My wife continues to thwart my
heartfelt belief that we have enough plants. She and her mother have been disappearing
from the house each day to survey the target rich shopping environs surrounding
Worcester. Yesterday on what was supposed to be a mission to secure additional
paper towels she also acquired four large perennials. I’m still trying to
figure out how that happened but she is an adept when it comes to creating her
vast garden empire. She looked a bit askance when I questioned whether there
was any room for the new acquisitions.
This was a tactical mistake on my part
as I was then subjected to a five minute lecture ranging from the depredations
of the back yard ribbits to the lack of color on certain levels of the garden.
I was once again beaten into submission by the sheer amount of information my Favorite
Panamanian is capable of producing, seemingly without preparation. So there I
was this morning after my swim, digging four new holes in the selected
locations. I thought I was safe from supervision until I heard a tapping on the
new bathroom window. I believe wives acquire a sixth sense when walking down
the aisle which allows them to know when their spouse is in need of monitoring.
Date night last evening had us at the movie
theater (gasp!) where we saw Good Boys. An incredibly funny movie exploring the
coming of age for sixth graders seen through the eyes of three boys invited to
their first ever “kissing party”. There are some uncomfortable moments as the
boys skip school to experience adventures as they try to make their way to the
mall. There are some almost sweet and incredibly funny scenes when they run across
sex toys of their parents and assign innocent functions to them. It could be a cinematic
first to have anal beads play a prominent role. This movie also boasts what
might be the funniest paintball shootout of all time. The schemes are
outlandish and totally unbelievable but you can’t help but root for these guys
trapped between the elementary school and the onslaught of teenage years. I
loved it even though I ended up having to explain why certain things were so
funny to my date which turned out to be interesting.
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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; 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); 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; 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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