This will be my last post from Worcester for a while. I am not entirely upset about that. We first have a week long sojourn with the New Jersey bunch which the FBR has become increasingly excited about. We leave tomorrow morning and meet with our house sitter tonight. After our week with my daughter’s family, we’re flying out of New York for a month long stay at our beach condo in Panama. This is about four months later than our retirement plans called for and I blame it squarely on 2020 and that damnable virus.
Freshly Vaccinated
Speaking
of all things Covid, my Favorite Panamanian got her second shot yesterday so we
are both fully vaccinated. She’s up and about today with no lingering side
effects. I’m starting to think Pfizer is the way to go in terms of reduced side
effects. Thankfully, something neither of us has to worry about, for a while.
The past few weeks have seen one of my wife’s epic and customary suitcase
packing frenzies. As we approach the finish line the action is really picking
up as items are taken out and replaced with others. I just hope there’ room left
for my underwear.
Comparing Haircuts
This
week also saw pre-deployment haircuts for both my wife and I. As you can imagine,
a lot more care and effort went into my Favorite Panamanian’s coif than mine,
which is as it should be. After surviving her first winter in a while, it’s
good to see her so excited about finally seeing her family again. The granddaughters
were on the air last night and this morning. BR3 spent our entire call blowing
raspberries at us. I’m not sure what kind of message she was trying to send.
The FBR was very excited about our impending arrival, this morning, when her
enthusiasm resulted in a spilled bowl of cereal all over her school clothes, shortly
before she was scheduled to leave. My daughter, her mother, was less than
pleased as the FBR tearfully begged for her not to be mad. I would find it very
difficult to remain stern looking into those eyes, but I’m a grandparent. So
there.
She Wins
BR3 Blowing Raspberries at Us
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| The moment the Cereal Bowl was Turned Over I Don't Think the Thumbs up Lasted |
RECURRING CHARACTERS
BR3 – granddaughter #3, BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog Reader - first
granddaughter, ABFA – Amazing Best
Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman
– my son in law; Keene Friends 1 & 2
– friends since high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend
– friend since grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as
radical leftist to attract women; Kindergarten
Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Pittsburgh College Roommate – high
school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions
once my wife got involved in planning; Maine
and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters,
my wife is the 3rd musquetera (musketeer); Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog; PanaGals – female relatives /friends of
my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood
Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); First Friday – celebrations
to mark the First Friday of the Week; Curbside
Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her single days in
Brooklyn
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