Letter to Erin 20150531

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hello, my beautiful Erin.  How are you feeling today, my beloved?  You must be experiencing the heights of being Mrs. Global.  It's all very formal, isn't it?  It could also be quite serious.  Well, marriage is a serious business.  You are MY girl, and I love you very much.  And I need you.

I know it's a bit to early to start cooking for Ramadan, but somehow I got the urge this morning to prepare quick meals and store them in the freezer.  So I had planned to make sausage and chili.  I went to the grocery store to buy the fixings, but when I got home I discovered I had bought peas instead of baked beans.  What the hell am I going to do with 2 cans of peas?  I read the list of ingredients: peas, salt, sugar, water, preservatives.  Hmm.  I had to go back for the beans, so I also bought a sack of potatoes.  Thus I made a mix of potatoes, garlic, onions, ground beef and peas, seasoned with salt, pepper, and coriander seeds.  The cats were going crazy.  When I opened the cans of peas, they went completely bonkers.  I told them, "I have never fed you cat food from a can, there's no reason to get excited!" and "It's only peas!"  Want some?  I got extra in my freezer.