{"id":49128,"date":"2020-09-24T08:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T15:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=49128"},"modified":"2020-09-25T10:03:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T17:03:31","slug":"49128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=49128","title":{"rendered":"Baby Sitting And Birthdays, Yeah!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shovel was a groundbreaking invention.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Waking up and having a purpose in life is outstanding.\u00a0 I am going to be a baby sitter today!\u00a0 The bright side is no screaming and no diapers!\u00a0 It is 6:30 AM, and I am on the road again, this time heading due East into the sun.<\/p>\n

On my way, I called Zack to wish him a happy 30th birthday.\u00a0 OMG, thirty years!\u00a0 It is quite impressive when your kids are born but seeing your grandkids pop into this world and see then turn thirty and have kids of their own, wow!\u00a0 Nick turns twenty-one today, goodness, how does this happen?<\/p>\n

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I was going to sing Happy Birthday, but that might be considered cruel and unusual punishment.<\/p><\/div>\n

At 7:00 AM, I arrived at Mary’s just in time for a hot cup of coffee and seeing Mary disappear into the office to do her Zoom meeting. Scout and I watched the news, and we both shook our heads.<\/p>\n

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He was ready for me!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary headed out for work, and it was just us guys!\u00a0 Scout had some suggestions, but they were quickly nixed.\u00a0 I didn’t think the two of us barking at the people walking by would be a good idea.\u00a0 Also, his suggestion of chasing cats was not taken seriously, especially at my age.\u00a0 Now his idea of playing ball was good, but who is going to throw it to us?\u00a0 We settled on TV.<\/p>\n

So, here I am, minding my own business watching TV with a little blue blanket wrapped around me when all of a sudden, POUNCE!\u00a0 What is going on?\u00a0 Then I saw “the nose,” and I knew what had happened.\u00a0 Scout wanted on the couch also!<\/p>\n

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get a selfie from a horizontal position with fifty-five pounds of doggy on you?\u00a0 \u00a0Well, this wasn’t the best part.\u00a0 Scout finally decided there was not enough room side-by-side, so he pounced right on top of me, and now we both had plenty of room.<\/p>\n

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The weight limit on the couch immediately flashed into my mind!<\/p><\/div>\n

After an hour, when I felt the circulation in my lower extremities beginning to stop, we decided to go outside.\u00a0 Scout did his business, and I relaxed on one of the chairs.\u00a0 Well, relaxed is relative because Mr. Scout wandered over and plopped his head in my lap, and we played his new game, count the birds!<\/p>\n

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That boy was not moving at all!<\/p><\/div>\n

Around 10:30 AM, I managed to escape his grip and told him about “Girls Night Out.”\u00a0 I headed for home to freshen up and get into a non-hairy set of pants and shirt.\u00a0 Then it was off to the Santa Ana Elks for our weekly get together.<\/p>\n

My cell phone went off at 1:00- PM, and a text message appeared saying, “Bark, bark woof wooooof, bark”\u00a0 It was from Scout. The rough translation was, “If you don’t hurry back, I will tell mommy you only stayed five minutes and not to pay you!”\u00a0 \u00a0Well, needless to say, the Silver Fox and I flew into action and headed to Mary’s, leaving only the smell of burnt rubber in the Elks parking lot.\u00a0 Onto the freeway, I got it up to 65 MPH, no, really!<\/p>\n

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We hooted and hollered for an hour before being thrown out!<\/p><\/div>\n

Have you EVER seen a dog sitting at the door tapping his fingers and looking at his watch?\u00a0 It felt like my mom when I missed my first curfew.\u00a0 He was wondering why it took so long to go six miles.<\/p>\n

I mentioned I stopped by the market for some necessities of life.<\/p>\n

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I know there is some Rocky Road ice cream lurking in the frig!<\/p><\/div>\n

As I was shopping, I heard this frog-like sound, and, since I speak perfect frog, I listened carefully.\u00a0 I was saying, “Mary need me on her mantle!”.<\/p>\n

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I could not pass up the Halloween Frog, a necessary addition to Mary’s frog collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

Roses are also a necessity of life, so they got added to the collection of goodies.<\/p>\n

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Duh!<\/p><\/div>\n

After explaining my rationale to Scout, he understood and forgave me, only biting me once!<\/p>\n

Well, we were supposed to go to Catal as that is Nick’s birthday tradition, but we found out at the last minute Catal was closed, the COVID thing.\u00a0 To make up for my indiscretion (the ten-minute side trip to the market), I made reservations at the Orange County Mining Company, six blocks from Mary’s home.\u00a0 That means we leave Scout for far less time.<\/p>\n

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Nick’s first legal drink! We had great seats, and we watched Ol’ Sol do hiss daily swan dive into the ocean.<\/p>\n

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S-h-h-h-h-h Mom is counting the bubbles!<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s to a great life!\u00a0 As Grandpa said, “Believe in the Good Lord and Never Miss A Chance To Make A Good First Impression!”<\/p>\n

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The sun was setting; the champagne level was lowering.<\/p><\/div>\n

Time for the toast, I wanted raisin bread, but I was outvoted.\u00a0 Bob gave a profound and loving toast to our new member into the Twenty-One And Over Club.<\/p>\n

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A toast to a great guy, Nick!<\/p><\/div>\n

The five of us had a wonderful.\u00a0 The pictures were not super tonight as we were too busy getting to know each other and laughing at all the nonsense going on.<\/p>\n

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Chemistry in action!<\/p><\/div>\n

Time to depart. Time to get home is only six minutes flat; two minutes had Mary been driving. Think smoke, flames, loud noises, and my eyes bugging out as we hit Warp-7.<\/p>\n

Mary and I visited for a few minutes, started a movie, but we are both tired, so we parted ways at 9:30 PM so she could get some rest as she works tomorrow.\u00a0 The Silver Fox and I shot down the freeway reaching an unheard of speed of 67 MPH, a record breaker!\u00a0 It was too late to stop at Patty’s, so I went to bed, turned on the TV, and as out a few minutes later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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