Our time with the FBR in residence has
ended with the official change of command ceremony performed today when my
daughter and Wingman showed up to extract their daughter from our clutches. An
earlier plan had only Wingman coming and spending the night before driving home
on Monday. My daughter, apparently, couldn’t bear another day without the FBR,
which I completely, if regretfully understand. Since she has to work in the AM,
they grabbed a bite to eat and hit the road back to New Jersey. It was a tough
day for a certain couple of grandparents but we kind of realized we’d have to send
her back at some point. It didn’t make it any easier.
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| Assuming Command |
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| Relinquishing |
We certainly ended her week with us with
a bang with her revenge game at the WooSox on Friday night. These were the
tickets Mr. Steinberg, the president of the WooSox arranged for us after learning
about the FBR’s unfortunate chin injury earlier in the week. The seats were
great and I saw some of the game between my errands to retrieve snack and
drinks for the two ladies accompanying me. My Favorite Panamanian again stated
she didn’t want any cotton candy and then engaged in a guerrilla war with the
FBR sneaking pieces. The game was followed by yet another fireworks display
which once again had the granddaughter transfixed. Earlier in the game the FBR would
sneak down to watch the game from directly behind the WooSox dugout. She charmed
an usher who drafted her to help throw t-shirts to the crowd during the sixth
inning. The FBR has that kind of effect on people.
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| Great Seats |
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| At the Game Friday Night |
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| FBR Enjoying the Game |
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| Wife Sizing up the Target |
Yesterday we rectified a grotesque error
in our party planning efforts since we returned from Panama. We hadn’t seen her
Czech friends since last year and that is way too long. When we were at the
pool on Thursday, we learned that the Czech’s mom was in town for a visit. Thursday
evening my Favorite Panamanian sent her a text and invited them to dinner on Saturday.
Against all odds they were available and we activated the Deckzilla social plan
again. The local butcher had a special on bone-in ribeye, need I say more. Although
the visitors from the Czech Republic didn’t speak any English, it was still a
very fun night as our friends translated and we caught up with each other. Their
neighbors (with the pool)/Latino Mafia members also attended. The FBR is a huge
fan of the Czech’s daughter (my former shadow who has outgrown that trend).
They spent most of the evening terrorizing my Man Cave. The FBR sheepishly admitted
they were perusing the movie library and turned evasive when I asked if all the
movies went back in the same place. (history repeating itself)
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| Gathering of Czechs Last Night |
There was some strange doings across the
road this weekend. Our cross the street neighbors unexpectedly moved out. They’ve
only been there a few years, immigrants from Nepal. A U-Haul truck and a bunch
of family members showed up early on Saturday and spent the day loading the truck
with all their possessions. I thought it might have been just some family members
moving out (there’s a bunch) but by the end of the day the house was virtually
empty. This morning the rest was loaded and they boarded their fleet of cars
and departed. Being snoopy I checked Zillow and the house isn’t up for sale. A mystery
to solve.
Two movies fell in my A-Z watch, both keepers,
Dune (2021) – far superior, especially watching after other efforts; and Dunkirk
– awesome retelling of critical WW2 battle
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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; CRC - Connecticut
Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor
of the big river; Curbside Girls – close
friends of my daughter acquired during him 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 3rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew –
son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; 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; PCR - Pittsburgh College Roommate– high
school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; PCR+1 - Pittsburgh College Roommate’s wife; 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
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