Since not a lot has been going on over the past couple days, except the FBR still refusing to talk with us, even after being reminded who is the sun source of granddaughter gift buying. She is in real school now and apparently has received an injection of coolness that mitigates against talking with mere grandparents. I know there are some of you out there riveted by my recounting the tale of our street replacement operation and having been sitting on the edge of whatever you’re sitting on to hear the latest developments. I’m sorry to have kept this vital information from you for more than two days.
The
bottom line, not much since I last reported. They used their neat little
machine to create curbs which I thought was very cool (I know – easily amused).
There’s one guy on the team who’s a master sculptor with asphalt. He was the
one that had to blend the curb into places the neat machine wouldn’t go. The
only other thing that happened was the grading of the area where the sidewalk
will eventually go as well as a base layer for that. That was only done on our
side of the street which means they still have the other side before I think we’ll
see any actual paving. In other words, you haven’t missed much. It’ll be nearly
a month since nearly half my driveway disappeared.
Curb Sculptor at Work
My
Favorite Panamanian may seem a little subdued the next time you talk with her.
He favorite shopping grounds, the Greendale Mall, is dying under the wrecking
ball. It wasn’t so much the mall as much as its resident TJ Maxx (all one word
in Panamanian). The family has been hit by a double whammy in terms of local
attractions. First, I lost the movie theater that was three minutes from my front
door and now my wife has lost her closest TJ Maxx. Luckily we’re both not above
traveling to sate our respective addictions. It will be weird to drive down
I-190 and not see the distinctive mall just before I-290. An Amazon warehouse
is going into that space which should really enhance delivery times if not
traffic patterns.
Current State
My
Favorite Panamanian has been jonesing for one of those high sped memory foam mattresses
for years. I’ve always approached the discussion by saying what’s wrong with
the current one. I mean it works. She recently discovered a 3” memory foam mattress
cover with the added benefit of cooling jell. One of my wife’s persistent (but
not only) complaints about yours truly is the amount of sweat I generate overnight.
This is problematic for her as I serve as her dedicated heat source during the
winter months (maybe this a defense mechanism by my corporeal senses). 
Mall Disappearing
At
any rate, she came home with it yesterday and I grudgingly installed the thing.
It was kind of cool (just kidding) as it came compressed into a small ball which
quickly expanded once it was unpacked. It then just kept growing. I was a bit
of a skeptic until I lay down to sleep last night. It was like sleeping on a
proverbial cloud (not that that is even possible but I digress). I felt like I floating
all night, at least I think would have if I wasn’t sleeping so soundly. My wife
was especially pleased to find my t-shirt completely dry when we awoke this morning.
I’m going to have to develop some other weapon to avoid ice cold Panamanian feet
thrust beneath my legs just as I doze off this winter. Based on this first
night we’re going to buy another one to take down to our Panamanian condo. I
should, at this point, thank my daughter who first exposed us to this technology.
Now, on to celebrate the First Friday of the Week.
Our New Mattress Cover Shortly after Unpacking
Grew another couple inches in Thickness
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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; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course; 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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