Monday, June 13, 2005
Former baby of the family
This was one of our better surprises in the past, oh, sixteen months or so. Sterling drives a Big Truck, but he mostly drives it in the Midwest and East, so we don't get to see him much. That's what I get for failing to heed ol' Willie Nelson's advice re career counseling one's babies.
Happily, the company he drives for got an order to deliver a bunch of RV windshields to Arizona, and he had enough slack in his schedule to get to stop by on both legs of the trip for a couple of short mini-reunions. My fourth astonishingly beautiful and intelligent grandchild, who I also don't see nearly enough
was supposed to get to come along on this trip, but she picked up a stomach virus just before the departure date and for some reason Sterling didn't feel like making the long haul with a repetitively heaving six year old as Road Assistant.
Maybe next time. Which could happen fairly soon, because Sterling now has the seniority to request the occasional trips out West when his company has them available.
Unless he quits and changes companies. In which case I will just sigh and say, "That's okay, I'll just sit here in the dark...."
Happily, the company he drives for got an order to deliver a bunch of RV windshields to Arizona, and he had enough slack in his schedule to get to stop by on both legs of the trip for a couple of short mini-reunions. My fourth astonishingly beautiful and intelligent grandchild, who I also don't see nearly enough
was supposed to get to come along on this trip, but she picked up a stomach virus just before the departure date and for some reason Sterling didn't feel like making the long haul with a repetitively heaving six year old as Road Assistant.
Maybe next time. Which could happen fairly soon, because Sterling now has the seniority to request the occasional trips out West when his company has them available.
Unless he quits and changes companies. In which case I will just sigh and say, "That's okay, I'll just sit here in the dark...."
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