Monday

Hi Honey!  How are you?  How's work today?  Oh, I'm staying busy as usual.  I'm always doing something, so I guess I'm always busy.  I hope you are pacing yourself if you do have lots to do- I find that my emotions are more in control if I work slowly.  Then I find that I have worked at a good pace even though I tried to work slowly... If you're on holiday, then try not to get too stir crazy.  There are always fun things to do.  There are always fun hobbies out there, which can turn into very profitable ways of diversifying, which is what we want out of our careers as we grow older, right?  Nothing much on the menu today.  Ramen for lunch- I love ramen- then I bought fried chicken at the night market for dinner.  I had had a craving for fried chicken lately, and I'm way too lazy to make my own.  Fried chicken generates such a huge mess, I might as well just buy it since everybody else makes fried chicken.  Well, take it easy playing the waiting game.  Have faith, OK?  When God decides things to happen, they happen immediately.  I love you.  You are beautiful.

 

 

 

Green

Hey Erin!  I'm happy to see you so pumped up and excited.  I like how you've been conducting your business, so keep it up!  I'm sure your use of that word has nothing to do with being worshiped, but more to do with the empowerment of women.  Thus it is.  Be the role model that you already are.

Hey Natty!  What fall?  We're only just getting started!  Look Honey, the best we can be is on the edge, so don't worry about illusions of security.  Maybe you're just too idle in your free time.  Could it be that you are a... workaholic?  Did you get a hobby like I told you?  Don't count your fingers, Sweetie: use them.  Besides, I didn't see you fall in that photo- you would have ruined all that beautiful tulle.  So grab my hand and hold on tight, this is Rock and Roll.  I won't let you go inshaAllah.

 

 

 

 

Spaghetti and meatballs

Hi Honey!  How are you today?  I hope you are having tons of fun, and you should be, because you are MY girl.  You are so beautiful.  I would like to grab you and hold you tight.  Oh, nothing much out of the ordinary going on here.  I trimmed the mango tree this evening.  It was full of army ants!  Ouch!  Dinner isn't all that special either, just spaghetti and meatballs.  Actually, it's linguini and meatballs.  I was in the middle of preparing it, when my Mom gave me some curry noodles.  Thanks Mom!  It's not enough food for me though, because I have my appetite back now, so I'll eat the pasta after I finish this letter.  I ate all the ice cream- nearly half a gallon in one sitting!  Oh my God, I had such a craving.  You want some pasta?

 

 

 

Ice cream

Hi Honey!  It's great to see you, always.  And you are looking absolutely mahvelous.  I'm glad to see that you are doing well, so please keep it up and don't forget to pray.  A lot of food came my way today.  Lunch wasn't all that special, just rice and eggs, then while I was in the middle of it, my Dad gave me a big fish.  So I filleted that later, while I was in the middle of it the power went out, so I had to process my big fish in the dark.  I had lots of sashimi for dinner, oh no photos sorry.  Then there was a small repast at the mosque after the night prayer.  Duck.  And after this, I'm having ice cream.  Vanilla and raspberry ripple.  It's the color of your swimsuit.

Hey Natty honey!  Want some ice cream?  It's yummy!

 

 

 

 

Wow

What a great body.  How are you, Honey?  How's work?  Well, I hope you are not overworking.  Oh me, I'm living on the edge as I have been for decades already.  At least I don't have to do a lot of traveling.  It's almost time for the next elections.  They haven't announced the date yet, but it should be soon.  I'm not a politician, I'm just a musician.  I try not to take any sides, or show any open endorsement for any party.  My Boss is Allah.  I'm sure people will know who I endorse when I vote.  One thing is for sure though: the politicians are outnumbered by the people.

Natty, you're so meek!  Well Honey, anyone can get cowed by the hugeness of it all.  Just remember that it's a spiritual game, so please pray and have faith.  I will take care of you.  I will take care of my wives inshaAllah.

 

 

 

Peeling the aloe

Due to the recent leftovers crisis, I'm going to have to implement a martial law "one day window" on all leftovers.  Namely that we use up all leftovers within one day, then we throw it away regardless of how it looks, tastes or smells.  Even though I had to eat garbage for the sake of the music, I am not going to allow my wives and kids to be subjected to that.  Let's keep the food fresh, Honey.  Now with prepared foods, it's a bit trickier.  I will be preparing large portions of certain types of foods like marinara sauce and curry to keep in the freezer, so you can just defrost it then heat it up and feed the kids.  So we're going to have to use our senses to gauge when it's time to throw that stuff away.  But it's clear that you will have to do some cooking to feed your children, because I can't do all the cooking, because I have other work to do.  So please use whatever free time you have to learn how to cook.

Eat aloe vera gel to heal an upset stomach!  Great for nausea and food poisoning, very effective.  Here's my personal aloe patch:

Each aloe "leaf" has a curved side and a flat side:

You peel the curved side with a potato peeler from the tip downwards:

Then you cut off chunks of the gel into a cup:

Add sweet tea, stir it up, then slam the whole thing down on an empty stomach.  Very tasty, goes down really easily.

 

 

 

No appetite

We don't really know each other, do we?  Love is truly blind.  How are you, anyway?  Whether you are standing on top of the mountain or down in the pits working, please take good care of yourself and eat properly.  Eat properly!  The recent episode with leftovers cost me my appetite.  Could it be that God is being nice to me, and telling me in not so many words to step up in food and start throwing things away?  Last night I had white rice with beef and broccoli in soy sauce.  Simple, and I was able to stomach the whole thing.  Lunch today was tofu scrambled eggs with tortillas.  Bland, and too much food.  I threw some of it away.  All I had for dinner was a bowl of ramen.  That's all I want, is ramen.  No snacks, no dessert, just a bowl of ramen.  Hey if this keeps up, I'm going to be thinner than any of you.