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My Retirement Package

by Betty Dotson-Lewis

Oct 5, 2009

My Retirement Package I apologize to all my senior affiliates that I cannot pick them up in my Jeep because it is filled with baby seats.

I was invited to a cookout Saturday night to the home of friends who now live in this area from my hometown in rural West Virginia. Of course I had to take "the children" because their parents are in Raleigh at a U2 concert. Well, Will nearly talked my ear off all the way mostly about transformers (a boy's toy that transforms into a car then robot) and every vehicle on the road – a transformer is patterned off that & he knows each one He will suddenly yell, “Trouble ahead, there is “bone crusher” referring to a bulldozer or road scraper, etc. He knows each one and I nearly know each one. I had to get gas which was in the opposite direction of our trip – that caused major confusion We stop at Food Lion and pick up a chocolate cake and blueberry pie as our contribution to the cookout On the way down he said, “You know as soon ...See MoreMy Retirement Package I apologize to all my senior affiliates that I cannot pick them up in my Jeep because it is filled with baby seats.

I was invited to a cookout Saturday night to the home of friends who now live in this area from my hometown in rural West Virginia. Of course I had to take "the children" because their parents are in Raleigh at a U2 concert. Well, Will nearly talked my ear off all the way mostly about transformers (a boy's toy that transforms into a car then robot) and every vehicle on the road – a transformer is patterned off that & he knows each one He will suddenly yell, “Trouble ahead, there is “bone crusher” referring to a bulldozer or road scraper, etc. He knows each one and I nearly know each one. I had to get gas which was in the opposite direction of our trip – that caused major confusion We stop at Food Lion and pick up a chocolate cake and blueberry pie as our contribution to the cookout On the way down he said, “You know as soon as we get home from the cookout I am going to eat a sandwich. I am starving” I told him that was what a cookout is all about. Will is a 1st grader. Anna was in rare form. She is 22 mos. now. It was mostly adults there. Some I knew and would have loved to talk to. Will kept saying he was starving and when would we eat right in front of the host and hostess where were busting their butts to get everything ready and take care of guests. Anna had a confrontation with another little girl immediately. The other little girl had a doll stroller and fluffy dog and cash register. Anna only took her baby doll and book. The little girl started screaming and crying when Anna grabbed her stroller and took off with it. It took 2 of us to pry the stroller out of Anna’s hands. The little girl got it and let go for a minute and Anna took it again. This time the little girl tried to bite Anna. I think they had a wardrobe clash. Anna had on flared boot cut blue jeans with a tank top and hippie style over shirt and a band around her head. The little girl had her hair styled and had on a shirtwaist dress. I carried Anna around but she would get scramble down and crawl on her belly across the floor and out of the kitchen into the back porch and then start dancing. She managed to get a hold of John's (the home owner's) prize West Virginia coalminer Bear. I had a real struggle getting that back and when I did I put it high up on a shelf. She kept looking at it like she knew she could scale those shelves We finally got dinner so Anna and I sat at the table with some local nice women. Anna on my lap. The women were talking about living in Saudi Arabia, etc. Nice intellectual adult material. Anna decides to feed me - she does it with her hands picking up beans in a meatsauce and trying to put it in my mouth but it mainly ends up on my nose. In the meantime someone has fixed Will a plate of food which he is enjoying - hotdogs and hamburger. Barbie has him on the back porch with a tray out of the way Anna spots the special arrangement and starts yelling, "Mine, mine" and tries to make Will get up. Grabs his red cup which contains coke and ice and dips her potato chip in it leaving part of the chip behind. That was the only thing she ate. I finally break that up and Anna locates the little girl's stroller again hidden behind the couch. I try to get her away from it and end up crawling around on the floor between people's legs. She then locates the remote control for the tv. We are on the back porch and a couple expecting their first child any moment it seems is taking all this in. She holds the remote in both hands and starts counting 1,2, 3 Barney, Barney, Barney, Barney, Barney, Barney. The guy commented on that he thinks she is very smart knowing a remote controls the tv. I told him, “she operates a computer as well” Finally, while Anna is in one of her backbends and I'm holding her, I tell Barbie and John that I am going home, Will hears me and announces he is not going home until he gets another hot dog. Will eats another hotdog and we head for the door - Anna waves at every single person and says bye and blows kisses to the clock on the wall, the wooden duck, etc. Will speaks up, where's our chocolate cake. I want my chocolate cake. I get them in my Jeep and safely home with lots of hugs and kisses for me. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------

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