“I wasn’t keeping it from you,” she said. “I was waiting for you to ask on your own.”I nodded. “I can’t say I blame you. I wouldn’t ha...ve wanted to deliver that piece of news in your shoes either. Mike at work?” I asked.“Yeah,” she admitted. “He’d have been here, but the doctor wasn’t sure you’d wake up today.”“It’s okay,” I said. “What are the parents doing about all of this?” I asked.“I don’t know,” she admitted. “They came to see you when they came to pick Linda and Billy up. They didn’t say. The Vice President will sign the finalized document after a vote in the Senate,’’ the President said.With the call closed, we went to the 1000 meeting. The State Department people were still upset but were at least respectful.There were some minor differences - the Argentine politicos wanted changes but they were so minor I didn’t think I needed to call Washington and they easily agreed to exemptions for the Navy visits.Reporters were brought in and the documents signed to make the agreement. I was taking a local business to Small Claims Court over a few hundred dollars that I felt they owed me. I was pretty sure I'd win, but I had to personally serve a summons on the owner of the business that day, and it was just a few minutes before closing. The business was located in one of those conglomerations of buildings that begins as a single business or strip mall, but ends up being a maze of parking lots and s**ttered buildings of all types and sizes. This parking lot was in the rear of. We talked a little more andagreed to workout together. We went about our work out, building a quick sweat. He has a greatbody and it usually inspires me to work harder when I work out with him,but again I really wasn't in the mood to push too hard today. He wasn'tpushing too hard either... he seemed distracted today. We called it quits after about 45 minutes, jokingly blaming the otherone for being lazy. We headed for the showers. The gym had posted a note onthe showers saying they were.