Duty Calls

This will have to be a quick entry because I’m officially on solo granddaughter duty and there’s fifteen minutes until the BRS and BR3 are scheduled to awaken form their naps. Today was a great example of no plan surviving contact with the enemy. My Favorite Panamanian and I, after severe post-party recovery operations yesterday, came north to spend the week with my Favorite Son’s family. I was scheduled to assist him with additional work on framing out his Man Cave in the basement while the girls were in day care. Monday morning, being what it is, brought news that the girls would be staying home because the day care center flooded over the weekend. Either that or the day care personnel had partied as hard as I did and needed the break. The ABFA assures me she thinks it was a flood.

The Girls Were Good for Grandpa so - Popsicles!!!

Since the ABFA is working from her home office, the child care duties fell upon my Favorite Panamanian for the morning. The only curve ball being she was leaving in the late morning for a quick trip up to see the Maine Musquetera. Yep, Monday strikes again. At any rate I seem to be handling the duties in fairly respectable manner but no BR3 diaper changes have been required yet so I hesitate to brag. I’m back in Worcester tomorrow night for a Wednesday doctor’s appointment and then back here to complete the construction work. Loving it.

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RECURRING CHARACTERS                                           

BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – 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; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course; 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 3^rd 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