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"Paternal Pride"
11/26/2001
As I sit here at my desk listening to Beethoven and wondering what to put in this update, my eyes drift upwards to the shelf that holds several pictures of the Clanlad. I am constantly amazed that he is mine. What's more incredible is that he knows it and is proud of it! Let me tell you what I mean: All week long, the Clanlad has been asking when we could start building his Pinewood Derby racecar. I told him we could as soon as I got it cut to the proper shape. (He finally decided, with a little help from me, that we'd make his racer look like a pirate ship. Hey, we should get points for originality if nothing else!)
I took the car "blank" with me this past weekend to North Carolina. On Saturday, Celly and I went to her sister and brother-in-law's house for lunch and so that I could play with their power tools. We had a lovely meal of Thanksgiving Day leftovers, then us menfolk meandered out into the garage to shape wood. We marked the basic ship's design, then cut it with a jigsaw and chiseled away the excess wood. It's no Spanish galleon, but hopefully with some sanding and paint it will eventually resemble a sea-going craft.
Anyway, when I got home Sunday evening, the first thing the Clanlad asks about is his race car. I tell him that yes, I did get it cut and no, we aren't going to work on at the moment. He dutifully inspected the block of wood, turning it this way and that in his little hands, and pronounced it suitable. Then he ran upstairs and I could hear him excitedly explaining to his grandmother how his daddy had cut the wood for his racecar and how we were going to work on tomorrow. My mother later told me that all he talked about the whole time I was gone was how "his daddy was going to cut his racecar" and how "his daddy was going to help him build it when he got back".
My heart almost burst with paternal pride.
Now if we can just get the damn thing to make it down the track without flipping over...
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"Now if we can just get the damn thing to make it down the track without flipping over..."
Just pretend it's you on the big slide in a kilt.
~ Ye Whizzre  @ 11:53 p.m. EST on 11/26/2001
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"My heart almost burst with paternal pride."
Damnit GarGar... would you PLEASE warn us when you're going to say things like that?!
I wasnt wearing tear-proof mascara, and now im a complete mess.
*sniffle* you are in SO much trouble, MisterSmartyKilt.
~ Ani @ 5:42 p.m. EST on 11/27/2001
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Now if we can just get the damn thing to make it down the track without flipping over...
Now if you can just FIND the track first ... are you gonna take him through DC on it?
~ sunni @ 7:09 p.m. EST on 11/27/2001
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