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Pater: Never tiring
Posted by Pater , Sunday, December 16, 2012 12:52 AM
"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."
AJ2, thanks to milk and sleep, inflight phone calls and movies, and some weird-kissing pillow thing, it was a joy flying with you (Pater even got through a whole movie which is not something AJ1 has ever allowed Mater or Pater on a flight, short or long haul).
Once on hallowed ground, and a quick taxi ride later, we were at Grandma London's home for the warmest welcome an Avocado Junior could hope for. Over the next week, and when not shopping for Mater's wardrobe or lighting candles for Chanukah, AJ2 crawled, tottered, hugged and tasted his way around Grandma London's, Grandpa London's and Pater's friends' homes to make sure that, indeed, "there is in London all that life can afford":
Furniture that can be used for standing? Check.
Abundance of food and milk? Check.
Bath apparatus? Check.
Loving grandparents? Double Check.
It was only a short visit, but thanks to loving family and friends, London and AJ2 got on like a house on fire. And unlike Pater, who is clearly not an intellectual by Samuel Johnson's measure, having left London for warmer and then colder climes some six years earlier, AJ2 may be back for good one day.
But for now, all that remained was a flight home with milk...
...a quick call to Mater to pick us up from the airport...
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hugs,
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