How come I don’t have a wife who looks at me that way? And where
do you get one? Amazon.com? Ebay?
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Greg, Bonnie and Dan Downing

Diane and Greg

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Matthew wasn’t as excited about the mountain climb as I , so, in an attempt to rally support, I called Robby’s dad to see if he was okay with my taking his son up Monadnock in the snow. “As long as you get Robby to wear warm clothes.” I emailed Karen, Chris’s mom, and she wrote back that Chris needed to study for mid-terms which begin
Thursday, and had to work at 4:30 that afternoon. I then called Robby, it was about 9:30 AM, and I assumed his cell would forward to an answering service. Instead, Robby answered and I could hear a voice in the background.

“Robby, it’s Mike, where are you?”

“In English class, with Matt. Hey Matt it’s your dad.”

“Do you want to climb Monadnock tomorrow? if school is canceled.”

“Ahhh, maybe.”

“Well, think about it.”

I didn’t want to push the point or talk too long. Not after I realized that the voice in the background was his English teacher’s.

But all of that is moot. No snow. Not one flake. In defense of our meteorologists, this is the first really blown forecast in a while.