Pater: We're doing berry good, thanks for asking
Posted by Pater , Sunday, July 31, 2016 1:05 PM
"How are you coping with a recovering Mater, a new baby, three other Avocado Juniors under the age of 7, and the Dreaded Sunday?" You'd think Pater would be asked this more often, but his experience to date has consisted of some form of, "How's Mater doing?"
Are people scared that if they draw attention to Pater's superhero skills in single handedly juggling so many energy-packed, fun-demanding, attention-seeking Avocado Juniors, that he might get big headed or even ask for a bonus at the end of the year? Has Mater instructed everyone to avoid asking any questions whose answers might draw attention away from the trials and tribulations of her child birth and post partum recovery? Did Mater's girlfriends, who so kindly organised our meals for the first two weeks after AJ4 was born, also send out a sisterhood mass email instructing all and sundry against asking deep and philosophical questions such as, "How are you, Pater?", for fear that the answer might set a concern-about-Pater-precedent that their husbands would learn from?
Well to answer those unasked questions, Pater is doing fine. In fact he would go as far as to say, he's doing good. Berry, good - thanks to Farmer Whittamore. Where else can a Pater take his 3 rambunctious Avocado Juniors to use up energy while doing manual labour and all under the pretense of "fun"? And despite the un-fenced area allowing AJ3 free reign to theoretically run amok and causing Pater never ending anxiety that he would do just that, fun was had by all (whether picking, eating or just throwing straw)...