Letter to Erin 20160423

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

Hi Beautiful!  I'm writing this letter later than usual.  I had a late dinner, then I went to join the congregation for the night prayer. then as I was getting settled to write this letter, the cats chased a mouse into my bedroom and it hid behind my very heavy chest of drawers.  At first I tried to get it out with a long flat piece of metal.  I got to squeak a few times, but it didn't budge.  So I resorted to brute force and slammed the chest of drawers into the wall, then moved it outwards and found the mouse as flat as a pancake in the corner.  I guess death was instantaneous.

Now that I'm soaked in sweat, how are you my love?  My beloved wife inshaAllah?  Are you feeling absolutely great?  Since you're traveling around, I believe it's safe to assume that mashaAllah, people know that you're my girl.  I guess it wouldn't be so bad in London and if your bosses could afford an armed guard it would be OK, but if you're in the Middle East then I don't want you to go wandering around.  But please do try to have fun when you visit the Land of Make Believe.  Please keep safe, because I love you and I need you.  I haven't been in England since I was a small kid, but I do remember more now.  For some reason I remember my street address (114 Ifield Road, London SW10), I remember fireworks on Guy Fawkes day, I remember having an Irish friend named Rifle.  Yeah.  I remember making toy guns with Lego bricks.  I remember Black Jacks and Rowntree's Fruit Gums.  I remember going to Manchester and finding an Airfix shop.  I remember shopping in London with my Mom, then getting lost and miraculously finding my mother again.  I guess kids can remember a lot of things.

Yes ma'am, I won't let them in inshaAllah.  But did you want me to wear a muscle tee?  I thought you hated muscle tees.  My Dad bought me some clams this morning.  This type was "Snails of a Thousand Brains".  He said that they were bottom of the barrel, but there were still some good ones in there.  With clams, I always separate the meat from the broth immediately.  I used the meat to stuff won tons for dinner.  I didn't get much broth though.  Maybe I'll use that for my omelet tomorrow.  For lunch I had a block of tofu with my Mom's beef soup.  Hungry?