You're going to be fine? That's it! The gloves are off!!
Smidgy thought I was dead.
Crap. Gloves back on... but just for a second. I can't think of anything more terrifying then thinking some family member has shuffled off this mortal coil.
Poor Smidgy.
No, not exaggerating, nor am I embellishing,
"Steve, I thought you were dead."
Her words, verbatim.
Just out of curiosity... no real reason I'm asking...
Are you insured by any chance? If you are, can I get in on it?
I probably would have agreed with her thought,
but the dead aren't capable of thinking, are they?
I think not,
therefore I am not.
But now I'm way ahead of myself here.
Good, 'cause we don't want to see you're behind.
Here's what I'd like to do with this report;
Not give it!
You really think you have any choice in the matter?
We'd hunt you down and chain you to a computer in a hot dungeon!
Oh, wait. You already do that.
Well... we'd do
something! And you wouldn't like it!
But I've become close with many, many of you "invisible freinds",
I always wanted to be able to become invisible... until I read the book (H.G. Wells). Not fun.
Of course now, I just have others wishing I was invisible.
I still hurt, but it's getting better.
Good.
See the doctor on Friday.
Better.
I am concerned that I might have damaged my retinas
Not good.
also, next appointment is a month away,
Worse.
I know that you're all going, "What, what, what what happened", but I'm sorry, I'm not going to just jump into that quite right tonight.
Well, of course we are. But was jumping into something what caused it in the first place? Freudian slip there?
Okay, I'm reaching. Tell it when you want. Or don't tell it at all if you don't feel like it. I'll still be here.
Bites? Went for a stroll down by Seven Seas Lagoon and got attacked by a gator?
I hear those football players can be pretty strong.
Still reaching? Oh, well...
but it's basically what this whole report is going to be about, and if I'm going to relive it in words, I'm going to sell it in a way that hopefully let's me enjoy writing about it.
I'm good with that. If you're selling, I'm buying.
TR that is. I'm not interested in any bridges or vertical swampland.
So, "Coronado Springs Eternal" will remain in limbo and we are going to just jump right into the latest fiasco.
Not quite sure what you meant there. Are you saying CSE is done? Or you'll do this trip and maybe finish the CSE one later?
I'm not going to drag this out long at all, I think this entire report will be completed in about 7 chapters, that's it.
And yet... I think I said the same thing. Course I didn't die in the middle of mine, so...
Yes, I changed the working title again to what I thought was more fitting, melodramatic or not? Well, I guess you had to be there.
You don't have to say the next bit, I'm way ahead of you...
And thanks to Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle for using a variation of there great title and excellent book, "Lucifer's Hammer".
Told you, you didn't have to say it. Oh, there's other people here? Some of whom are
not (gasp) Larry Niven fans?
Funny thing was, I found the book two weeks ago in my nightstand and brought it with,,, read it every day so anybody familiar with it might catch some references from time to time that I use that seem fitting to me.
Ah Ha! You either fell on a Sundae or a Tuesdae!
Still reaching. Maybe I'll stop now.
Probably not.
And i can't remember who it was that posted it, but basically said something in the line of, "Yeah Nebo, I don't blame you, but I wouldn't count on it if I were you, that's just not the way you roll!"
I think we
all said it.
Note to self: Do not be anywhere
near Nebo on Hot Fudge Sundae which falls on a Tuesdae.
Let's see,,,, I have not even begun to read what you have all po0sted since we were gone, so it's going to take me a bit to catch up, and call outs and "poster recognition" will be limited I'm afraid, so please don't feel slighted,
Nah. Don't worry about it.
I can most definately promise you that I can't wait to read what you have all posted, like I always do, and hope you will all continue to make me happy in that way.
Prepare for disappointment. Who do you think we are? You?
jk! jk!
(Phew! Almost got lynched there.)
Oh, and don't worry, I'm not going to make this a maudlin, "Woe is me" trip report,
Honestly, I'd be shocked if you did.
I'll find some laughs even if I have to do the "Who's on first " routine with Ponzi,
Nebo's on second, Smidgy's the... hmmm... maybe the umpire? I don't know...
Third base!
or sit down with Thumper man and re write new words to a fitting for this trip, song, "They're Coming to Take Me Away! Ha Ha".
Always hated that song. But I'll play along if Bunny boy's willing.
What else can I tell you right now?
Social Security, full name, bank account, credit card numbers.
You know. Just in case.
Well,,no, I didn't get to really spend much time with Jackson, my grandson, or even Todd, my son and his wife Kim, at all. Heck, Diane too, I guess for that matter.
Kidding aside. That really sucks. We all know how much you were looking forward to that.
We never got along so well before in our lives!
Well absence makes the fart grow louder.
... heart grow fonder...
typo.
I just told them to stick to the original schedule, don't worry about me, I'll be fine, nothing they can do for me anyway, and to be honest, I can't say for sure how much I was going to really want to keep answering " How you feeling" questions all day when I feel like a Ford Pinto that's been rear-ended.
That
so sounds like what I would do. I don't know, of course, what happened, but... "Go! Have fun! I'll be fine! No, I don't need my pillow fluffed! Now scram!... Are they gone? Phew."
I am also pretty short on pictures, video too,
That one of them new fangled cameras that makes you look smaller and good looking?
I still have room for 3786 pictures on this memory card, so, who's gonna be first to come over and have their picture taken?
Is that an invite?
You may not be there yet... but orangecats2 had an interesting idea...
Laura, Mr. Ponzi, and my good buddy, what's her name, I'll get to your reports "All in good time, my dear" Ponzi, your about finished right?
Goodbye, cruel world!!!
Well,, I didn't quite mean it the way it came out.
Oh, you meant the TR. All done. It's on the scrap heap now.
By the way, we did get to meet Monica and the Mony Mony family, all twelve of them including her husband Tim
and he was cool dude, too bad he lives so far away, we could find new ways to get in trouble together, I'm sure.
I'll get more into the meeting later on.
Ah! Well I'm glad you managed to get a DISmeet in. I had one too last weekend.
I glanced over and I'm not sure. She's red in the face, there's a sound of teeth grinding coming from her and I see steam coming out of her ears.
Not sure.
but can't wait to read all the incredibly clever comments you have said in my staid.
Oh, shoot! You wanted clever? Just skip my posts then.
as Smidgy is want to say,,,,,
toodles
Ha! She and I would get along just fine. I've been known to utter "toodles from poodles" on occasion.
Just don't tell anyone, I'll never live it down.
All kidding aside though, we're glad you're home safe and sound. We'll be around for awhile to listen then we'll be off to California for a week. We have a pre-trip report going on. Stop on by. We need your witty charm to make it successful. Well yours and everyone else's as well. The main reason for writing this was because you're the one that asked for it. Link is mine and Lady H's signature. Posted somewhere in Ponzi's report to.
On the bright side, it looks like you're ambulatory. 
(RIP Arnold Horshack) My RigLee prediction might be the actual winner! 
for a speedy recover, from whatever horrible had the audacity to befall you...Seriously, I was so looking forward to hearing how much fun you had -- well, obviously not as much as you were looking forward to having it! But nevertheless, glad to see you are able to post, and you can have all the sympathy and empathy I have left over from Ponzi's TR. 
