I am in the possession of a rare
commodity – a Saturday with no visible plans. That is until my wife moved to
fill the vacuum, realizing in me she has a driver available with the ability to
overcome her direction challenged trip to the Natick Mall. Nature must truly
hate a vacuum because I find myself agreed to driving her to mall this
afternoon. She knows the right buttons to push and that there is a movie theater
right next door. Buttons, indeed.
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| My Date at Table Twelve Last Night |
She surprised me by showing up at First
Friday last night and we followed that up with dinner at what we’re now calling
our new Zorba’s. Table Twelve passed the last critical test last night which
was the inevitable pizza palatability exam. It was a weird day that saw even
more of the weekend vacuum filled. My Favorite Son was too busy to take us up
on our invitation to visit so I surprised my wife with a Sunday night reservation
at a Bed and Breakfast up in the Vermont mountains. This will give us a jump
start on our annual leaf peeping Columbus Day tour. I’m kind of a hero at home
right now – driving to a mall and a surprise getaway all on the same weekend.
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| Our Destination Sunday |
Earlier I took a call while I was
driving home for lunch. It was one of my fraternity brothers whom I hadn’t
spoken to in over 40 years. He was arranging a small get together of fraternity
brothers at UNH and wanted to invite me. When he told me it was the 15th
of November I told him that was my birthday and probably couldn’t make it. I
got home for lunch and discussed with my Favorite Panamanian and she said why
not. The more I thought about it the more I realized reconnecting with old
friends would serve as an excellent birthday present in and of itself. The only
price would be a slightly longer drive the next day for my annual hometown
birthday pub crawl. I also happen to know someone who lives fairly close to
campus who wouldn’t mind putting us up for the night – our revenge on the Favorite
Son. Vacuum successfully overfilled.
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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
Very sorry to learn that you attended UNH. I had the pleasure of beating them on the ice a few times while at UVM ! LOL ! Great discussion for our Thanksgiving get-together. Really looking forward to it Jim ! Will try to call soon. Best, Bob
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