Legends of the Playground
Undercover
My in-laws are in town. They got here on Thursday. They'll leave on Sunday. Now, I love my in-laws. They are great and have helped my wife and I out a lot. My mother-in-law is awesome and great to have around. She loves playing with Baby Legends and it's nice to have an extra set of hands around to help out. But she should be sainted for putting up with my father-in-law. He's a nice guy and is probably as responsible as anyone for really getting me into cigars. But he's a pain in the ass.
He's had some major health issues these past 9 months. He had a minor stroke in December and it has taken a toll on him. He'll be retiring from his job effective 9/1. That's been hard for him to handle. He used to work 70 hours a week. The man can not stand to sit still. Even before he had the stroke, he would be a pile of nervous energy. On the weekends, he would get his leaf blower and do the entire street (a cul-de-sac with 12 or some homes to a side.)
Now, he sits in my living room and flips channels on the TV constantly. I mean, he'll watch 30 second of a program and the change the channel. The next channel will have a commercial and he'll sit there and watch that instead of whatever was on the previous one that was not in a commercial break. Then, after a commercial or two, he'll flip along. Anything resembling a pretty woman gets his attention. After she leaves the screen, he flips channels again.
You're probably saying to yourself, "take him out and do something." Well, he walks with a cane and makes like .25 mph. He can't do anything physically exerting. A trip to the grocery store with him takes 3-4 times as long as it should.
Now, you're wondering why I mentioned the forest fires. We have 5 fires 50+ miles north if us burning around 500,000 acres. We're not in any danger from them but the wind is blowing south. As the sun went down, we visibility of about 200 yards. Not exactly the kind of weather you want to be out in. Hell, my living room looks hazy.
So I can't even go outside for a smoke. Here's to some rain.
He's had some major health issues these past 9 months. He had a minor stroke in December and it has taken a toll on him. He'll be retiring from his job effective 9/1. That's been hard for him to handle. He used to work 70 hours a week. The man can not stand to sit still. Even before he had the stroke, he would be a pile of nervous energy. On the weekends, he would get his leaf blower and do the entire street (a cul-de-sac with 12 or some homes to a side.)
Now, he sits in my living room and flips channels on the TV constantly. I mean, he'll watch 30 second of a program and the change the channel. The next channel will have a commercial and he'll sit there and watch that instead of whatever was on the previous one that was not in a commercial break. Then, after a commercial or two, he'll flip along. Anything resembling a pretty woman gets his attention. After she leaves the screen, he flips channels again.
You're probably saying to yourself, "take him out and do something." Well, he walks with a cane and makes like .25 mph. He can't do anything physically exerting. A trip to the grocery store with him takes 3-4 times as long as it should.
Now, you're wondering why I mentioned the forest fires. We have 5 fires 50+ miles north if us burning around 500,000 acres. We're not in any danger from them but the wind is blowing south. As the sun went down, we visibility of about 200 yards. Not exactly the kind of weather you want to be out in. Hell, my living room looks hazy.
So I can't even go outside for a smoke. Here's to some rain.
