Mystery Girl

I had a really fun interaction with the FBR this morning over our breakfast FaceTime call. While we were talking I noticed that one of my bird feeders was missing. I went out onto Deckzilla and it was not where it would be if it had simply fallen. The FBR then appointed me with special investigatory powers after I declared it to be a profound mystery. She’s been watching a Disney program where a young gal investigates mysteries. She empowered me to use a magnifying glass in my search. We then went through a variety of possible scenarios to determine the investigation’s scope and direction. Her theory was the benighted squirrels who haunt the bird feeder carried it back into the wood line to protect it from the rain. More to follow as I look into this mystery.

My Detective Adviser

I’ve started putting some of my Christmas gifts to use. Love the daily calendar which shows how many days we have left until Christmas 2021 (it’s 354 today). I also employed my new swim goggles which are disturbingly clear underwater. I say troubling because my fellow swimmers are all fellow senior citizens and well, some sights are better left fuzzy. I also started a new puzzle on a special table my Favorite Son gave me. It has drawers to separate the pieces out into groups, I love it, despite how much of a geek it makes me look like.

The New Table

As I said above, now that I am free of holiday isolation protocols, I was back in the pool yesterday. It was not a pretty thing and I’m not talking just about my underwater views. It’s been three weeks and I thought I could pick up right where I left off but my body reminded me this was not the case. I got through the workout but struggled to keep my eyes open for the rest of the day. Apparently serial Christmas cookie eating is not conducive to a healthy body, who knew? First thing yesterday morning I was back at the physical therapist who ramped up my workout there, so I was facing that additional to the swimming. She had me walking backwards on a treadmill and I now have an daily workout of squats and half squats to add to the deadlifts. I can already tell she’s making a difference and I can now Kegel on command, so I’ve got that going for me.  

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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 3^rd 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