A Visit from Uncle Joe

November 18, 2008 at 1:13 AM

My brother just left from his weekend visit. He started to think about visiting because he got school fundraiser postcards from my daughters. Before he called, he googled my husband's last name (which is different than mine), came across V.com and called after he saw his nieces' picture on my blog. He saw them sing for a church event at their school and got to eat pancakes at said event while I earned volunteer hours playing background music. He got them lots of little presents (that only uncles without children can buy because parents would say no). They had loads of fun with their Uncle Joe (Joe the electrical engineer, not that Joe the Plumber guy). Now I get to to de-hyperize them (thanks, bro.) His very nice girlfriend came along and we all got along great. I am also finally getting over being sick. I am still coughing a little, but the big blowout coughing attacks seem to be over. I guess it's not a good plan to skip out on the asthma meds. We have all of next week off, so I'll finally have a chance to catch up on some rest. That is good, because December is (as it should be) a busy month. Maybe I'll try out that free set of Warchals during the holiday gigging season.

From Tom Holzman
Posted via 167.176.6.8 on November 18, 2008 at 10:12 PM

To people of my generation "Uncle Joe" has other connotations. Stalin was commonly referred to by that moniker. Your "Uncle Joe" sounds very different.

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