Tina: Yes, I’ll pick her up at about 3 on Wednesday and we’ll go there.

Bette: How about we plan dinner out that night. I’ll meet you on that side of town.

Tina: That sounds good. Are you free for lunch tomorrow?

Bette: Yes, but let’s do lunch in the park. I can get Mandy to order something for us or we can be really daring and do the street vendors. I know you love your New York hot dogs.

Tina: I have never had a New York street vendor meal, so let’s do that. Let me get this check. Tomorrow will be on you.

Bette: I like that deal.

Once outside the restaurant they walk for a bit until Bette turns off to return to the museum while Tina heads off to the Chase branch to open her account. She deposits $5,000 into the account. She and Bette would need to talk about the joint account and splitting the household bills in New York starting in June. Tina got directions to a branch of the local library and decided to apply for her New York City library card. She picked up a schedule o children’s activities to get an idea of what they offered for Angelica. By now it was just about rush hour so she decided to just take the subway back to the apartment and get a start on dinner.

Bette walked into the preschool at about 5:45 to find Angelica busily playing with her new friend, Sam. They were actually sharing the blocks and had them stacked pretty high. Bette quietly watched the toddlers and chuckled when they jointly decided it was time to knock the blocks over. Sam was the first male playmate Bette had seen Angelica play with. Sam’s mother, Alicia came in as the kids were laughing at their destruction.

Alicia: Well even at nearly two years old he knows how to pick the pretty girls.

Bette: Well it seems she’s quite smitten with him. Hi, I’m Bette, Angelica’s mother.

Alicia: I’m Alicia and you already know my little monster Sam.

Bette: I’ve got to admit she hasn’t had many boy playmates, but these two seem like peas on a pod already. Angelica’s only been here about a month, but she’s always playing with Sam when I pick her up.