Time at last

Got dogs out to the backwaters for a walk about 10 after Ang’s sister had left. Called at shops on the way back. Put news on and booted computers. Managed to get a decent piece of Alien done.
“I’m going to have a bath and wait for David to phone. I’ll take the phone in the bath with me.” I said. “Let me go to the loo first before you get settled. I’ll go in the break.” Angela replied. Moments later as I was heading for the bedroom to get some clothes I heard the music and Angela said “I won’t be a minute”. I got a clean pair of jeans, socks and a tee-shirt and grabbed a towel. Everything was in the right drawers and easy to find. Things weren’t as cramped in this flat as the rooms were slightly bigger. It was hard being away from my paintings but the colour scheme of this flat was neutral. I knew I wouldn’t have time to paint this flat. Things would need to be prepared.
I ran the bath and got in, adding more hot til it was almost poaching me. I soaked for about 10 minutes and then the phone rang. My right hand was still dry and I picked up the phone from where Angela put it on the side of the bath. “Hello.” The voice I’d known for years now replied “Hope you’re settled in. Anything you need.” I thought for a moment “We need loads of radio transmitters and receivers. The old valve types plus spares. Need to work off batteries. They need to be supplied and stored at all military installations and as many hospitals as possible. Local communities need them as well. I don’t know how long we’ve got but it’s priority. I’m expecting them to surround Earth and hit us with massive bursts of electromagnetic energy. They’ll wipe out every chip.”
After I’d finished there was a pause “I pray your wrong cause that’ll be a fucking nightmare. It’ll take a while to get supplies like that organized. We might even need to start up production. We may be months away from even one hub set up. Is that all?” came the nervous reply. “I can’t think of anything else. I wish you well and catch ya tomorrow”. “Catch ya soon” David said and then the phone went dead. I put the phone by Angela’s shampoo and sank back into the water and tried to put out of my head what it would mean if I was right. I soaked for another 5 minutes and then washed myself. After I was dressed I went into Ang who was engrossed in Holby City and sat down on my cushion. “Dave’s getting on to it. Told him we don’t need anything else. I’m going to get laughed at for this if I’m wrong but I can’t believe they ignored me and voted to accept it. We’ve just got to wait now. We can’t do much more.” I said. “It’s always the end of the world with you. I just want an early night, I’m knackered” Angela replied. “Let’s put the news on after the Holby and see what’s happening and then get our heads down.” With that I skinned up and laid back on my cushion and watched TV til the last program Angela wanted to watch had finished. We turned the news on and were greeted with imaged of the acceptance ceremony and nothing much else. I took the dogs out in the garden for a wee and stood looking up at the spring stars. The dogs took to the garden immediately and started playing so I left them out there and came in for a smoke. “I’ll be ready in about 15 minutes Angela, I’m knackered as well. Be glad to explore a bit more tomorrow and see what we’ve got around here.” Angela got up and said “Do you want the loo as I’m off to bed.” “Yeah, don’t pull the chain.” I said and took my smoke outside to watch the dogs. Dainty was happily digging a hole and I shouted at her to stop. She looked at me and then Buster ran over and jumped on her and they started chasing each other. Life seems, on the surface, to be fine.
While I did it Ang played her games and cooked some fish, chips and beans.