On the job II

WELL, HERE I am, at last. It’s after 7 p.m. and the dog is undoubtedly becoming a bit uneasy. Where are they? Are they never coming home? That’s how dog’s think, I think. Regardless, she is hungry, missing her dinnertime of 6 p.m. It can’t be helped; she is just going to have to get used to a later dinner. I won’t get out of here until 10 and maybe if I am lucky home 45 minutes later. I took the Yurikamome Line to work. Lots of fun—it’s a monorail and moves pretty slow. The view as it moves in and out of the bay area is cool, from freight switching yards to tall ships at berth. The trip from Toyosu to Shiodome takes 29 minutes. Gives me time to listen to music—something I haven’t had much time for recently. Because Toyosu is a shuten, or terminus, I have the train to myself when we get under way. I get off at Shiodome, an architecturally spectacular recent development anchored by the Dentsu ad agency building. The plan was for me to take my new little computer and finish off my Kiki and Jiji story. But because Jiji is so old, it quickly became apparent that I would need a new plan. Bursting into tears in the middle of a coffee shop might not be too cool. There is a time to finish that story. It is coming, but it is not here yet.