Sunday, May 22, 2016

Letter to Erin 20160523

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

Hi Erin!  How are you feeling today, my dearest?  I pray that you are feeling great, and having a great time.  I love you Erin, and I need you.  I am still trying to whittle down that pile of debris.  It won't go down!  The pile just won't shrink!  It's been raining every day lately, and the moisture has made the wood rubbery, so I'm having a tough time trying to saw through it.  It's time to cut the grass again.  I can't stand seeing the grass long over at your house inshaAllah.  But I have to get that pile of debris to fit into my fire pit before I move on to something else.

Bob Cat is not dead!  No no, my Bobby Wobby is still alive!  Alhamdulillah.  I don't want to go through the details of this little drama here in this public place, but it sure seems like Bob played a game with all of us.  The nutshell is that he was missing for 4 days, so I thought he was dead.  Then he showed up after voice training today, laughing at me then marking my safety boots.  So I took a photo of him today to show that he's still alive.

My Dad bought me lunch today, so I didn't cook my lunch.  I always skip breakfast because I eat too much, but lunch was rather late today.  It didn't get to me until 20 minutes before voice training.  Which is cool.  It was rice and chicken, with a side of curry, which my Dad got at one of his favorite restaurants in Arau, the royal town about 12km away.  I usually have noodles for lunch, but today I had it for dinner.  I had to use up that fish head, so I made soup with it.  The broth was surprisingly dark but tasty, and I gave the kittens the head as a snack.  Full of vegetables today, from my garden.