt Sims speaking."
"Morning Harriet it's Mac."
"Good morning Ma'am. Are you excited about your first day as a judge?"
"I think nervous is more the key phrase. But that wasn't why I called. Harm's going to be late, he would get out of bed and I'm going to be late if I have to stop to get him up as well as getting Jenny to the crèche. Could you page him or call him I think that's probably the way to get him up."
"Of course ma'am and good luck today."
"Thanks Harriet I'll talk to you later."
~ ~ ~ ~~
"She'll be fine, you can come back and check on her at lunch time if it makes you feel better." Helen one of the women who ran the crèche told Mac.
"I know, I'm just being an irrational parent, it's the first time I've left with someone I . Call me if there's a problem?"
"Of course. But she'll be fine though. I have both your office number and your pager, I have Cmdr Rabb's number, I also have the number for JAG headquarters and the list of people who are authorised to collect her."
"Okay. Goodbye Jenny sweetheart." Jenny gurgled at her.
"Say goodbye to Mommy. I'll see you tonight Colonel."
"Thanks."
Mac walked out and took a deep breath before heading to the office she knew she'd been assigned to.
"What it's too early?" He mumbled.
"It's 7.57, we slept in."
"Go back to sleep." He mumbled and rolled over.
"Move your butt flyboy. We have to leave in 30 minutes and I have to get Jenny to the crèche my first case is a 0930 and I will not be late on my first day."
"Go take a shower I'll wake up in a minute." He mumbled.
"We have two showers you take this on in here and I'll check on Jenny before I take mine. If you're not downstairs in fifteen minutes I'll kick your butt okay?"
"Okay."
Mac grabbed her uniform from where it was hanging on the back of the door and headed across the corridor to her daughters bedroom.
"Morning sweetheart." Mac whispered. Jenny was still asleep. "I'll come back and get you some breakfast but I have to go to work today and see what the bad sailors are doing."
Mac left her and took a quick shower, and dressed in her uniform ready for the day. Once she was ready she added the towel to the laundry basket and collected Jenny and getting her dressed for her first day at the crèche.
Exactly fifteen minutes after she warned Harm to be downstairs she was preparing Jenny's bottle and making sure she had everything pack in the diaper bag. In between all the organisation she took bites of toast.
"You're Daddy is a lazy bones Jenny. He's going to be late, if he doesn't get a move on but we won't will we because we're organised. " She tested the bottle on the back of her wrist and before beginning to fed it to Jenny.
Ten minutes Mac called up the stairs,
"Harmon Rabb Jr I'm leaving in two minutes so if you're not in the car you're driving yourself to work." There was no reply. "I think Daddy has gone back to sleep Jenny. Come lets get you in the car before we're start running late."
Mac waited for a full two minutes before pulling out her cell phone and dialled the familiar number of JAG headquarters.
"Hello Lt Sims speaking."
"Morning Harriet it's Mac."
"Good morning Ma'am. Are you excited about your first day as a judge?"
"I think nervous is more the key phrase. But that wasn't why I called. Harm's going to be late, he would get out of bed and I'm going to be late if I have to stop to get him up as well as getting Jenny to the crèche. Could you page him or call him I think that's probably the way to get him up."
"Of course ma'am and good luck today."
"Thanks Harriet I'll talk to you later."
~ ~ ~ ~~
"She'll be fine, you can come back and check on her at lunch time if it makes you feel better." Helen one of the women who ran the crèche told Mac.
"I know, I'm just being an irrational parent, it's the first time I've left with someone I . Call me if there's a problem?"
"Of course. But she'll be fine though. I have both your office number and your pager, I have Cmdr Rabb's number, I also have the number for JAG headquarters and the list of people who are authorised to collect her."
"Okay. Goodbye Jenny sweetheart." Jenny gurgled at her.
"Say goodbye to Mommy. I'll see you tonight Colonel."
"Thanks."
Mac walked out and took a deep breath before heading to the office she knew she'd been assigned to.