There is not much to report today. I’ve run out of children with anniversaries after a two-day run. My Favorite Panamanian is in full prep mode for the upcoming visits by the FBR and BRS followed by her mother. We’ll be celebrating her mother’s 90th birthday while she is here, so, a very big deal. I’ve been fortunate enough to have my backyard project to protect me from serial spousal supervision on the 3,657,412 different tasks she thinks need to be done before the arrival. She is thorough. The protection is permeable though as I’ve been assigned several tasks in the evening once she thinks I have regained some strength and energy. I’ll soon lose that protection as I hope to finish off the project by Friday.
That
will depend on securing enough bags of concrete. My engineer son say I have to
do the entire pour in one day but the amount is daunting, especially since I
have to mix each bag individually. I can see why they invented the cement
mixer. I’m determined though and at this point I’ve gone too far to stop. This
morning I finished elevating the last of the stepping stones to patio level and
that leaves only the final pour left. Light at the end of the proverbial tunnel
with an anxious Panamanian waiting at the end to inflict chores.
Today's (Day 31) Progress
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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); Namesake Nephew – son of Great Aunt and
Soxfather named after me; 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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