Wednesday - September 15, 2004

The Rumors Are True---I am BAAAAACK!!

Boy howdy!  I go away for a few days and all SORTS of crap hits the fan!  A couple of knives get shoved in my back.  Scurrilous accusations about my loyalty and allegiance are made.  Demands for DNA testing.  Hype about traitorous behavior.

With friends like you guys, who the fuck needs enemies?!?!?!?! 

But I am back.  And full of piss and vinegar.  First, though, the visit.

Given all that’s happened/not happened, there’s no way I’d have done anything differently regarding this visit.  It was a long time in coming and I was not about to change it.  I already had to delay it once because of that bitch, Frances.  I did not want to do it again. 

So I finally got to see my grand daughter................. and what a little sweetie! REALLY!!! (I guess all grandparents will say that even if the child is a spawn of the devil.)

But she IS sweet............and well tempered...............and happy.....................and a little doll.  I will have to buy my son a couple of shotguns to keep the boys at bay when she hits her teens!  She JUMPS into wakefulness with no grumpiness and no crying and immediately gives everyone a HUGE smile.  She LOVES getting bathed and playing in the water.  When awake, she’s always playful, never grumpy.  She eats what she’s given with no fussing.  And she LOVES to eat................and grab at the hair on Grandpa’s chinny-chin-chin.

The visit went really well and I got a chance to see my son and daughter-in-law in action as parents.  To say I was impressed would be an understatement. Like all things, when separated by such great distances for so long (as I’ve been over the past 13 years) with only phone calls, photos and the occasional visit to guide my opinions, it is human nature to allow the mind’s eye to formulate opinions/impressions based on those aforementioned observations.  Mine were favorable prior to the visit but wary, too, as I did not want to be too optimistic (I’ve always lived by the rule that it you are pessimistic you can never be disappointed!) But my high expectations paled in height and scope compared to what I actually experienced during the visit.

Needless to say I am tremendously proud of both of them and I left knowing Trinity is in loving, caring (and great) hands!

The only thing that spoiled the visit was the situation with Hurricane Ivan.  For the first few days my waking hours were focused 50/50 on the visit and on the path of Ivan.  I was worried for my parents given that projections had it hitting the west coast by Tampa.  Then Sunday rolled around and focus turned to the Panhandle.  I was able to relax a bit and my only concern then became whether I’d be held up in Dallas if Ivan’s tropical force winds caused flights to be delayed in Tampa.  But that was not the case.

Of course, not all went well during the visit.  Dan’s computer decided it wanted to bite the big one on the third day there so I was not able to check mail.  We tried formatting the hard drive a couple of times and each time kept getting different results whenever we either tried loading the operating system, getting on line or loading MacAfee. In between trying to fix the box, playing with Trinity, caring for her needs, enjoying each other’s company, visiting with great-grandpa and lots of other stuff, we just ran out of time and could not fix the beast.

We figure either the problem is hardware related (motherboard?) (hard drive?--- it DID have some bad sectors) or software related (I lean away from that one since it is not probable that all the disks we used are corrupt) Anyway, Number One son is going to buy a new HD and give that a try.

There you have it.  The reasons for my seeming quiet the past few days.

Still in the process of going through correspondence and reading what’s happening in the news.  I’ll start posting soon.

And pix will also be posted!

Memo To All: Allan here! It’s lies, all lies, I tells ya! Vilmar is dead and I killed him. Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha .... this post evidently came from from some evil hacker. I’m in charge now. I rule BMEWS. I am king. Vilmar is dead and flushed down the toilet!!!! Bwah-hah-ha-h-ha ....

Memo To Self:Jeez! Maybe I need to stop taking those special pills Al Gore sent me. Whaddya think?

Self To Memo:Yep, I’d say you need to throw those “special pills” out.

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 09/15/2004 at 12:26 PM   
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