Up, Up and Away

To set the ambience for this blog post, please go to your record player.  Pull out your favourite Neil Sedaka vinyl album.  Drop the needle.  Put on your favourite corduroy housecoat, and pour yourself a tall glass of goat's milk (if a goat is not near by, a sheep will suffice).

At 6:00 AM  Eastern Standard Daylight Time, an airport shuttle came and shuttled my wife away.  Melanie is finally on her way to Yellowknife, to begin her new job, find a new house, and to enjoy the warmer weather currently being had in the Northwest Territories.

Left behind was myself and two young daughters.  After Melanie walked out the door, there was crying, foot stomping, toy throwing and many other colossal outbursts and this all occurred before either of the girls woke up.

Maya is able to understand that Mommy is off to start her new job and find her a new house to live in.  Gabby, just shy of two, will begin her repetitive "Where'd Mama go, where'd Mama go, where'd Mama go, repeat 83 times, where'd Mama go, by about four this afternoon.

So far the house is intact, no calls to 911 have been placed, and most of the walls in the house are still standing.  I have yet to feel any of the carnal urges that drove the main character in William Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" into madness.  But its only 1:30 PM so check back in a couple of hours.  Hopefully we won't begin to slide.

So I wish my dear wife safe travels, and to enjoy discovering the new chapter in our lives.  The girls will be safe and well taken care of.  Gabby just had her belly button pierced and Maya now sports a "My Little Pony" tattoo on her forehead but otherwise everything is status quo.

So to quote noted 18th century Hungarian philosopher Gunther Peabody:

"Ne aggódj a kicsinyes dolgokat, és ne a kisállat izzadt dolgok"

Or loosely translated:

"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things"

Until we meet again my love!