It's been a while, but as I mentioned before - I'd drop in to post every once in a while. I also mentioned that, most likely those drop-ins would be for special occasions.I can't speak for the entire family, but for those I can - it's been an incredibly rough time of late.
As for me, Tuesday (as many are) was a real hard day. I went to Rotary, and over & over I found myself turning and looking to see Dad. As Dina & I talked that evening, I found that I'm not the only one that looks for him from time-to-time.
A chance to see his smile, hear his laughter or feel his touch. No matter how hard I try, however, it's clear that this is not a dream we're waking up from.
So, what's the 'special occasion' that sparked today's post you ask?
Could it be that Tuesday was 20 weeks since Dad started dancing in heaven? Nope!
Can't be Halloween... er, I mean Harvest Festival? Or Thanksgiving? Christmas or New Years? No, they've all passed already. And it wasn't our wedding anniversaries, MLK Day, Valentine's Day or President's Day either.
We made it (sort of) through all of those! So, what's so special that I felt I had to dump my thoughts onto the pages of the blog?
It was the television! Yes, the TV.
As many of you may know, Dad loved crime dramas and the like. Whether a book, the big screen or on TV... he thoroughly enjoyed them.
CSI & NCIS were a couple of his favorites. I too, am a big fan of crime dramas and, like Dad... I rarely miss an episode of NCIS (or the Unit immediately following). If we did miss one, someone would tape it.
Having had such a hard day... needing to kind of veg' a little, I was bummed when I saw that both NCIS and the Unit were slated to be re-runs. I sat down to watch anyway, and was pleasingly surprised to find I'd never seen this episode of NCIS.
How did miss it? No matter... I was just glad it was new. The Unit began and believe it or not... it was new too. Okay, now something must be going on. Maybe the TV Guide was wrong.
I went online to check again. Both re-runs. So I went to check and see what date they'd originally aired, so I could figure out what I was doing that had caused me to miss them both.
Okay, okay... I keep on rambling (there's a shock), but still haven't mentioned why any of this helped push me over the preverbial edge?
It turns out the re-runs of both shows had originally been on the same night... and I hadn't watched or taped either one when they first aired.
NCIS - Dead and Unburied First Aired: Tues., Oct. 17th, 2006
The Unit - Force Majeure First Aired: Tues., Oct. 17th, 2006
Go figure! No wonder I missed 'em. Dad missed them too. Don't worry Dad... I'll save the tape!
We miss you, Dad!
I Love you Pop!
Pedro:)