Natasha is my wife’s sister, out visiting these past few weeks from her home in England. She is due to go back in a few days, and my work schedule has been such that it has not been easy to get much time with her on this visit, so I was happy when she asked about going to work with me for today. It was a great time, showing her around Logan, and her seeing how I am earning money at the moment. When it came time to eat, she wanted to buy, so I suggested that since she had come all this way, it did not make sense for her to go back without trying some of our proper local Mexican food. After all, what is better than Mex? Nothing. That’s right. So we went to Tacos El Robert, which is, best I can tell, Spanish for Bob’s Tacos. That’s funny to me. Anyway, she had two el pollo street tacos, and I did three Asada. Crazy kid did the salsa, too. After that, we went to Johnny O’ Spudnuts, then I got her a bit of dessert. It was a wonderful day, and we talked about everything that could be thought of. Come Monday, I’ll be sad to see her go. But I am so glad we had today to bond and be family and just have a hang about.
I got out under the tree tonight and had a little breathing time by myself with the two lanterns going and relatively quiet time in my head. Well, there was that house fan going up on the balcony, and the stupid cats came along and shit in the dirt under the canopy of the tree, not too far from where I sat. But ain’t that how it is? You make a lovely space for yourself, and some cat comes along and shits in it?
It was a good day. I am glad for it. I love Missus, and while it is not easy to be close to everyone in her family, it is lovely to have at least one as a friend, and a proper sister.