Beware of Panamanians Bearing

So, there I was, feeling moderately good about myself after returning from this morning’s swim workout. Over the past couple weeks I have been slowly shaving off the extra poundage overly hedonistic retired life partying had inflicted on me. There was also yesterday's pending annual physical which includes a weigh in. Part of that extra poundage could be directly linked to my complete inability to resist whoopie pies (in all their glory). So, again, there I was as I checked in with my Favorite Panamanian who was administering to one of her thousands of plants on Deckzilla. She mentioned that the Neighborhood Mafioso had dropped off something for me.

Evil Incarnate

I walked into the kitchen to be confronted by that ultimate evil, at least when trying to control weight, a large package of mini (yep, you guessed it) whoopie pies. I wrote a couple weeks ago about being over at the Mafioso’s home where they had these treats and where I demonstrated my helplessness to resist. I had taken up residence in vicinity of the box and proceeded to demolish as many as I could, which was not a small amount. I’m guessing that demonstration made an impact on the Mafioso who is a very nice person and decided to resupply me with a personal supply of my very own kryptonite.

New Puzzles

I’ll just have to up my workouts to account for the additional caloric intake because there is no way those evil bits of ultimate deliciousness will survive long in my direct vicinity. At the same party a couple of the Mafioso’s friends learned I dabbled with jigsaw puzzles and they had her drop off four 1000-piece puzzles to add to my collection of pending puzzles. That could be delayed though as I’ll probably be working out during the time I would have spent on a puzzle. Now where did I put those evil little things?

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RECURRING CHARACTERS:                                        

ABFA – Amazing Best Family Athlete - my daughter in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter #3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of course); FBR - First Blog Reader - first granddaughter; First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3^rd musquetera (musketeer); Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member; 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; Pittsburgh College Roommate– high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather - my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course