Grandpa Has a Brand New Ride
Grandpa Jim had a pretty funny strip with his scooter today, but it did not get people going in the commentaries or on April’s Real Blog, where we continued with the Anthony storyline for the most part. I tried to throw in a few scooter-related posts. The family life was a little busy today, so there was not too much time for posting. I was quite pleased to see the number of comments to April’s Real Blog in the double digits, despite my lack of participation.
In tomorrow’s strip, Liz gets a little comeuppance as far as her anticipated plans of spending summer time with April goes. Liz has been a little odd about this whole thing. It appears as if she had all these plans to spend time with her family, but then decided not to do that until she got a new car. If Elly realized this and played the banker role on the car loan, just to call Liz on this point, then bravo Elly! qnjones rightly pointed out that Liz should have been aware of April’s August travel plans, in her Liz post. They were together at the picnic after all. It was in the monthly letters. The fact that Liz did not know it shows once again how good this girl is at isolating herself. I think she would feel as though she missed her family even if she lived next door, with Connie Poirier.
April’s return to Manitoba will be very interesting to me. Back last year, I predicted that the whole way John and Elly can move into the retirement home, and sell the big house to Mike and Dee, is if April is not there and living in Manitoba with Aunt Bev. Lynn loves laying the ground work for things way in advance, and if my prediction is correct, then we should see a little of that during this visit. It would also make Gerald’s nasty comment about the special needs kids last year make sense, i.e. if the relationship with Gerald gets worse during this coming school year, then it will be much easier for April to make the move. So, I have been waiting for April to go back to Manitoba to see if my prediction is correct. Bring on next week!
In tomorrow’s strip, Liz gets a little comeuppance as far as her anticipated plans of spending summer time with April goes. Liz has been a little odd about this whole thing. It appears as if she had all these plans to spend time with her family, but then decided not to do that until she got a new car. If Elly realized this and played the banker role on the car loan, just to call Liz on this point, then bravo Elly! qnjones rightly pointed out that Liz should have been aware of April’s August travel plans, in her Liz post. They were together at the picnic after all. It was in the monthly letters. The fact that Liz did not know it shows once again how good this girl is at isolating herself. I think she would feel as though she missed her family even if she lived next door, with Connie Poirier.
April’s return to Manitoba will be very interesting to me. Back last year, I predicted that the whole way John and Elly can move into the retirement home, and sell the big house to Mike and Dee, is if April is not there and living in Manitoba with Aunt Bev. Lynn loves laying the ground work for things way in advance, and if my prediction is correct, then we should see a little of that during this visit. It would also make Gerald’s nasty comment about the special needs kids last year make sense, i.e. if the relationship with Gerald gets worse during this coming school year, then it will be much easier for April to make the move. So, I have been waiting for April to go back to Manitoba to see if my prediction is correct. Bring on next week!
posted by howard at 11:13 PM
4 Comments:
I don't feel bad that posters weren't particularly interesting in doing scooter snark--we had Anthony stuff to continue! :)
About April moving in with the Cruikshanks--frankly, I'd be very surprised if this happened. As much as Elly and John tend to forget about April's existence, when they do remember, I think they at least want to keep up the appearance of raising their own kid until she's ready for university or college. But as you say, we'll have to see what happens.
I am trying to fathom why April is going back to the farm, if there is not reason for it. I see this summer setting the groundwork and then next summer getting the official invitation to do it. As far as Elly and John go, if the strip actually ends as predicted in September, then we will hardly see anything except April moving to Manitoba just as Elly and John move to their retirement house just as Mike and Dee move into the old house, just as Liz marries Anthony and moves into his house.
I know the retirement house is probably big enough for April to camp out on the front lawn until high school is done, but the trip back to Manitoba has to have a purpose behind it, other than giving the strip the opportunity to check in with the Manitoba characters.
Eh, for all we know, the farm experience could be for April to realize she doesn't have the stomach for vet school after all--something John sort of hinted at in one of his letters. The idea, as I recall, was that a sensitive person who loves animals might not be able to bear having to perform procedures on them, or even witnessing others doing so.
But I agree there is going to be some reason for the return to the farm. (And if April really does have to lose a friend, maybe Gerald is on the chopping block.)
I forgot about the John comment. You may be right about that. John's letters have been quite prescient lately.
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