Jake and Sheila

On Tuesday we spent the day with Jake and Sheila. They are the parents of Christian and Christian is the significant other of our daughter Jennifer.

Ireally hate that phrase significant other, or even worse, the vernacular SO. I can’t pronounce it sew. I can’t pronounce it sow. The Swedes have a much better word: sambo. It has the same meaning as SO. Sambo translates to live in. It is an excellent word. However, due to American cultural differences, the last thing in the world that we can do is to run around calling people sambos.

Jake and Sheila are Mainers. They live near Portland now, and they know the area from the point of view of sailors. The four of us sailed north in Casco Bay past Falmouth. Those waters were as familiar to Jake and Sheila as Lake Champlain is to us. The winds were very light but we had a good time.

In the evening Jake and Sheila gave us a little tour of the area by car, and then treated us to dinner. Thank you Jake and Shelia; we had a great day.