My father is flying into Seattle tomorrow to spend a few days with us. Our kids have been counting down the days for the last month or so asking us each day how many more days before Grandma comes to visit.
When my father is in town, I can count on doing the following:
- Fixing at least one thing around the house that I don’t dare tackle on my own.
- Talk about Utah Jazz and University of Utah sports
- Make a trip to Fry’s Electronics
- Go out for Mongolian
We talk a lot of computer and sports. He loves to listen to the sports radio station. Kim is a good sport and puts up with it all. My mother isn’t able to make the trip this time so I’m counting on an increase in sports and computer chatter.
We are going to research and order my dad a new Dell computer. I’ve build his last couple of computers, but the time has come to get him a Dell with new LCD monitor. He’s currently running an Athlon 2400 and older 17-inch CRT. We’ll probably find him a setup similar to Kim’s Core 2 Duo box.
I wish my dad lived closer. We chat a lot over Messenger, but I wish he were around more to go golfing and attend Husky, Sonics, and Mariner games. We are going to a Mariner’s game on Friday night. It will be a lot of fun spending time with dad.
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