Time Zone Crisis in Malta

 

 

 

Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night by a thought?  

 

Last night I woke up, wondering how I was going to have my regular nightly chats with my daughter R.  Malta--like most of Europe--is six hours ahead of the US, EST.  When it's noon in New York City,it's 6 PM in Malta.  Of course I know this.  I've been in Malta before and I know the time difference.

 

But this time the time difference is...different.

 

My daughter and I often talk around 10 or even 11 PM for a half hour or more.  It suddenly hit me:  how are we going to do that?  When it's 10 PM for her, it will be 4 AM for me.  You know what I mean, right?

 

I know we'll talk.  But when?

 

If she can wait until 11 PM to talk, then it will be 5 AM for me.  That's not too bad, because I can get up then--it's not much earlier than I get up now.  But the whole thing will be different.  It will be the end of her day and the beginning of mine. 

 

So that just leaves the question:  I know we'll talk. But when?