Here I am, sixty-six years old, and I’m still living in my kids’ parents’ house…
Month: August 2017
Conversations With Judy – Call It Episode 13: Free Spirited Artist
Driving home from Oakhurst after Mass…
Judy: “We could rent a motorhome to go to Utah. I’m kind of afraid to go to Utah, though.”
Bill (Me): “Why? Are you afraid you might want to move there?”
J: “No. I’m afraid to come home and get a call that Dean had a heart attack in Hawaii. Besides, if we moved to Utah, you would have to become Mormon.”
B (M): “Well, what would I have to become if we moved to Arizona?”
J: “You would have to become a ‘Free Spirited Artist’.”
B (M): “I could do that. I could be a ‘Free Spirited Artist’. I could become a Free Spirited Photographic Artist’… I could be a ‘Phartist’!”
Hahaha…
Hahaha…
Hahaha…
Hahaha…
J: “The next time somebody asks me what I have learned being married to you I’m just going to say, “I have learned not to be sipping a soda through a straw while having a conversation with him in the car,” and they will ask “Why shouldn’t you sip soda while having a conversation with Bill?” and I will answer “because I’m afraid of what will come out of his mouth.”
B (M): “No you’re not. You’re afraid that what comes out of my mouth will cause your soda to come out of your nose.”
Judging by what happened next, Judy, apparently, has yet to learn that lesson.
The Action Me: The Story of Man of Action Breaks World Speed Record In Half Dome Climb – Part .7 – After The Catheter
Once the catheter was inserted, things were better. For the nurse. She got to leave for a few minutes. Judy stuck around for a couple of minutes and had to go do something with paperwork, or some such thing.
I was back in the room alone again. It was just me and my catheter…
A couple of minutes later, I heard Steve’s voice outside the door asking if he could come in to see me. The wheels started turning in my head and had finished prior to the time he received permission to enter…
He walked in.
He looked at me.
My eyes were open, glazed over, staring into nothingness. My jaw was slack, my mouth a gaping cavern. I was holding my breath…
“Dad?” “Dad!?” “DAD!!”
“Yes, my son?”
For some reason, he didn’t think that was funny.
Neither did Judy when he told her a moment later.
Neither did the nurse.
I, on the other hand, thought it was hilarious.
Some people have no sense of humor.
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