Two Day Soup, Meeting Our Grandkid, The Anson Show, Judgy Folks

“Can’t we all just get along?” – Rodney King

Once in awhile, I’ll combine two days of soup. This is the case today, I started yesterday morning, ran out of time before having to visit some friends and so this is both Sunday and Monday’s batch tossed together. I hope you enjoy it.

Good morning, these words are coming to you live from Richmond, Indiana. We stayed at my Queen’s mother’s house. We had company; we sat outside, ate like royalty, our kid is here with her mate, we are going family stuff.

The sun showed up in full force today; I’m inside, the glare was too bright, I’m sitting in a living room, fireplace to my right, coffee to my left, hefty dog with a towel in its mouth circling me wanting me to engage. I’m ignoring him.

Remy is the name of the dog; years ago, I showed up and threw a rock in the pond. He has never forgotten this moment and now when I show up years later, he goes and get’s a large rock and brings it to me. I don’t throw the rock, but in his excitement, he always runs down and does a massive dive into the water then barks for me to throw the rock. This get’s me in trouble, but I have no control over Remy, but he’s usually wet when I’m around.

We left Indy about one yesterday, the kids followed us, we went to a candle shop, this place is the size of Walmart, but they only sell candles. My Queen has an addiction; it needed to be scratched. I think we will be taking the load back west to share with our friends.

I get to see my granddaughter for the first time today. We’re heading to Muncie to see her, then have dinner with our family and some friends. It’s a joyful time for us. In 2 weeks from today, I’ll walk my daughter down the aisle; I’m excited for her and her man, I’m a proud father.

We had our first gun lesson last night, we had a deep dive on firearms, what to buy, why we might want to buy, and why we might not. Our instructor is an NRA guy, schooled for years in the art of weaponry. It was a master class; we took mental notes; we’re moving closer to acquiring our arsenal.  I’ve been told to keep that on the down-low, so keep that to yourself; I don’t want folks to know we are packing, carrying, or hoarding ammunition.

We left Grandma’s house and visited Wally and Kay Kay, family friends, my Queen’s Godparents.  Wally is a hunter; he has trophies of many giant bears, a baboon, many large cats, he’s a warrior. We left there and headed to my son’s house. We got to meet our granddaughter for the first time; she was great for about 30 minutes then got fussy. She’s a beautiful little lady with a penchant for her hand, the whole time we were there; her hand was in her mouth. She did smile a lot; we are blessed.

We left and met the family at Fuji for some hibachi. Mom, Dad, Carly, Nick, Quincy, Alex, Deb and Jerry, and my Queen and me.  It was a pleasant experience, great food, and conversation. We came home and hung out in our courtyard, enjoying our back yard.

I’m going to see my friends and clients today. After four months, I’m ready to see some old faces; I’ll be busy these next two weeks before walking my daughter down the aisle. She’s very excited as are we to bring two families together and form one.

I saw about 100 Trump / Pence signs driving from Richmond to Muncie, one Biden sign, and a few confederate flags. I know the polls have Biden in the lead, but I doubt they bother calling “flyover states” I think most of the polling is done on the coasts which tend to lean blue. Regarding the confederate flags, it’s a symbol for some, we wouldn’t fly one, but in the name of freedom of expression, I’ll not bark or squawk, I’ll keep my thoughts to myself.

In Indiana, we fly a Colorado flag, before the pandemic, my Queen bought an LGBTQ flag from our cousin, she hung it, and it’s been flying the entire time of our time away. I guess it was fitting; we displayed it during Pride month, although all events were canceled.

Masks here are mandated today, statewide, you must wear a mask. I see folks wearing them when driving; I think that a little overkill. But we will wear, we will follow the rules, others are angry, it’s a small act that may or may not save another’s life. 

The term the Anson Show was mentioned yesterday, I’m not sure precisely what the Anson Show is, but it sounds delightful.  I think others look at our lifestyle and shake their heads, there they go again, being irresponsible, but with our irresponsibility came an exposure and contraction of a deadly disease. Neither of us had a single symptom; we contracted COVID, now are full of the antibodies, I don’t think sitting at home hiding is the best solution for most Americans.

I encourage you to live your best life. Whatever that means to you. If you want to go outside and run around, do it. If you’re going to hide in your basement with the window’s blacked out, have at it. But I ask that you don’t judge another’s lifestyle; we are all using the knowledge we learn and applying that information to live our own experience. Our seemingly reckless behavior allowed us to build up a robust immune system, and now we can give blood to help others fight this deadly disease.   We won’t judge you and ask that you now judge us, let’s follow the words of the wise man known as Rodney King.

“Can’t we all just get along?” – Rodney King