8.7.10 - touring Eddie's work

Yesterday I spent a good part of the day putting together wedding program/fans for Julie, and then I played more Tichu. Ridiculous, isn't it? Shortly before midnight I left to go visit Eddie at his work. He's a 911 dispatcher. The drive there was about 30 minutes, windows down, warm night air, blaring music--this may be one of my favorite aspects of visiting MO in the summer.

Eddie explained all the workings of his computer, the abbreviations, the methods, and I got a microphone-less headset so I could listen in on the calls. Most of them were reporting drunk drivers. It's a pretty interesting job, very cool to get to see the other side of those phone calls. I also worked on programs while I listened in. When he had his 10 minute break we took a quick walk around the neighborhood. It's an entirely business district so there were no people around, but it was incredibly clean and well kept and there were rabbits everywhere, which was kind of weird. He works one block from both Starbucks and BreadCo. The whole area looked extremely pleasant. Hardcore pleasant.

Today Dad, Jill and the kiddies are going to be getting into town, and the next few days are when things are really going to ramp up. I probably won't post again until after the wedding, so wish us all well. :)