On Thu, 19 May 2011 03:32:16 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:
Things are going very well with the air drop of an entire family into
my LZ, that being my daughter, hub and two kids that I haven't seen
for years.
Bueno. Are you going to cook for them? (This is a test.
The twin-sized air mattresses for the kids arrived just in time from
Amazon and they're perfect.
Be sure to put an unzipped sleeping bag on top of it to help retain
their body heat or they'll wake up tired and achy in the morning. My
sis larned me that.
I am thoroughly enjoying all of my company. Man, it's gonna be hard
going back to solo after this but I'm going to fully enjoy this joy in
real time and worry about the comedown when it happens.
Don' be so sure. My guess is that you'll be ready for another solo
bout when they leave.
Kevin, Kelsy and Nigel the Dog joined us this evening. Kelly cooked
up some wonderful chow. I paid close attention to what she did and
how she did it. My kids are all foodies!
This is good.
Kelly can mess up a kitchen more and faster than a fraternity food
fight, and I purely don't care. I keep a pristine kitchen but I do
KP just fine and I am learning some really good stuff and enjoying
some eyewatering-good grub. Kelly's cooking is imaginative, healthy,
and wonderfully delicious. The local grocery is gonna have a very
good week. So will the wine shop. Am I having fun yet?
I had a girlfriend who could dirty every spoon, fork, knife, plate,
bowl, towel, and counter in my kitchen by simply making pancakes. It
was amazing. I just stayed out of there.
The kids really are amazing, every bit as neat as Kevin (and Kelly)
keep telling me. They are polite, well-behaved, cheerful, energetic
of course, bright, warm and very easy to be and have around. They
could each and both charm the sox off a centipede. They truely are
beautiful children. We have activities and experiments planned for
tomorrow, along with a trip to the library. Felix, 5, made a robot
today from a kit. This easy-going cheerful kid focusses like a laser
and uses small hand tools with amazing adeptness after reading the
instructions and getting it right.
Wonderful. That's a true delight to watch, isn't it?
"Dad, you have perfect pitch!" "Well shucks, I don't know about
that." "You do! Every time you go to the piano you're immediatly
in sync with the music."
"Hm, that's nice!"
"No, it's amazing! I've always thought I got my interest in music
from Mom, but it was you! I got it from you!"
Are you still polishing your nails on your chest, Proud Papa?
I managed to skip saying "good morning, Kelly!" Her mom liked music
too and she was more facile at the keyboard than I, but she lacked
emotional involvement and ability to create.
I and we are having a hell of a good time. Good family is a wonderful
thing.
Amen.
I think Annette just isn't ready though she's longer bereaved than I,
and I will respect that. I am definitely not ready for love in all
the wrong places as the country song goes, but I am up for
companionship in occasional encounters with a pleasant fellow
traveller. Maybe Annette isn't yet. She did seem initially
interested so she didn't find me repulsive that day.
Bueno, bwana. Let it happen in its own time.
I may be pulling myself up by the stacking swivel better than most,
Fitch. I communicate very openly with my few close friends. Guys
aren't supposed to talk about feelings and emotions, but I do with my
few friends. They all know I'm a very good shot with a .45 and an
even better shot with a scoped .243 if they seriously **** me off.
REAL MEN emote.
I'll say again, I am having one hell of a good time with my visiting
family. I really am blessed with family, I had no idea how blessed.
Perhaps Mary 'n I were too self-sufficient. We were about a perfect
small team, self-contained and self-sufficient. Being a survivor of
such a situation is a pure-D bitch, but that's my job now.
Rightio!
One day at a time. I am having a very happy time now and for the next
few days.
I still cried tonight for my loss of my Mary.
Grieving is a process which can take time. It's good that you can
express it both emotionally and verbally, Don. You're healing.
Carry on.
--
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no
distinctively native American criminal class except Congress.
-- Mark Twain