It’s Friday afternoon and we’re (actually I’m) just getting around to this! You see today is the first official day of my wife being at her new job where she actually gets to see some real customers! The past two days she’s been in a classroom learning the finer points of what sets Whole Foods apart from everyone else. I’ll tell ya, there’s a few things I used to eat that she’s totally ruined for me. I won’t go into to detail but to give you an example, chicken nuggets are off the list!
The morning was rushed as usual starting with a 4:30 wake up call to take Uncle Lolo to the airport as he’s headed back to NY. Last night we were talking about how fast people wake up and with him being Italian and slow by nature, he said he needs an hour and a half to just get going. I then asked if he needed to get up at 3am to shower and get ready for his flight to which he replied, in his fine english accent, “no man, you see, I will take a shower tonight, get dressed, and then just lay on top of the covers” (in his bed until 4:30). We couldn’t stop laughing, only an Italian would come up with this solution.
Today was busy as usual, pressure mounting, (as it always does about this time of the week) so I’ll be trying to fit some work into the weekend between taking kids to birthday parties, cleaning something (there’s always something to clean!), church and hopefully a bit of football.
I stopped in on my Mom today who was at the kitchen table trying to put on her pierced earrings. This usually takes her the better part of an hour. Being her favorite son, I felt obligated to slide them into each ear lobe for her which took me all of about 10 seconds. She was of course amazed at my hidden talent. If only it paid well. Then she shared with me a little known secret which she recently discovered. I know she’d be upset if I didn’t pass along this to you, which she then told me with great pride. Ready, here it is, listen closely, it’s real important! The University of Wisconsin mens basketball team has the highest free throw percentage of any team in the country! Well of course I was beside myself now that I was in possession of this life changing bit of information. I’m sure this too will have a big impact on all of you that receive this enlightening pearl of wisdom from reading this. In fact it’s so valuable, I suggest you each send us a check for $1000. I’m not sure how we all will be rewarded for knowing this but am confident that sometime, somewhere, we will be glad we do.
My mother in law  just rang us up wondering why there’s no blog today. Besides us being late today, there was a power outage at the site that holds the servers (computers) that send this to you all. My workin woman just walked in with a pizza and pre-cooked chicken (yes at 30% off) so I’m signing off. More tomorrow, hopefully I won’t be quite so tired.
p.s. it says posted on Jan 22nd but it’s actually 5pm on the 21st.