BOB WILLIS
I HAVE A FRIEND NAMED, BOB.
BOB IS 89 AND HE FINALLY DECIDED THAT IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO CONTINUE TO TRY AND GET TO AQUAFIT ( WHICH IS WHERE WE MET) . FIGHTING WITH THE SNOW, TRAVERSING THE ICY PARKING LOT AT THE POOL , AND EVEN THE CLASS AND THE GETTING DRESSED AT THE END WERE A TRIAL ( I KNOW THIS TOO) . AND ALSO BOB DECIDED HE IS DONE WITH DRIVING.
SO EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE I ( OR WE) PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO HIS FAVOURITE RESTAURANT : RICKI’S.
HE AND HIS WIFE ( HIS BELOVED TERRY WHO PASSED ON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO) USED TO GO THERE EVERY WEEK . THERE ARE NO STAIRS TO ENTER AND THE STAFF ARE SO NICE. BOB BRINGS THIS OUT IN PEOPLE.
BOB MAKES A POINT OF LEARNING EVERYONE’S NAME AND HE DOESN’T FORGET IT ONCE HE LEARNS IT. HE IS KIND AND HAS A VERY LARGE FAMILY WHO CHECK IN ON HIM REGULARLY . ( WHAT GOES AROUND…..)
WHEN HE GOES TO RICKI’S HE ALWAYS SITS IN THE SAME BOOTH, THE SAME SPOT, AND ORDERS BREAKFAST WITH WHATEVER FRIEND HE HAS JOINING HIM THAT DAY.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO MAKE UP A NAMEPLATE THAT SAYS,”BOB’S BOOTH” , AND INVITE SOME OF HIS AND MY FAVOURITE POOL FRIENDS TO WITNESS THIS HISTORIC OCCASION … HA HA.
AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING.(TERRY CREATED A FUN CERTIFICATE COMMEMORATING THE DAY AND HAD THE NAMEPLATE ORDERED FOR ME) . WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND MARIO, THE MANAGER, AND ROWENA, OUR SERVER, MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT FOR US. BOB WAS TICKLED AND I AM SO GLAD. HE IS WONDERFUL !
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