I have to share some images of the neighborhood.
Keep up - I'll write something on this side, the pictures should show up on the other side.
This whole area is like a Leave it to Beaver type area. Very wholesome looking. Norman Rockwell would love this place. The view here is from Mom and Dad's front porch looking across the street - cue in the Beaver music.
Not too bad, but you have to understand, for a big city kid, this kind of living just seems so far from normal, far from what I am used to living . . . a bit Twilightish if you ask me.
One thing for them though . . . weather changes here SO fast . . . and the clouds here are amazing!
I have also added a picture that, if found out, will probably mean one less cuban on the face of OKie land . . . Mom giving Dad a haircut. Yup, that's them. I'm sorry, it is so heartwarming to me. I see that and I see a couple that has been doing this kind of thing for each other for years. I would not be surprised if they go around the same time . . . or even at the same time.
BTW, they seem to be doing well. Mom has not been doing any big effort and Dad has been doing all the cooking. We had a small "moment" today. Dad made some picadillo, normally eaten with rice. He asked me what I wanted. I said pasta. I made the pasta the way I like it . . . yup, if you've kept up, al dente. Oh, mom thought it could have cooked longer. I was a bit of an asshole about it asking her if she liked it.
Otherwise, we have been enjoying movie nights. Watched Zorro a couple of nights ago (in Spanish, of course) and we have been watching I Love Lucy (DVD sets) in Spanish. Laughter is good for them. I enjoy hearing them laugh out loud, almost to the point of not having any breath . . . it feels good to hear them enjoying themselves.
Watched the opening of the Olympics tonight. Wow. The spectacle was Disneyeske.
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