I know I sound like a broken record but the lack of
a proper celebration of the First Friday of the Week has to rank up there with the
biggest social losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. I’m considering a class
action lawsuit attacking government restrictions that have impacted on the near
religious experience that is First Friday. On second thought, paying for
lawyers would impact on my ability to buy beer, so, never mind. I’ve remained faithful
to the creed and, as with all other quarantined Fridays I stocked up the
refrigerator this morning in preparation for celebratory activities this
afternoon.
My Favorite Panamanian is also getting into the swing
of things this Friday. Literally. She informed me that she plans to join me in celebrating
this Friday with some wine. The price she exacted for joining me on the dark
side is thoroughly predictable. We will be dancing. Note to self – insure all
the window blinds are drawn; no reason to scare the neighbors.
The beacon of light in our quarantined existence
remains conversations with our family. The BRS loves being outside and when we caught
up with her and my Favorite Son last evening she was out in the front yard
jumping off her favorite rock. While she was reveling in the crisp spring air
her dad was suffering. You could tell who had ¾ New England blood versus the half-Panamanian.
It was funny watching him trying to convince her it was time to go inside.
The FBR was also in high form yesterday although
apparently her streak of good behavior days was challenged by a mid-day snit.
Wingman reported she was seriously in danger of losing her daily star which
results in a weekend “movie night” with her parents. I asked the FBR about this
and she solemnly replied, “I had some trouble but then I calmed down”. I could
not stop laughing.
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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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