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| The BRS Smiling - Seemingly a Constant State for Her |
One of the benefits of my recently completed,
trying trip to Panama was monitoring my work place from afar as a serious cold
epidemic swept through. While I felt bad for my co-workers, at the same time I took
no small amount of comfort in feeling I’d dodged the proverbial bullet. I
thought everyone was recovered by the time of my return. You can see where this
is headed, right? Apparently there was a Typhoid Mary left behind so the cosmos
could extract some revenge for my feelings of invulnerability through my tropical
absence. The cold hit on Monday and is reaching its peak today. Lots of fun.
Since I just came back from three weeks away there was no way I am going to
miss work. I’ll just have to restrict visitors from my office while I fight
this damned thing.
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| The FBR is a True Connoisseur of Beds - Never Failing to Crawl Under Covers When the Opportunity Arises |
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| A Truly Lovable Scamp |
My Favorite Panamanian escaped last night
to do some overdue shopping and then huddled up with the Neighborhood Mafioso
for some catch up time. This left me to my own devices which these days meant
continuing work on what I’m calling “The Big Project” which is transferring the
nearly 5000 names I’ve uncovered during my immersion in Ancestry.com to a
spreadsheet so the whole thing can be viewed easily. It’s a lot more work than I
thought but my daughter was immense help in translating the PDF files into Word
files so I can cut and paste to my heart’s content. I just completed my great
grandfather’s line on my father’s side and it involved 26 legal size pages. It’s
daunting but fascinating at the same time.
The best medicine was a FaceTime call
with the FBR and my daughter last night. They were eating dinner and the FBR
noticed I was down in the Man Cave instead of the usual kitchen. She spied some
books over my shoulder and asked about them. They turned out to be photo albums
and I spent the next ten minutes showing her pictures from long ago. She seemed
very interested in pictures of her mother and uncle from their early days. We’ve
always said the FBR is the spitting image of her mother. She saw a couple of pictures
of her mother when she was the same age as the FBR and the FBR thought they
were pictures of herself. I’m sure this call was a tedious for my daughter but
it was the best possible medicine I could have hoped for.
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RECURRING CHARACTERS
BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR
- First Blog Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law, formerly known both as MEF – Most Excellent Fiancé
& MEG – Most Excellent Girlfriend; Wingman – my son
in law; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school
from my home town of Keene, NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great
Aunt = my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College Roommate – high school
friend, also a “minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla
– our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got invole din planning; Maine and
Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters,
my wife is the 3rdmusquetera (musketeer); Buddy – AKA
the Wonder Pooch – family dog, a black lab – hates squirrels, died
in 2017; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy,
son's dog, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the BRS; PanaGals –
female relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia –
inevitable group of Latin friends my wife accumulates wherever we have lived
& their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend
and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of
the Week; Excellent Boss – my former direct boss at
work; Voices of Inappropriate Worth - members of public who
come to every Worcester public meeting to complain, all are on public
assistance along with demeanor issues
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