Wife 30 Daughter 5 Basement Wet Dad Widower
| Say HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Heather turned thirty on Monday! Sam will soon be five. I will turn 34 the day after that. My basement is partially flooded. And my father is now a widower. Isn’t time a strange substance. I was wading through it, now I’m being carried downstream. |
 On the subject of Heather’s age, I have no observations to make. Thirty was almost four years ago for me, and I don’t feel any older yet. Oh, ok, I look old when the allergies take me, but I’ve shaved my head in order to compensate. Actually, my wife shaved my head. Well, she didn’t quite shave my head, she more or less trimmed it down to about a quarter of an inch.
She did this on Mother’s day, and there is some evidence in the form of her constant sepulchral chuckling during the act that she took unnatural pleasure. I suppose it was a follicular version of ‘marking’ her territory. |
 As for my daughter, she is the single most adorable little girl I’ve ever met. She is also the most active, and at times the most exasperating. In this she is normal. Visit Sam’s blog for more information on your future benevolent dictator. |
 Oh, yeah, flooded basement. I have seepage. Water, in its eternal war with civilisation, encrouches upon my subterranean basecamp. I beat back its inexorable advance with my plastic wand of suckage (shown in the displayed photgraph). The Italian man came and said he can fix it, but not until next Monday. |
 My father, Ed Whited, suffered a terrible loss this last weekend. His wife, Margaret, passed away in their home of an embolism. They were changing clothes to go out when she simply dropped dead in front of him. She went quite suddenly and quite unexpectedly.
I only met her a few times, but she seemed very nice and they looked happy together. Not knowing my father very well, as he’s lived out of state all my life and contacts/visits very infrequently, I don’t really know how to reach out and offer him sypathy. Dad, if you’re reading this, then I’ll say again what I’ve said already. I’m very sorry, and may the pain dull as quickly as it can. |
Closure Part 16 will be up tomorrow for those who care.
Man, you are getting old fast!!! The old wife, the half grown kid, no hair & water in the basement.
That’s a bummer about your Dads’ wife. Must of been a terrible shock to him.
But for her not a bad way to go. That’s how I’d like it to happen. Really quick.
Oh, & look you have a handi-cap zone next to your word verification. You really are old.
Sorry about your Dad’s wife!!!
Everywhere I look I see people saying something about people turning 30??….what’s up with this….I want be 30 this year…I will be 20/10…LOL
Woow your family age is close to ours….I’ll be 20/10….Hubby 33….little one 4!!!
Cheers to hubby will always be older than me…LOL
l>t: You are quite a comfort, you know that?
lori:20/10? Ha! You’ve been 20 ten times? There’s a girl at my office like that. For the last five years she’s told me she is 25.
Congrats to your wife and daughter for their achievements in age. Sorry to hear of your father’s loss.
Why do men shave their heads as they get older? I turn 25 next month, and have (touch wood) not lost any hair yet. I’m not sure what I’d do if I did start balding. Rogaine? Get some hair stapled in? I’m not sure. Hopefully not a bridge I have to cross.
Brian:I had a receding hairline when I was 20. One in four of us get it, right? I don’t care if I have hair, I just want to look neat.
I was so ready to give you a hard time, but probably not important considering the post.
Sorry for your dad’s loss.
And your haircut.
And that joke.
I read through Closure, was I meant to wet myself laughing? That’s a relief! I’m looking forward to part 16, keep it up.
Never mind about the wet basement: you kids are still wet behind the ears. Life for all three of you has hardly begun. It’s been 25 years since I was 34, and I’ve had a hell of a good time. Mostly.
Rich:I’m going to try to put the wrap on 16 tonight. Go ahead and give me a hard time! I can always go drink basement water.
Thanks for reading so far. Check out the SafeTpod for my actual voice reading the first three parts….if you dare!
Poops:Life’s been pretty fun for me so far as well. Some good, some bad. That’s the way it is, right? I hope life has just begun, but time flies and I’ll be there before I know it, I know it.
hah ! ~ you young fart, you! I turned 35 this March, and it felt, well, OLD! AND YET ~ I have to say, I am more comfortable with myself, my financial situation, my place in the world, my children, and my future than I EVER was at 20. So, I like being 35. Yah, I weigh more than I did at 20, and it’s harder to get it off now, but so what ~ I like life better now, so it all comes out in the wash.
oh ~ and although it may mean little to nothing, I too am sorry to hear about your father’s loss. Regardless of how little one does interact with one’s parents, you still love them, it’s just the way it is. And even dad’s who have wives that you hardly even know still make you put out a feeler in their direction. so, again, sorry to hear of the loss.
just twisting the knife a little.
you just old anuff to feel it.
my son (who is also good looking) is 20 & i notice his hairline receding. I’m sure it will be an issue sometime in the near future. Any advice?
redhead: I liked being 27. I enjoy being 34, too. I hope to die prime.
l>t: Yeah, don’t give him a complex about it. My mom continuously suggests I get hair plugs or get on the rogaine. I’m happy with my hair. I don’t need to look “hot” or “young” when I ain’t.
Or…he could shave it.
I SHOULD BE HAPPY TO TURN 30, right?
Right?
RHSP:Yes, you should!
I am sorry you think I give you a hard time about your hair. It’s in the genes you know, your hair and my wanting to fix things and make everything better. I am very glad you are at peace with your hair, but, I cannot help wishing you got your hair genes from your maternal grandfather instead of your paternal grandfather, then you would have hair on your head and practically nowhere else, instead of the opposite.
I cannot remember, did you ever send that card?
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