A Meetup with @Enginewitty

      Has anyone else ever attended a party that resulted with a sweet welcome to a family?

      Thanks to @Snook, everyone on Steemit was given an invitation to hang out and celebrate the New Year in the Alliance Discord. Beverage in hand, I dropped by and was treated to hours of conversation and laughs! During the night, I had my first conversation with @Enginewitty, a funny as all get out guy who is not only one of my Steemit Witnesses (#wizardsthatdothingswithtechnicalstuff) but also the head of the Alliance family. He picked up on my comment that I'm in New York and said he'd be passing through here on a trip that coming weekend. I offered him a place to stay should he need it and bam! we planned on meeting. 😁

As I didn't take many pics, here's a Lego representation of our meetup!

      Can I just say, Poor Witty! His long drive was extended by a couple of hours due to some nasty fog. Exhausted, he called ahead to see if he could crash at my place (as was offered to him) but this squirrel made the mistake of getting comfortable with a book on the couch. (Yup. I slept through the phone call.😢) Now, most tired people would be miffed enough to let at least a bit of their frustration seep through when someone called them back nearly an hour later to apologize for missing a call. Not this guy! He was still nice as peach pie and told me that everything was okay and he'd found a wonderful person who let him bunk down in a room for some rest at no charge! (That person, FYI, is going to be getting one hell of a thank you baked goodie basket from this squirrel. 🤗)

      After getting some much needed z's and dropping off his son, Enginewitty was still cool enough to eschew booking it for home and swung on over to my place. I opened my door and was greeted with his great smile and a good firm hug! Thankfully, the main area of the house had been blessed by a pickup and vacuum by then so he wasn't tripping over everyone's shoes on the way in.

Example of how I clean via Giphy.

      Again, the first thing that I had to do was disappoint him. See, I'd promised peanut butter and jelly and that morning had realized that the only thing I left after baking was cherry preserves. So, hungry as all get out from having skipped lunch, he was still patient and sweet as he snacked on some cookies (praising me left, right and center for them) and was beset by my eager black lab, Shadow. Finally though, the pizza biscuits finished baking and he could eat! We jabber jawed a bit and then went on a stroll around my neighborhood so that he could snag a few pics of a tool barn by my community garden for @Kittygirl (who can have this photo if she'd like). Then we took a drive out to see more barns for Kitty and along the way, he surprised me by telling me that I was now part of the Alliance family! (Luckily, I'm a decent driver and didn't wreck us when he said that. 😂) I was, and still am, honored to be welcomed in with the people that he cares so deeply for. Thank you, Enginewitty, for that. 💜💜

A pic of the garden tool barn during the spring.

      On top of having the chance to get to know Witty a little bit better, he gave me a gift that I'm not sure he realizes. We can become accustomed to the beauty that surrounds our homes. Special things like the mural on the barn, the little free library and the pagoda painted on a barn that we visited near my childhood home can be taken for granted. Having the chance to show them to a person who is seeing these for the first time and being able to witness their genuine appreciation, reminded me how unique and wonderful these are. Thank you as well, Witty, for seeing things the way that you do. 🤗

The community garden in early summer.

      I kept offering for him to have some rest when we returned to my house, as he had said that he wanted to push off soon and head home. But, you know what he did? Instead of taking the opportunity to chill and relax, he went online to show me how to play Steemmonsters! Not only that, but he went and floored me again and generously gifted me a few cards so that I'd be able to play! Holy Freakin' Wow! I still can't say thank you enough (sorry if you're tired of hearing it Enginewitty 😉 ). He was given some deep hugs for his sweetness (plus all the baked stuff that I could find containers for)!

FYI, nice timing with the trip. A week later and there'd be snow to contend with!

      Thank you, Enginewitty! Not just for the tasty moose munch or sweet chex mix or whatever it's called that you shared with me, not just for the warm welcome, SteemMonsters gift of cards and lessons but for also being easy to talk with and patient with people who are awkward when first meeting someone. 🤗

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