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Adam Blake - 76. Chapter 76
“Adam, your mom and I are going to Steve’s cabin for a few weeks. He has been asking us down, and we usually spend two weeks with him and Alma.”
“Ok, have a nice time and bring back some lobsters for me.”
The weekend was over, Johnny was going to ride back with me. We did do a run Monday morning, my usual. Mom had one of her breakfast burritos, which we ate on the way. Johnny had a thermos of orange juice and I had coffee.
“Sir, what are these called?”
“They are called breakfast burritos, they have scrambled egg, cheese, and turkey bacon. Some people use real bacon but I like turkey bacon better.”
“Can we have these for breakfast sometimes?”
“Sure, remind me to talk to Marcel when we get to school. I think my mom packed another one, rolled in aluminum foil to keep warm.”
He looked and smiled. “This one tastes different.”
“That is a Mexican burrito, besides egg and cheese it has black beans, a little spicy right.”
“Yes, but it's good also”
“Which do you prefer?”
“Can we have both?”
“Sure, you know they make sandwiches also with the tortilla shells. They are good in place of bread. Maybe we can try those one night for supper.”
“Sir, I enjoyed this weekend. I know the others will enjoy it as well.”
“Johnny, I’ll try my best to see that everyone has an opportunity and you'll have another visit as well. But I promise not to wake you like I did Saturday morning”
“Thank you, sir, I enjoyed my weekend.”
Arriving at the Academy, “No, Johnny thank you. You need to hurry for breakfast.” He started off and then stop and realize what I said, he laughed and headed into the building.
I parked the car, entered the building, and on a hunch, I went to check out the pool. The lights were on, The basketball floor was polished, the pool was being cleaned. The locker room fans were on and one of the shower areas was very clean. Someone has been busy.
“James, what is on the docket this week.”
“The furniture you ordered for the Study room will be delivered either Friday or Saturday. The internet is connected to the satellite, the walls in Arlenes’ office are coming down, you have a meeting with Angelo, Abel has a few sign designs for the study, and your office cubicles are being made off-site, Seth is due here at one.
“I hope you can keep track of that and keep me on schedule. Add to it, I need to meet with Marcel and Johnny. We need to notify the winners of the auction and offer additional bottles, as we had agreed. I need you to find the cost of renting busses and where there is a scout park big enough for the boys, also do they have accommodations.”
“You also have mail to answer and letters to write. This letter you should open in your office behind closed doors. It was delivered by carrier.”
Now what, no sooner do I get organize than something pops up that displaces all my plans. “Here is a coffee, you might need it.”
I open the letter, noting the seal. Dear Sir, I’m writing this letter on the behalf of my son. He has asked me to inform you that he’d like to bestow upon you the title of SIR. I am pleased with this and if it meets with your approval, please respond as to the appropriate time. Respectively
“James, can you read this name?”
“No, but when would you like this done sir?”
“I’m not sure and in fact, I’m not sure an American citizen can accept a title.”
James walked away, but not before I saw the smile on his face.
I began on answering mail, composing letters to parents. “James, is there a place where I can get photos from my camera. I have a digital camera and would like to include some photos in the letters.”
“Yes, there is a place in town, give me your camera and I’ll take care of it at lunchtime.”
“Take care of it after Dinner”
Writing letters is not that complicate, I know that the addresses are not necessarily the correct address. Most of these addresses are dropbox addresses. I did include that we have uncovered an area for swimming and playing indoor sports. I indicated that all sports will be under the direction of our Athletic Coach and will require a medical check by our resident doctor. I included a permission slip to be returned as soon as possible.
By the time dinner arrived, I had completed 75 percent of my correspondence. The rest I would finish before supper. I walked into the “Dining Hall”, I like that sign. Today’s fare was beef stew served in a pie shell. It looked good and with a salad would be a good balanced Dinner. Johnny held court as he told about me waking them at 4:30 and making them run, the boys would look at me when he mentioned fishing. Yes, I’d be taking more boys home with me.
When I return to my office I included a permission slip allowing me to take the boys to the cabin for a weekend. Somehow between Johnny and James, I started to get phone calls. I took my time to explain that I had a 4 bedroom cabin on a lake, yes my fiancee is a medical doctor and also lives on the lake. The cabin is remote and there is a security system on the cabin but not the property. Will anyone else be there? Yes, my mother and father and best friend frequently stay there. Would it be ok if we provide security? Yes, it would be ok if you wish to have your security personnel there. However, they must not be overt. Yes, they can stay at the cabin. What I mean by overt, no visible guns and they must not be in uniform.
I wasn’t sure what was going to happen. There was a lot of buzz at the tables over the next few days.
Seth had worked a plan with raised boards that would permit the horses to roll downhill, They would roll in opposite directions, crossing over about midway. I thought that would work and gave the go-ahead. He reviewed the booths, things like kettle corn, candy apples, and spun sugar, There were a few food booths, hot dogs on a stick, pretzels, I had to think about funnel cakes.
"Seth, how about shrimp barbies?"
"Yes, we could do that and barbecued ribs."
"Only if they are beef or lamb, no pork. I expected our kitchen staff to have a booth as well and the food will be more attractive to our people. ”
Food settled, for entertainment besides the jousting, magicians, jugglers, and crafts, like basket weaving. I wanted a lot of pictures. Seth left with a good idea of what I wanted. I need to tell Angelo, I wanted his art department to showcase their art and to put a reasonable price on it for the benefit of the artist. I asked the musician to prepare some music to play, and on the last day, fireworks. I put James on getting the permits and lining up the fire department to set them off.
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