Well, not quite. In fact, weather conditions were a bit of
an anomaly today. The daytime temperature was such that much of the surface
snow melted (especially our drive, which had been shoveled near perfectly by
our wonderful neighbor family!). Still, the overall temperatures dropped and
are projected to drop much more, becoming much colder.
Who gives an old gray rat’s ass about the weather? We do,
because everyone has been (and are becoming) sick! Buddha gave us a horrific
scare over a week ago, necessitating a rushed trip to the emergency room,
diagnosed as influenza, and now apparently recurring. Bodhi came down with the
same symptoms and spent an entire day in Daddy’s arms (after spending an entire
night in Mommy’s arms), and now Mommy is showing signs of coming down with
something as well. Sister Kelly had the same bug, it seems, and is slowly
recovering. Grandma is sick with the same serious symptoms shown by the two of
you baby angels, and worse, as she is developing a serious cough, like bronchitis.
Daddy is so disoriented that he thought today was a day he
volunteered to go into work and advise students, only to discover after
noticing the school seemed nearly deserted that he had come in a week earlyJ. Everyone always speak
as though they recognize teachers always work but as a
teacher Daddy is convinced most people, including most educational institution
administrators don’t have a clue. Maybe that is universally true of all
workers, which one surmises is why Karl Marx advocated workers of the world
unite. Daddy shares that notion.
Mommy and the two of you busied yourself today with taking
down Christmas trees, and Daddy was literally amazed that Mommy managed to get
our trees into our basement. Daddy is quite often amazed at Mommy’s featsJ.
Anyway, today seemed somehow foreboding with sickness in the
air, and politics gone awry, but through it all we manage to focus on two very
special blessings, named Emilia Bodhi Grills Holsapple and Jude Liam (Buddha)
Grills Holsapple!
“Night, night,” Gypsy Princess and Viking Prince, and peace
along your mellow brick road!
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