User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-25808351-20160817210914/@comment-28358106-20160817221800

Me: (laughing) "Now that is completely unfair!  If you get to ask that then I get to ask Samia the same thing!"

Lucida: "Ha ha, Papa!  You keep quiet for this one!" she pushes my nose with her finger and I push it away, smiling.

Regina: "Hmmmm...let me think." She exaggerates a thinking pose, her finger on her chin. The kids laugh. "Maybe the most embarrassing thing he does, aside from drinking too much, as you saw..."

Me: "Hey, that wasn't nearly too much!"

Regina: "As far as embarrassment goes, he has the habit of breaking out into dance when we're in the middle of town.  He's an excellent dancer, mind, but he simply bursts into dances at the strangest times!" She laughs with the back of her hand over her mouth. "I know he does it to make us laugh, but it's so unexpected, and he doesn't care who's watching."

Aegis: "Thing is, he's really good.  He and Mom dance together all the time.  But in the middle of town?" She makes a face.

Me: "Hey, I only do it when I'm in a good mood.  How often is that?"

Regina: "Annoying things, well, that list is not a short one.  He leaves his overcoat wherever he feels like it, he leaves doors open, he forgets to shut the gate and the Glen Rams get out, he eats too quickly..."

Me: (in mock anger) "Hey, hey, hey!  His question was meant to have an answer in singular form!"

Regina: "...And he tends to be...exuberant in his public displays of affection."

Me: "Oh, for the love of...how many times do I have to explain myself.  I tripped!  End of story!  What, would you rather that I become a stoic, silent type?"

Regina: (eyeing me, smiling) "You do tend to...lose your balance in public quite a bit, darling.  Perhaps you should have your inner ear checked."

Me: "I checked it.  I do have a problem.  I may need to grab ahold of close by objects to keep my balance at all times."