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| Daughter with the Two Soon to Be Named Grandmas |
Today is supposed to be the day the
First Blog reader makes his dramatic entry into the world. No news yet on this
scheduled due date and my mind has been almost constantly on the left coast
over the past few days. His mother (but certainly not his grandmother) is always
so punctual that I expected to wake up to news of a hospital trip overnight. It’s
scary to think he/she may have inherited my wife’s promptness gene.
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| L.A. Lunch |
I was in a quandary regarding my
Favorite Panamanian’s Christmas gift this year because I wanted to get her the
latest I-Phone to replace her aged (all of four years old now!) version. She
and I are fairly typical of our generation in being daunted by technology. Of
course my wife, since it was a phone, took to smart phone technology like a
duck to the proverbial water. I was concerned with 2/3 of our normal techno-gurus
(daughter and Wingman) being 3000 miles away and not available for the needed
programming of any new phone.
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| Wife with her Christmas Present |
I solved that yesterday with an early
gifting of the phone with the gadgeteers at her side insuring the phone was all
set up. She had apparently exhausted the capability of the old phone – didn’t
know there was a word limit, if so, I’m surprised it took her four years to
reach it (I would have guessed six months on the outside). I was amazed at how
much clearer the new phone was when we talked. I’ll now be able to understand instructions
better (not sure if that’s a good thing).
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| Griffith Observatory |
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| L.A. View |
Since my daughter is now on maternity
leave, having worked up until last Friday, they got into labor inducing
measures. As I said above, punctuality is important to my daughter (again from
my side of the gene pool). After they escaped the Apple Store they took the two
imminent grandmothers (Wingman’s mom arrived on Sunday) for a walk around the Griffith
Observatory overlooking L.A. It’s a short drive from their home and offers some
breathtaking views as well as hiking trails.
Movie geek that I am I immediately flashed
back to the many movies that have been shot up there. The actual observatory
was closed since they were shooting either another movie or a TV show on site.
My daughter was laughing because she was trying to explain to my mother who
James Dean was. While I felt terrible about my failure to properly indoctrinate
her mother over our many years of marriage concerning proper Hollywood iconography,
it was clear they had a very good time.
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| Wife Meeting James Dean |
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| Two Beautiful Ladies |
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| She's Gone Predictably Hollywood |
So, I’m on serious pins and needles
here awaiting the sought after call announcing that I’m a grandfather. When the
First Blog Reader gets around to reading this in a couple decades – know that
you were very dramatic about your timing but highly anticipated. Your parents
are continuing the labor inducing measures although they didn’t take me up on
the suggested jumping jacks. I think it was a California thing.
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| An Early Pre-Tattooed Picture of Wingman Has Surfaced! |
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Today's Fashion Explosion - I'm receiving Passing Grades So Far
However I'm Still Wearing Summer Colors on Some Days Which is Apparently a Faux Pas
Who Knew? |
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