Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Return of the Fat Bastard - I cried all the way home.

August 30th & 31st 2016

Mellow sunset
      Well, she's gone. I won't see her for another year. Christian took Clarissa to the Airport early this afternoon for her flight back to Toronto.
Clarissa

We all got together last night for a farewell dinner. Clarissa picked the restaraunt. Denny's! The lovely Lisa and I go to Denny's six times a year. I don't know why or exactly when it happened but it became a family thing. You get a free Grand Slam on your birthday. So on Jen, Christian, Isabella, Christo, the lovely Lisa and my Birthday's we all go to Denny's. By picking Denny's Clarissa has thrown my whole schedule out of whack! I'll have gone seven times this year! Oh the Horror! Actually it happened once before. On the lovely Lisa's Birthday August 1, We went to the Denny's near our house with her twin brother Steve and the rest of the family That night was the Symphony of Fire in English Bay. We had parked in a lot east of Burrard and walked the ten blocks or so to the beach. It was an easy walk. Downhill all the way. The lovely Lisa likes to think they do the fireworks on her birthday for her. I'm not sure what made up holiday is on August 1st. I could look it up but I don't really care. Every day is a holiday in my world. Okay back to the story. After the fireworks we were walking up Davie Street and I mean UP! It was after 11:30 and I was a Fat Bastard at about 350 lbs. So when I saw the Denny's sign it seemed like an opportunity to double dip on the Birthday freebie! Besides I had run out of air. The waiter wasn't happy when they ordered their free Grand Slams at 11:50. I just had coffee. I survived that extra Denny's trip I can survive this one.
Clarissa and technocolor Tweety Bird
      While Christian and the Grandkids were waiting for a table for eight Clarissa put a dollar in one of those crane machines full of stuffies and won! I've never seen anyone win at those things. But wait! Bella put in a dollar and won a stuffie too! Christo, maybe next time. Jen took time off work to be there and Grammy Sharon was there too. Grandma Lisa was still in her Chef Boy R Lisa gear but was there and that's all that mattered.
Grandma Lisa, Grammy Sharon, Christo and Christian

We are loud people! We call down the length of the table. We laugh a lot and as a rule, we order too much food. Here's the thing about a place like Denny's. Order off the menu. Don't say I'd like this but without that and a little extra of this. You won't get what you want. The guy cooking your food is looking at a picture. That's what your going to get. Not everyone in our family believes this to be true. It came wrong and in pieces it took the waitress three trips to get it right. Still it was better than Clarissa who didn't get her meal at all! She ordered spaggetti and meat balls evidently they sent to Italy for it. I had finished my Super Bird before her meal arrived.
      We dragged it out as long as we could but you can only take so much Denny's ambiance! Saying goodbye is never easy. We only see her once a year. It seems so long between visits. Saying goodbye in the parking lot of Denny's with the whole family there is easy. A couple of years ago I had to take her to the airport. She looked so small and sad as I turned her over to the flight crew, I cried all the way home. Next year we are hoping that her sister Jenna can come too. We haven't seen her in five years.
      The lovely Lisa showered and went to bed as soon as we got home. I got a text from my buddy Gerry the Sax. He was going to go to Judge Begbies Tavern for the Open Mic. I love playing with Gerry. We did five songs together.When I play with Gerry I play songs with lots of room for the Saxophone. We played one we hadn't played before. Turn the Page by Bob Seger. The first time I've sang it on stage. Gerry was great!
      This afternoon I was in town for an audition........A day late. It was yesterday. But wait! Not only did I go on the wrong day, I went on the wrong day twice! I drove in for 10:45 this morning. No one was there. I checked my email and the time of my audition was 3:25 I had read the time the email was sent as my call time. Duh!! So I drove back to Coquitlam. Had lunch. Made some noise with Evan, Michelle with one L's Grandson, he loves the Microphone. So I drive back into town and get to the studio and parked at 3:00. No one there, again. So I call my agent. "Am I in the right place/" I asked
"Where are you?" she asked. I told her and she went looking for what I was supposed to be doing. She had a little trouble finding it because it was supposed to happen yesterday. "Right place, wrong day." I'll call you right back. She called the casting director who wants to see me tomorrow at the call backs even though I missed my audition.
      The lovely Lisa is working late. I just finished watching the Bluejays/BC Lions games and I'm going to just kick back, work on my lines and get an early nights sleep.


That's all I've got
Till next time
Peace out Y'all




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