So, there I was, feeling moderately good about myself after returning from this morning’s swim workout. Over the past couple weeks I have been slowly shaving off the extra poundage overly hedonistic retired life partying had inflicted on me. There was also yesterday's pending annual physical which includes a weigh in. Part of that extra poundage could be directly linked to my complete inability to resist whoopie pies (in all their glory). So, again, there I was as I checked in with my Favorite Panamanian who was administering to one of her thousands of plants on Deckzilla. She mentioned that the Neighborhood Mafioso had dropped off something for me.
I walked into the kitchen to be
confronted by that ultimate evil, at least when trying to control weight, a
large package of mini (yep, you guessed it) whoopie pies. I wrote a couple weeks ago about being
over at the Mafioso’s home where they had these treats and where I demonstrated
my helplessness to resist. I had taken up residence in vicinity of the box and
proceeded to demolish as many as I could, which was not a small amount. I’m
guessing that demonstration made an impact on the Mafioso who is a very nice
person and decided to resupply me with a personal supply of my very own
kryptonite.
Evil Incarnate
I’ll just have to up my workouts to account
for the additional caloric intake because there is no way those evil bits of
ultimate deliciousness will survive long in my direct vicinity. At the same
party a couple of the Mafioso’s friends learned I dabbled with jigsaw puzzles and
they had her drop off four 1000-piece puzzles to add to my collection of pending
puzzles. That could be delayed though as I’ll probably be working out during
the time I would have spent on a puzzle. Now where did I put those evil little things?
New Puzzles
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RECURRING CHARACTERS:
ABFA – Amazing Best Family
Athlete - my daughter
in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter
#3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel -
second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue
about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; Curbside Girls – close friends of my
daughter acquired during her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions
once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite
Panamanian - the wife (of course); FBR
- First Blog Reader - first granddaughter; First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since
high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited
with after many years; Maine and
Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my
wife is the 3rd musquetera (musketeer); Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member; 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; Pittsburgh
College Roommate– high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh;
Riggins - also known as the
Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather -
my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course
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