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December 26, 2005
The Assistant
Praise Jesus, X-mas is over and we are back home. This is what I did while I was away: I ate, I ate again, I ate some more, I used my laptop, I ate, I checked my email, I opened presents and ate some more. Oh yeah, I also saw the latest and very impressive Harry Potter movie (even if my ADD prevented me from really understanding the whole story).
Luckily, Rob's parents are not drinkers so I probably saved about 3,000 calories (although that's irrelevant since there were munchies always lying around the house). I am no longer Durban Bud; I am Durban Blob.
Rob's brother and his wife have an adorable baby that I met for the first time. I'm not really into kids but this baby is so cute and good natured it's hard not to smile when you see her. She doesn't walk yet and rarely crawls; instead, she scoots along the floor on her butt. And she does it really fast. In fact, there appears to be a certain talent and skill to it. Some might consider her a power bottom (only in the most innocent of context, please). Rob's sister-in-law introduces me to their baby as Uncle TJ. My own sister does the same thing to her kids with Rob; he's always referred to as Uncle Rob. I think this is sweet to teach them at an early age.
This reminded me of the last time my sister's family were in town to visit us. My nephew was 7 at the time and my niece was 4. I decided to take them to the National Zoo. What a joke. The zoo sucks here. The big attraction is the panda bear. Well, the panda bear decided to hide the entire time. Actually, most of the animals hid the whole time. You know it's bad when a 7 year old boy says after 20 minutes of being at a zoo, "Can we go now?"
Anyway, my sister told me that on their drive back home, my niece said out loud in the car, "Mommy got to visit with her brothers." My nephew immediately corrected her, "No, silly. Uncle Rob is not Uncle TJ's brother; he's his assistant."
I like that.
Posted by durban bud at December 26, 2005 08:36 PM
Comments
I agree. The National Zoo is sad. Last time I was there "Seabiscuit" was playing at the Uptown. How do I know? After we spent about half an hour at the zoo we decided it was a waste of time and went to the movies.
Posted by: Bill at December 26, 2005 11:06 PM
RESCUE ME FROM MY FAMILY PLEASE!!!! Send help and sanity now!!!
Posted by: TOS at December 27, 2005 12:47 AM
While the Amazonia exhibit is also under decay, at least you can see some big-ass fish in there, plus some colorful birds.
Posted by: jimbo at December 27, 2005 10:46 PM
Don't you mean ASSistant? :=P
Posted by: TOS at December 28, 2005 03:06 PM
how much do you pay your assistant? cuz i'm looking into getting one, but am afraid i can't afford one.
Posted by: jeremy at December 29, 2005 01:07 PM