I am watching Doc_Martin

It is a BBC series that I got stuck on a number of months ago.

Then it was over and I forgot about it.

Netflix okays another year (2011) and by accident I hit the wrong button and I am back into it again.

Doc Martin is about 6'7” and has the steel gonads of a man who never really admitted to another human being a feeling he ever experienced. Hahahaha

It is so fun to watch him in this small village located in Cornwall, where he never wished to be, having to duck every frickin time he enters a building. Haaahhahahahaha

The show is delightful.

At the end of the 2010 season, Doc Martin was headed for London.

He had 'knocked up' a local—I mean this guy does not even masturbate—and the woman wishes nothing to do with a guy who feels nothing. Or at least he pretends to feel nothing.

Well he returns to the old locality from London as the new season begins and he finds out that he has a baby. A brand new frickin baby a few days old.

And his aunt dies—his only other link to humanity.

The Doc sees the babe and is captivated.

He runs to the local druggist and grabs the naps and the other accouterments to aid the mother in her search for tranquility and ….

Anyway, the idiot who has taken his post as municipal doctor in place of Martin is flailing and failing and...

So he ends up getting a two month sabbatical and stuck dealing with local health problems and then...

How in the fuck do I end up finding this crap endearing?

Because Seany shows up with Ashley and Noela.

And we go to dinner in beautiful downtown Virginia, Minnesota (the old downtown that almost looks like storefronts witnessed in some John Wayne movie with 1/3 of the storefronts closed for good.)

Chinese.

There are two Chinese restaurants and one Vietnamese restaurant within a 6 block radius of me!

Besides these culinary centers we have two delis and probably 7 bars. Hahahahah

Anyway, I had a chance to discuss things with Noela as she sat looking at me in her special carriage during dinner.

Noela.

It's me.

Grampa Day! Ha

Okay

So a priest, a minister and a rabbi walk into a bar and...

All of a sudden the barkeep looks up and inquires:

IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE?

(An old Hitchens ruse; I know, but Hitchens stole the joke anyway!)

BUT SHE LAUGHED! Hahahahhahahah

Of course she was most probably at 3 months simply laughing at the single ugliest personage she has ever seen!

Mama has her baby bag with her and she pulls out a bottle filled with milk taken from Mama's breast.

I do not have any idea which breast.

The idea is that Mama can eat whilst Seany interrupts his meal to feed the little bugger.

Well over the next hour these two kids exchange this baby more times than a quarterback exchanges footballs during a switcheroo along with two fakes.

When Mama figures she cannot feed Seany whilst he feeds the baby she takes Noela and feeds her the rest of the bottle as the baby is held next to her breast. The right one!

This is just delightful to watch.

I am a sucker for this kind of thing.

The couple, who are isolated from all kin who reside up north in these parts, have developed these protocols for dealing with the newbie. Hahahahaha

He had to change jobs due to corporate switcheroos and therefore their residence changed by approximately 30 miles—they are in St. Louis Park now.

But his new apartment (rent reduced due to his corporate position) is down the hall from his new office.

He had to change jobs and relocate just after having their baby. Which is why I had to wait to see my granddaughter until she reached the age of 3 months.

Mama is beautiful but you know what got to me?

My son has these huge hands. He also is extremely muscular having fallen in love with weights decades before. But those hands...

When he picks up Noela you can barely see Noela. Hahahaha

I am not sure why, but this one physical characteristic never got to me before this.

Mama, mama, mama.

You forget.

Babies really say: Mama, mama, mama....

I asked all these questions of the parents while pretending to be less inquisitive.

So this is what I found out.

Mama has never taken her eyes off of Noela since the baby was born with one exception.

Ashley left the babe with her Mama for two hours during a ride while they were up here. Hahahahaha

You forget.

At least I forget so much.

Babies cannot be left alone. Ever. Haahahah

It is quite a task to raise a baby.

In the law we have this 'reasonable man standard'.

There is nothing 'reasonable' with regard to raising babies; especially in their first six months or so.

Anyway, Mama tells me that baby sleeps through the night just fine and Mama gets the rest needed.

During a normal 24 hour period in the Cities, Mama is just down the hall from where Daddy works and all is good!

Just as an aside, both parents are constantly groping the poor child's private parts making sure that a diaper change is not imminent. hahahahaha

I don't know. I was just struck by how the 'team' works together. It is a fun thing to watch.

We need teams to raise our babies for chrissakes!

Oh and Grampa raised his voice to make some point and the baby reacted like she had heard gunshots. Hahahahahaha

I'm sorry, I told her. She relaxed.

Seany had to hear that kind of reaction from me for 18 years straight. Haahhahahahahah

Seany was used to it but I am not sure Mama was.

We finished up and we took a walk around this monumental town.

There is the Library. There, right next to the Library are three attached buildings representing k-12.

We are walking Noela down the spectacular lanes surrounding our monumental downtown areas and she loves it in her stroller.

All whining has stopped. Of course Seany notes that there is some spittle on Noela's strap and dutifully stops to wipe it off.

You are 24; right Ashley?

Well, yes but I will be 25 in a month.

I look at Sean and I note that when she is 37 she will never inform someone that she is about to be 38. hahahahahahahahah

Ashley has finished school and has her BA in teaching.

What a total fantasy this is.

This baby is headed for greatness!

I told Ashley that the one thing Sean worried about more than anything else (before his baby was born) in his life was his car.

So she can be assured that baby will be taken care of.

Oh but when Noela spit up in his car, he appeared to be totally upset.

Hahahahahahahahahh

Yeah, but sometimes our true aims in life seem to conflict with each other.

Hahahahahahahaha

A hermit is sometimes drawn back into humanity.

Anyway, I am caught up once again in this Doc Martin series.

He holds his baby with these giant hands.

And he is unable to flee to other parts once he meets his baby.

GOD I FEEL SENTIMENTAL SOMETIMES!

But I think that sentimentality gives one purpose.

The end