My wife is on a diet of her own - Paleo - , not that she needed it, after she learned she couldn't hang with the keto diet. She's lost about ten pounds and looks great. This means she can fit back into dresses she had long ago consigned to the basement. She scared the hell out of me when she said she needed to go shopping for dresses but it turned out she was only headed for the basement and some of her old outfits. She came bouncing downstairs all excited because a cherished dress of yesteryear fit her once again. She has a very infectious joy about her.
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| Wife Modeling a Rediscovered Treasure |
I did take on, for what was
for me at least, a huge technical project – replacing my internet cable
modem. I know that anyone with even a
modicum of technical expertise this is a very simple operation – but remember
we’re talking about me. The cable
company sent the modem to me with some very simple seeming instructions. I waited for a couple days to ensure it could
be reversed if I failed as miserably as I anticipated. The final step was to log on and enter a code
on the cable company’s website.
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| The Box With New Modem and Target Area |
What they never explained is
how you log on if the modem hasn’t been activated, which I later learned was
required. I completed the operation and
nothing worked – including my wife’s bat phone to Panama
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| The New Modem Installed and Working - Panamanian Bat Phone on Left |
We decided to check out the
movie Red 2 because we enjoyed the original so much. Since my new modem was functioning so
flawlessly my wife was video chatting with a friend down in Panama
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| What You'd Expect - Fun |
The movie was everything we
hoped it would be. All the fun
characters of the original return and are thrown into another outlandish
adventure. The chemistry between Willis
and Parker really works and Malkovitch plays crazed assassin to the hilt. It seemed like every secondary character was
a major star as well. Anthony Hopkins
shows up and acts his ass off as usual.
A great Saturday summer movie without any message other than some good
kick ass fun.
We then returned to the
parking lot and our completely unlocked car.
Not only was it unlocked but it was still running. We have one of those push button ignitions
and apparently in my hurry to get into the movie I had missed the button. That was why the car wouldn’t lock – it had
been running for the entire length of the movie! Thank God we live in a small town and no one
thought to get into the car and drive off – what a complete bonehead I
am!!! We were almost out of gas so we
quickly limped to a nearby gas station while my wife enjoyed my
self-recriminations.
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| Buddy and his Knuckle Bone |
The rest of the day was
spent parked in front of the television and gearing up for a series of
thunderstorms due to finally kill the heat wave. This of course meant ground zero for Buddy’s
melt downs. The storms were very weak
around here but that didn’t keep Buddy from reacting. A large knuckle bone kept him from even
noticing the storm for a while. He
finally came up for a breath and noticed the storm was going on and immediately
went into Pendejo mode. He was shortly
wearing his thunder shirt and I administered the storm stress drug. If you ever want something fun to do – try
dripping ten drops into the mouth of a panicking 80 pound dog. Wonder of wonders, he actually calmed down and
came over the couch and sat down next to us – color us amazed.
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| Buddy Amazing Calm (and drugged) During Storm |
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