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| Keene Friend at Scores Yesterday |
I
returned from Rhode Island early yesterday and launched myself at the wall
again. This is the easy part, if the bottom row was properly leveled. “Easy”
being a relative term because loading and unloading a few dozen stones is not
as easy as it used to be. Buddy assisted by parking himself right in the
doorway as I tried to carry too many of the stones at once. When my foot caught
in his chain I very briefly considered dropping the stones on his head while
dancing around trying to regain balance. I think we share some sort of psychic
connection because he promptly got up and moved to a safer location.
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| As Far as I Got Yesterday |
I’d
thought I was going to make two trips to Home Depot for the additional stones
but the combination of the Rhode Island Saturday night and the previous physical
labor combined to quash that overly ambitious plan. The wall did grow a couple
rows and I finished the pea stone pathway. I still had the hour long drive up
to Keene to accomplish the second planned thunder run.
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| Wingman Was in Honolulu This Weekend |
I’ve
been uncharacteristically absent from my home town this summer with everything going
on down here and in Panama. While I thought to make up for that with a celebratory
romp, the exhaustion permeated environment set my goals to a more modest/sedate
level than a true thunder run. Keene Friend and I took up station at Scores in
time to watch the Red Sox game. We’d hoped to rally some other friends to join
us but my IPhone came down with a case of the yips and texts did not go out for
some reason.
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| Target Acquired |
I
know my daughter had previously told me how to turn the damned thing off as my
limited computer/smart phone technical ability extends to: “When it doesn’t
work, restart it”. It was frustrating because I was “that guy” finagling with
my phone instead of enjoying the atmosphere. I eventually gave up but we did
have a fellow high school classmate join us for a while. She took a break from
running up and down all of New England’s 4000 foot peaks to give us some
lessons on golf course naming.
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| Love the Devilish Look - I Don't Think You Can Catch me Mommy |
Keene
Friend and I retreated to his house planning on watching the Notre Dame game
along with a coordinated attack on a pizza. The very last thing you should do
when exhausted after drinking beer is sitting in a very comfortable chair. I
had to fight off drooping eyelids which even the arrival of the Cantankerous
Friend and the attendant insults were hard pressed to close. I missed a big
chunk of the middle of the game but woke up in time to a fairly thrilling, if disappointing,
conclusion.
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| We Have Several Pictures of Her Mother Looking Just like This |
So I’m back in Worcester staring at the damned
wall again with additional rows beckoning. I’m so glad to have had the time
back “home” yesterday with good friends who, despite outward appearances, went
a long way in recharging my batteries.
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| Hanging with Moms |
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