4:20 pm.
my wife laura came into my office in her pink nightie and one of those little quilted masks that women like to put over their eyes. i don't know why they do that. says it helps her sleep. of course she wasn't wearing it actually on her eyes, so she could walk. she said to me, 'georgie,' she said, 'i think i'm going to bed now. i have a headache.' laura has headaches a lot. she has a high-stress job now as the first lady. i let her give me two little kisses on the cheek even though she knows how i hate lipstick. sometimes, you just have to let a woman have her way. 'maybe i'll see you tomorrow,' she said, and went away to her room. she has a whole suite in the residence.
5:01 pm.
i was still at work. even though it was after five. pretty wild, huh? dickie says the leader of the free world has to work hard. i guess he's right. doesn't seem like i do a lot more work than he does though. i'm surrounded by good hardworking people. lot of hardworking people out there. i'm just more important than a lot of them, but what can you do.
5:06 pm.
don rumsfeld came into the office. said he had some papers for me to read, so i took a look at them. right away, first thing, i mean just right off the bat, what do i see on that damned piece of paper but
disingenuous, disavowing, defenestrate or some kinda word like that. i looked back up at don real quick. "you said i have to read this, donny?" that's what dickie and i like to call don sometimes. donny. he doesn't mind.
"yes sir," donny said, "this is a security report on the--" i don't listen to stuff like that too much, something about bahrain or india or something like that. if it's important they'll tell me later. "and we'll need the president's signature."
"now donny," i said, "you're going to defenestrate tazjikistan. or you're not. now, you need my signature, sure, i've got my pen right here." i pointed to my pen. it's a real nice pen, came with the office. lot of nice things in here. big old liquor cabinet. "but do i have to
read this?"
"ah," said donny, not too bad, not bad. he got it. fiddled with his collar a bit. sometimes i make him nervous--dickie too. dickie says not to worry about it, though, donny has his job to do and he'll do it. "no, sir. i don't believe all the details are necessary."
( enter dickie, stage left with ANGST in tow! muahahha )