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Happy Halloween CAD Monkey

I'm a tattle tale

Whatever, I am one of those. Last night at the last little league game of the fall season, some of the kids were standing on the top of the backrest of the aluminum bench.  The coaches told them not to do that.  Later, when our team was in the field there were only two kids in the dugout.  Both coaches watching the game.  One kid, the coaches son, was standing on the back of the bench. I got up from my seat and told him to get down, he scooted down the bench and grinned at me.  I must have told him 3 or 4 more times as I followed him down the bench.  Finally I had enough and yelled "COACH!" His dad turns around, yells, the kid falls, one leg on the back side of the bench, the other on the front, the third smack dab on the top of the bench.  I wonder if he was wearing his protective equipment.  His mom came over from the bleachers and gave him a talking to as he pouted, hiding under the bench.

In Love Again

I am in love again.  Actually, I have loved you ever since I met you, but lately, I have been with another.  Admittedly it was my first love that has been occupying my time.  That relationship has waned over the last twelve years.  Sure there were things I appreciated, the simplicity and willingness to do many different things.  There were also things I disliked, the complicated nature, making routine tasks difficult.  Sure, your appearance has changed since I first met you and your inner workings more have become more complicated, making you harder to understand.  I guess that is why I am glad I was away from you for so long.  Now I am back with my latest love.  It makes me feel alive inside again.  My new love left me for a few months, though I longed to be in it's glow the whole time I was away.  You make things easy for me.  Every moment I spend with you makes me appreciate you more.  You may not be as flexible as my p...