Perched as usual...

Yep, lodged between my favourite rock and hard place...

You take two days off - and you get texts and calls from The Lieutenant on the Monday and email correspondence from The Boss on the Tuesday...

Nice to be able to relax...

I always loved the notion of waiting for the other shoe to fall... it's such a simple, brilliant image... There is that anticipation that follows a noise... you want to hear it again to be able to analyze it, to decide whether or not it's a threat, to start the process of working out what to do next...

Ever woken in the middle of the night? With that heart pounding, something just happened, what was it? feeling?

If you live with other people it's not as dramatic... If you live on your own, it can be terrifying.

You know that there is a reason why you are awake, and at the back of your subconcious you know what the reason is... Unfortunately at the front of the mind, you really don't know what it was... so, you find yourself, sitting up, adrenalin pumping and anxious, but lacking any idea of why...

By the way, the phrase "waiting for the other shoe to drop" apparently dates back to the turn of the century and vaudeville...

But back to the call and emails - since the day the Quarterly Report, I've been waiting for that other shoe to clatter to the floor... But it's been ten days... and there still had been no sound...

It's almost a relief now that the questions have started and the cycle of blame can begin... The question now is, have I done enough? Will there be a significant change when the next Quarterly figures are released? And best of all, what happens if there isn't any difference?