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| Back to Charging Around |
Good news on both granddaughters’
health. The BRS was in full stomping mode last night as I caught up with her
and her parents. She even blessed me with one of her trademark Viking bellows while
we talked. Her dad, my son, had a momentous week as he started a new job. He
was headhunted by another construction firm and his first day was on Tuesday. The
work will be closer to home and offer a vast improvement in his quality of life
as well as a nice bump in pay. He was understandably nervous about this new
chapter but he walked into the place to find a welcoming sign and he’s off to a
flying start with them.
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| Welcoming Sign |
The FBR was also noticeably better
last night but she had managed to donate her severe cold to her mother, my
daughter. My Favorite Panamanian and I are of another opinion though. We think
our daughter is allergic to flying. Dating back to her earliest days she was
always sick whenever we had to take her on an airplane. She’s boarding a plane
this morning to fly to Texas to support a friend. Just sayin.
I spent some time yesterday watching
the Twitterer in Chief’s former lawyer raking him over the coals during
testimony to congress. He claims President Trump is a fraud and a charlatan.
Here I thought his testimony would reveal something we didn’t already know, no
news here. Cohen does serve as an object lesson in hubris. It reminded me a lot
of the Clinton hearings prior to his impeachment as well as the Watergate
hearings. It would be nice if these esteemed congressmen and our president would
get back to the business of governing the land instead of vying for their fifteen
second sound bites.
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| Behave Grandpa! |
I’ve exhausted my backlog of DVR shows
and the stack of movies I had waiting for me when I returned home. Predictably
my friends have stepped up to assist with the incipient loneliness the absence
of my Favorite Panamanian engenders. I’ll be making a thunder run up to Keene
on Saturday to hang with friends and possibly sample an adult beverage or
three. Both Cantankerous Friend and Keene Friend have volunteered to supplement
my failure to act my age.
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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 involved in 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 Latino 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; Deckzilla Dude – senior
citizen carpenter/contractor; 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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