The Beer Traveller

First off let me say that I greatly appreciate anyone putting me up for a night & this is no way a complaint.  But I do have an obligation to my 3 fans to provide them with some entertaining blog babble.
I had just seen Bob @ Geekapolooza, but Amy was unable to make it.  Crashing at their place also allowed me to see their 2nd child who I had never seen.  Amy & I caught up on the latest…beer drinking & baby making, while Bob did his thing.  It’s funny to see how both time & kids can change people so dramatically.  Amy & Bob are probably in the best shape of their lives, but turn into gram & gramps at about 8 PM.  They treated me to dinner & a few Molsen Canadians while I attempted to catch up on my internet duties.  After the kiddies were put down (not in the John Conner way of ‘putting down’) I joined the two for an evening of boob tube & reminiscing.  Bob is now into his bourbon phase & I figured it was about time for me to switch it up for a night.  It was soon time for Bob to hit the sack & Amy was fading fast after popping her sleep aid.
I finished up Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man; I thought I remembered that movie being good.  Than it was time for me to make my way upstairs.  As I ascended, I heard an evil static & figured someone may have left a TV on.  Than it became clear that there was a little box in the bathroom making this noise & this appeared to be on purpose.  I let the machine do it’s thing while I finished my nightly routine & than figured who ever needed this awful noise must be asleep by now.  Off.  There was more noise coming from one of the other bedrooms, but I had alleviated the worse of it.  About 20 minutes later I heard the oldest of the young-ins crying.  Than the voice of super Dad asking “what’s wrong with you?  why are you crying?”  Five minutes later my previous achievement was reverted back to its original setting of ON, volume 10.  There was a switch-up though; now instead of bad TV static, it had been switched to the haunting heart beat…thump…thump…thump!  At this point in my travels, I’ve learned to sleep through just about anything, but these were not the sounds of the Great Outdoors that I was used to.  Thank goodness for Beer & Bourbon!
The next morning I joked w/ Amy about it & she informed me they have 4 of these glorious machines.  Bob was already gone & Amy fixed me a fabulous snack pack for my travels.  A bye to the beautiful young-ins & I was off to my next destination.  Thanks again Bob & Amy.