Hello, and welcome! Sounds like you are kinda in the prime of life, my friend. Grandkid you like to spoil. Son you are still finding ways to connect with. A wife and home that seem to make you happy. Work that keeps you busy. And volunteering with kids. You have earned yourself an easy chair, with a drink holder, a good view of the TV, and authority over the remote control, I think! :-)
Oh how I wish! No one in my house thinks that I should have control of the remote. My wife will grudgingly watch no more than 1 rugby game in a month, unless it is the World Cup. Sci-fi and action movies are 'too gruesome' to watch with 'family'. So, I get to watch sappy Hallmark movies instead! (Did you know they are doing Christmas in July all month? I have now seen over a dozen Christmas movies!) But, yes. When I stop myself from grumbling about all the little annoyances, I have a good life. Goobster, your post from last week helped me to remember that. Thank you!You have earned yourself an easy chair, with a drink holder, a good view of the TV, and authority over the remote control, I think!
Maybe you can start watching Queer Eye. Every episode is a tear-jerker triumph of humanity. It's sweet in all the right ways, and... I just can't get upset at people helping others improve. (And hey... the Rugby World Cup 7s tournament starts tomorrow in SF! Looks like they are going to stream the games via their web site - both men's and women's teams! - so you can watch on a laptop while the wife watches her Hallmark movies on the tv!)