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| Favorite Son and His Stress Reliever the BRS |
I awoke very early yesterday morning
in my mother in law’s house to a thunderous chorus of parakeet squawking. That
it happened around five in the morning was less than welcome. A considerable
flock of them perched in grapefruit tree in the back yard directly over the
room we were sleeping in and decided to greet the day by sounding off as loudly
as they could. The things that happen when you don’t have a handy scatter gun!
They did drown out the usual dawn rendition of neighborhood roosters but I’d
learned to sleep through that.
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| Front Stairs |
It is still disconcerting to awake in
the topics of Panama and find myself fighting traffic on the Mass Pike later
that same day. Still, for once, this was a very productive trip to Panama with
land sold, condo loan signed, and even the extra day scheduled for any problems
that cropped up spent at the beach condo. The flights back were flawless, if crowded.
Are there any unsold airline tickets anymore? We stopped by Framingham for our
usual very late, hurried dinner before rejoining the Mass Pike traffic only to
find two of the three lanes were shut down resulting in a five mile back up but
that’s a win if it’s the only issue with a 3000 mile trip.
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| Upstairs Hardwood |
All day long my wife and I wondered what
we would find when we returned home. Deckzilla Dude hadn’t finished the master
bedroom floor and the front stair case still had to be done completely. My
wife, the persistent pessimist repeatedly opined that we would find nothing done
while I had more faith. For once I was right. Virtually all of the work was done
and the stairs look fantastic. We bought some unfinished oak stairs and backing
and Deckzilla Dude did his carpentry thing and the results were everything I
hoped for. Even my Favorite Panamanian was impressed, albeit grudgingly, she’s
not used to being wrong, at least in arguments with me.
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| Son(r) in front of Building he is Putting Up |
Life obviously proceeded apace during
our absence. My son was featured in an article in the Portsmouth newspaper highlighting
the building project he’s been in charge of for the past few months. While it’s
been a stressful time for him I was totally impressed with the size of the
building that’s arisen under his guidance. He was typically blasé about his
write up, he takes after his mother in that regard, almost too modest. He does
get to return to a great stress reliever each day as the BRS continues to ease inexorably
into his heart. I warned him in advance about daddies and daughters and he’s
beginning to understand.
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| Atop the Buidling |
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| BRS Time |
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| Toothless Daughter Last Night |
My daughter finally had her wisdom teeth
out yesterday which was every bit as much delayed fun as anticipated. She was
just getting home as we stopped for dinner so we were only able to commiserate a
little bit with her. The FBR continues to terrorize playgrounds through the
greater NYC metropolitan area continuing her streak from her visit up here. My
daughter took her to an immense bounce house which the FBR dominated not once
but twice. I know from personal experience it can be exhausting just watching
her maneuver.
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| Dominated Bounce House |
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| FBR Breaking from her Depredations |
I didn’t have time or inclination to
write earlier in the week regarding out Sunday visit to the cinema to see Ant
Man and the Wasp. This follows the trend of the earlier Antman movie which
takes itself much less seriously than the normal Marvel fare. Paul Ruud is
perfect as the hero beset with legal, familial, mechanical, business, and romantic
issues not to mention a marauding ghost like villain. San Francisco, one of my favorite
cities, plays a supporting role character as the action careens through many of
the city’s most notable landmarks. Evangeline Lily is the true hero of the
flick and steals every scene she’s in despite the always sneakily good Michael
Pena’s similar attempts. It seemed like the entire cast had a lot of fun making
this and a lot of that was transferable to the audience. A great summer flick.
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