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| My Granddaughter has a Guardian Attack Cat |
There were a couple birthdays when I
was in the Army and deployed overseas that were more solitary than yesterday
but I think that was it. Of course the lack of human contact yesterday was more
than redeemed by the elegance and sensory overload that defined Saturday’s epic
pub crawl. Keene Friend and I bid adieu yesterday morning to my favorite son
who snuck away to nurse his wounds with the ABFA whilst we beat back some of
the demon aftereffects with grand slam breakfasts. Before leaving Keene even my
cousin resurrected himself long enough to stop by and bid adieu.
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| The Two Grammas Comparing Notes over Wine |
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| The New Mom Multi-Tasking |
I would have loved to stay and watch the
Patriots game with the Keene Friends but I’ve got a bad history of watching the
Patriots versus the Giants at that place and I had the usual thousand little
things that needed doing back home in preparation for the work week. I
considered the birthday celebrations of Saturday more than adequate to recognize
the day of my birth, especially combined with the dozen or so other celebrations
of my 60th birthday that went down over the past month or so.
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| Wingman is on the Job |
My wife and the California contingent
made a gallant effort to alleviate some of the solitude with a couple phone
calls as did friends/family from all over New England and as far away as
Panama. More than anything else though, it was the Saturday spent with good friends
that made any attempt at self-pity yesterday unthinkable. I was still in full
basking-in-the-afterglow mode yesterday. I also had the birthday gifts my wife
had strategically hidden around the house which she revealed to me over the
weekend. She rightfully assumed the thoroughness of my housecleaning didn’t
threaten their hiding places.
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| A Couple of my Birthday Presents |
The Patriots did their part as well
with a stirring come from behind victory over the one team that has tormented
them over the past decade. A last minute field goal saved the undefeated
revenge tour and doing it in New York was a little sweeter. Losing Edelman for
any length of time is definitely going to hurt though. I wonder how many more
hits they can take and keep producing. There’s one over the top Giants fan I
would have loved to be with when that field goal sailed through the uprights
but I’m sure he’s in deep hiding down in Rhode Island.
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| Sweeeeet!!!!! |
Today’s a big day for another reason my
sister and my sister in law both celebrate birthdays today. I’ve written before
just how special my older (and infinitely wiser) sister is. She’s tolerated me
ever since I crashed her first birthday party. She’s a gentle soul with an iron
core; one of the toughest people I’ve ever met. So happy birthday Miss Oh So
Perfect, I hope you get to fully enjoy your day, thank you for helping make
Saturday everything is could have hoped to be.
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| Sister and I From a "Few" Years Ago |
My sister in law is the designated
family flirt. The youngest of my wife’s siblings and the one usually
responsible for starting the laughter my wife’s family is almost constantly afflicted
with. It’s taken her a while to forgive me for stealing away her favorite
sister to the cold North but she is always one of the highlights of our trips
to Panama. Feliz Cumpleanos to my Queridissima Hermanita!
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| Sister in Law Posing |
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