It’s all going to be ok. It’s probably someone’s idea of a joke. But just in case, let’s get to my bedroom. Your dad keeps a pistol in the bed...stand.”Still holding hands, Lisa slowly opened the door and she and Josh made their way down the hallway to her and her husband’s bedroom. Lisa thought of a few curse words for her husband. She had not wanted him to take that job last spring. She didn’t like all the required travel.Lisa felt her way to the night stand, and soon held her husband’s pistol.. They talked and they talked and she got more and more comfortable as the evening went on and on. Before she realized it she had missed her flight back home. “Oh my lord,” she said. “I’m gong to miss my flight. I don’t want to miss it. Ohhh lord,” she went on to say as she looked at her watch. She noticed it was a half hour past the flight time. It was going on 7:45. She couldn’t get a flight until the next day. “I don’t have anything scheduled. I’ll have to get a flight tomorrow.” “Nonsense,”. ”The screen, hung on the wall behind the stage, lit up and soon it showed a countdown clock. When it got down to ten seconds the crowd joined in and we all counted down to zero and everyone yelled “Happy New Year!” and lots of couples, including Ronnie and Carla, kissed. I looked around for my wives and remembered that they took their pregnant bellies home.For the first time, in a long time, I felt a little lonely, then I remembered my birthday gift and looked at my friends in the band and. Driscoll, a rather arrogant and irritating retired auto company executive, was sitting in the back of the room, obviously fuming at the stupidity of the voters who couldn't recognize the obvious superiority of his qualifications over a woman convenience store manager who hadn't had a minute of college or political experience.Still, that made it extra special for her, to know that many people thought she would do a better job on council. It wasn't as if she didn't know Driscoll, because she did..