Wake-up Call

Hmmm.... the Director phoned me this morning at 10.30am. Understandable if he had something to say...but he seemed to just want to chat. Now having stayed up till 3.30am so I could talk to my mum I set my alarm for 11.30am the next day. A solid 8 hours sleep. However as you can see I was woken up early by the director. I guess he could tell ia had been sleeping but he continued the conversation anyway. 'So, what are you doing Kevin?'. Eh?! I just told him I was about to get ready for work. Then as the silence stretched he filled me in on his morning, watching baseball and going to the gym.

Being disturbed from my slumber I was stern and was ready for the usual question when an employer makes an irregular phone call,. 'Can you come in early?', 'Work Saturday?' or 'Work late?'. But nothing came, just a description about his morning and a promise to talk about my contract today; something we had already agreed to do.

It was all very weird until it dawned on me an hour later. Was he just trying to be friends? Is he lonely? Now I think that it was this. Not so weird but not altogether normal either.