My Favorite Panamanian had a roller coaster ride
yesterday. The door knob guy was in the process of fixing the lock for our
condo when she was summoned downstairs to speak with the immigration police (no
one expects the immigration police!). They had been traveling through resort
areas to identify foreigners so they could share the list with the appropriate embassy.
This struck me as really weird but, given the current situation, anything is believable.
We learned later there was a very good reason for the police effort. During his
nightly broadcast the President of Panama announced that effective this Sunday
he was cancelling all air travel in and out of the country for thirty days.
This of course sent my wife into a full blown panic
since it would affect her planned April 9th return. She immediately
ordered me to see if I could get her on a flight back before the flights
ceased. I was in the middle of that when she called back to report one of the PanaGals,
a veteran traveler, was going to make the effort talking directly with Copa
Airlines. An hour and a half later she called to report they were able to get
her on literally the last plane out of Panama heading to Boston. She’ll be back
home on Sunday night! It was at this point I did a little jig celebrating the
early return. Of course, this will mean some frantic cleaning over the next two
days but the reward is more than worth the effort. Her friend is my newest
hero. Kudos also to Copa which waived the usual fees associated with flight
changes.
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| FBR Building Towers |
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| BRS So Happy to Have Mom & Dad Home All the Time |
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| Wife With my Newest Hero (r) Earlier this Week |
The virus continues to educate. I have learned that
I am physically incapable of not touching my face. Absent wearing a full face
covering I remain in full contact with the various itches and other signals my
face transmits that requires immediate attention. I’ve touched it twice while
typing this sentence. I guess my only hope lies in keeping the hands clean.
Last night’s gyrations impacted on my continued march through the Marvel universe.
I only watched one, the next in the series, Ironman 1. Relearning how well done
these movies were/are. At least amidst all the bad news I’ve been getting on
the virus I now have something to truly celebrate – The Return of the Favorite Panamanian!!!!!
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BR3
– inbound
granddaughter #3, 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; 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; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her
single days in Brooklyn
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