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I was sure the video conference with the Norwegians was at 6 am. I went to sleep, perhaps a little earlier than needed, lights left on for Christine, still at city council meeting.
I woke, registered Edward was still sleeping on Christine's pillow. I looked at the time.
Midnight??
I walked around the apartment, checking to see if Christine was back, working with her headphones on. Meanwhile, the worries began.
No Christine. I called. No answer. I text.
How late would City Council go? If she was in an accident, wouldn't someone answer the phone? Does she really know how alert a woman needs to be? How long might she have been missing? Did i have to wait 24 hours before the police would do anything?
I start searching the City Council web site -- but it's my work machine and i can't help but see the CYA email from New Director & apology from Acting-Instead-of-the-VP -- to see if there's any number to call. Imagine Council in session and the phone ringing, "Is Christine still there, Mr Mayor?" As i read the "Watchers guide" --
Wow, that is hard to read *with* caffeine in my system -- the door opened.
She's fine, council ran to midnight, phone is dead, she would have texted at ten but the Mayor came over to talk to her. She tries to help me fall asleep immediately.
But no, i'm awake, she's awake, we both need to wind down. She get dinner and makes me a mug of warm milk. She won't put rum in it. I urge her to tell me about the antics of city council. My favorite is how Mr Fedora (who apparently constantly gets up to get food or take other breaks) prevents the council from breaking at 10 pm unless they agree to only take up one new item after the break. Christine describes the council voting in crouched and half standing positions, and i imagine full bladders being held hostage by Mr Fedora's empty bladder. Mr Fedora was without his fedora last night.
Christine drifts off around 1:30 am and my mind circles around New Director, Acting-Instead-of-the-VP, and the next day.
And so i wake, tidy myself, rush to the desk for the video conference, start reading email to the chant of "Waiting for the Conference Chairperson," ... and then find the meeting is at 7 am.
I could have had another hour's sleep!
I woke, registered Edward was still sleeping on Christine's pillow. I looked at the time.
Midnight??
I walked around the apartment, checking to see if Christine was back, working with her headphones on. Meanwhile, the worries began.
No Christine. I called. No answer. I text.
How late would City Council go? If she was in an accident, wouldn't someone answer the phone? Does she really know how alert a woman needs to be? How long might she have been missing? Did i have to wait 24 hours before the police would do anything?
I start searching the City Council web site -- but it's my work machine and i can't help but see the CYA email from New Director & apology from Acting-Instead-of-the-VP -- to see if there's any number to call. Imagine Council in session and the phone ringing, "Is Christine still there, Mr Mayor?" As i read the "Watchers guide" --
The Mayor may reduce speaking time to no less than two (2) minutes per speaker for any single agendized item and for Oral Communications from the Public if there appears to be 15 or more speakers and the Council might not be able to conclude the scheduled agenda items for the meeting if speakers were allotted three (3) minutes each unless there is an objection from Council, in which case majority vote shall decide the issue without debate.--
Wow, that is hard to read *with* caffeine in my system -- the door opened.
She's fine, council ran to midnight, phone is dead, she would have texted at ten but the Mayor came over to talk to her. She tries to help me fall asleep immediately.
But no, i'm awake, she's awake, we both need to wind down. She get dinner and makes me a mug of warm milk. She won't put rum in it. I urge her to tell me about the antics of city council. My favorite is how Mr Fedora (who apparently constantly gets up to get food or take other breaks) prevents the council from breaking at 10 pm unless they agree to only take up one new item after the break. Christine describes the council voting in crouched and half standing positions, and i imagine full bladders being held hostage by Mr Fedora's empty bladder. Mr Fedora was without his fedora last night.
Christine drifts off around 1:30 am and my mind circles around New Director, Acting-Instead-of-the-VP, and the next day.
And so i wake, tidy myself, rush to the desk for the video conference, start reading email to the chant of "Waiting for the Conference Chairperson," ... and then find the meeting is at 7 am.
I could have had another hour's sleep!
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