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| Target Area - Before I started |
I shouldn’t have needed the schooling
but nature provided it anyways. Last night I learned my ever youthful brain
should stop making decisions my 63 year old body has to cash. I’ve been
chomping at the bit to dig in a drainage pipe in our side lawn. This is something
I could have handled with no problem even ten years ago. The past ten years
though proved they lay heavier than their predecessors, even though they’ve
been mostly sedentary. This contrasts with my earlier years where I was running
around the world with the Army carrying heavy loads running through the various
forests as well as more dusty locales.
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| Trench Dug |
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| Pea Stones In |
At any rate I arrived home from work
chomping at the bit to get to work. I was halfway through the trench, only ten
inches deep, when I realized I was getting my ass kicked. This is when the inevitable
male pride kicked in and I forced myself to keep going. I somehow knew my Favorite
Panamanian would not appreciate a freshly dug trench crossing the yard left
exposed. I eventually got the trench in, laid the pipe, covered it in pea
stones and then replaced the sod.
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| Sod Replaced |
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| New Pine Tree Planted Replaces One on Far Left which I Moved |
A smart man would have declared victory
at this point and headed for the sofa, something my body and a rapidly aged
brain was telling me to do. However the aforementioned Panamanian had come out
and was laboring in her vast garden complex. After transporting the rest of the
old mulch up the hill I volunteered to dig holes for her newest bulb plantings.
I couldn’t resist since I could dig a hole in a fraction of the time I could
see her taking. Again this was probably intentional on her part. As the sun was
setting I was covering up the last of the excavations and headed or a hot
shower, completely re-educated.
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| A Freind Posted this on Facebook How Long Did it Take to See Both faces? |
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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 3rd musquetera
(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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