So we drove out to the beach - Playland at the Beach - area and just sat in the car. I'd known him from the day he was born in the house that joined the back of our house in Concord. He was born at home like I was. He's six months later. We had to go back to the hospital, and Iola is not having the baby. It's going on and on and on in the evening. Now, it's getting close to time to go to the Geary Cellar and start playing with the trio. Still no baby, but finally she had the baby. I told her - now I knew I'm late for work - I told her "I've got to leave, but I don't want to leave until I know you're aware of what's going on and what's happening. Here's a little bell. " It was shaped like a bell, a black bell. "If you need a nurse, because I'm leaving now, you just press this button. " She nods. "Now put it down. " She did. I went back and said, "What is that little black object there? " She said, "It's an umbrella. " It kind of had an umbrella shape. So I thought, oh boy. Can I leave this woman? I finally just trusted that a nurse would come and she [ ]. So I got to the Geary Cellar and the owner, standing behind the bar, said, "Dave Brubeck, you're fired. " I said, "My wife just had a baby. That's why I'm late. " He said, "Drinks on the house. "