Morale isn’t the only avenue of attack 2020 is employing against us. It seems, at least in our house, there has been a constant stream of equipment failures this year. I have replaced or repaired the following in 2020: Kitchen Microwave, refrigerator, driveway, heating and hot water system, garbage disposal, toilet, shower floor, car muffler, two tires, internet server, cable boxes, and my current biggest headache – the garage door. I’ve got to start looking around to see if there’s some sort of gremlin lurking around the house.
FBR Assisting Wingman with Leaf Collection 
The Important Task of Leaf Pile Investigation
I got a bit lucky
with the garage door yesterday. It has been getting steadily worse over the past
month as we wait for the replacement door to arrive. I’ve been lifting it,
assisting the motor, and could tell it was getting progressively heavier to
lift. The night before last I told my Favorite Panamanian that I was going to
move both cars outside the next time I opened the door because I didn’t want
them trapped inside. After moving both out yesterday morning, the door was closing
when something snapped and the door came crashing down. It was nice to have
thwarted one of 2020’s ambushes. 
Rare Talent
BRS Charming in Kitchen 
Helping with Pasta Prep
My daughter informed
me they wouldn’t be coming up for Thanksgiving this year as Covid is starting
to rage again in New Jersey, as well as the rest of the country. While this was
bad news it did free me up to conduct a scaled down version of my annual
birthday pub crawl back in my hometown tomorrow. I’ll be masked, keeping distance,
and haven’t advertised beyond a couple close friends because I didn’t want to
be responsible for a spreader event. If someone does catch up with us, it will
be all good. My wife was on the verge of violence (towards me) because I was
going ahead with this but luckily my son talked her down off the ledge last night
explaining that despite voluminous evidence to the contrary, I do possess a
modicum of common sense and could be trusted. I really need this gathering of
high school friends to counteract the 2020 impact on morale and repairs.
Very Funny Caption From Day Care
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RECURRING CHARACTERS
BR3 – 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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