Midnight Choices

The telephone rang at half past midnight on Monday. It was the HR person wanting to catch up on where things were up to. In my sleepy stupor, I mentioned that we'd had a new person come on staff and said I would check if that made any change to the situation regarding my availability. It didn't. Was that a mistake? Probably not because I was sick as a dog on Tuesday and still recovering Wed and Thurs. I think I'm better now.

All the same, I took the phone off the hook last night so we could all get a good night's sleep. On Monday I ended up awake until 3 AM! This morning an email asked, "Any new developments? I tried to call but your line was busy" Hmmm, I did send an email on Tuesday about that; I re-sent it. At ten minutes past knock off time for her - early morning for me - I said, "She's not going to call." Minutes later, the phone rang. "Can you come this weekend?" "Er, (pause) it will be more expensive on the weekend." I know because I've been reserving seats from this end. She's going to check out Monday flights and we will talk tonight.

Yesterday, I made some inquiries and remembered about a course on Tuesday that I intended to take if I was still here. Have asked if there are places. I did learn that I could have some work about five hours away during November. Perhaps this adventure needs to wait until the new year. Decisions today...

In my recovery lethargy yesterday, I thought I heard a car and then the ride-on mower. In fact, it was a truck delivering four young steers! They're brown-black (Angus?) and now hiding on the far side of the dam in the east paddock.