We’ve really enjoyed
having my daughter and her family in residence for the past week. It means a
much more lively waking up experience every day when I descend the stairs to do
my morning workout. I also no longer have to raise the flag along every day as
the FBR has taken it upon herself to be my personal body guard during this activity.
Our days are also marked with serial games of hide and seek in which the FBR
has really upped her game. She crawls under furniture where she knows certain grandfathers
will not make the effort to get down on his knees to look under. She is a
constant source of joy around the house which 2020 has done it so much to make
dour.
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| Wingman and My Daughter Doing Battle Last Night |
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| Second Thoughts Abounded |
The FBR’s parents are
also a lot of fun to hang out with, something I knew well before they arrived.
Last night my daughter and Wingman had an in-home version of Hot Ones. This is
a tv show where celebrities consume ever increasingly volatile hot sauces. Wingman
is something of an aficionado on these sauces and got several potent ones for Christmas.
Last night they had a contest where they sampled three of the hottest. While
Wingman laughed, albeit nervously, throughout, by the end of the contest my
daughter’s gums were hurting. It turns out whoopie pies are a remedy from the worst
effects of toxic level hot sauce. I always knew they were mystical. |
| FBR Invaded her Abuela's Closet Yesterday |
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| Sampling Shoes was High on the Agenda |
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| A Literal Fashion Explosion |
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| FBR and Her Mom Time on a Solar System Project |
I had my second
appointment with the physical therapist today and I can already tell the difference
it is making. She works a lot on my bad knee which she says is connected to my
ability to strengthen the hip muscles I need to work on. She claims she will
get me to the point where I can start running again. I love an optimist. She
gives me homework each time – this time it consists of an exercise called the
Romanian Deadlift. It’s basically just bending at the waist and not half as cool
as the name sounds. As I said though, I can already tell the difference the
exercises and procedures she’s been using with me have made. I wish I could have
started a month ago.
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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; Kindergarten
Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; 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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