Marika flew in from Honolulu this morning. She arrived at 930. I was a half hour late. Oh well. I had to work out and do other very important tasks prior to going to airport. She waited.
Em and I are unsure why she came home. Mostly that’s because she doesn’t know why she came home. She has no idea what is going on in her life, she is just going.
Sunday is her 24th birthday. At that age no one seems to think she should know what she wants. I do understand. I made up my mind to move forward in life at age 25. So she takes after me. And now I know what my parents went through. I won’t be apologizing.
Back to Thursday. We went to my office from the airport. Marika was looking for work so I tossed her into the file room to do the fun work of an office. She hated it. I guess she likes cleaning toilets in the hostel more? She said my career choice was not for her. Of course, I told her, I don’t do filing. I yell at file clerks. She was not impressed.
Lunch out. Local Greek place for falafel and gyros. She had texted a few days ago requesting it. Weird request but I like Mediterranean food.
Oh I forgot!! Best day in awhile. We went to the car storage and picked up my S2000, the convertible. Been in storage for a year. Finally have a garage on the way. Time to get it. The battery was dead so they gave me a jump and off we went. I let Marika drive my convertible and me the Fit.
Turns out, a 20 minute drive did not charge the battery so I called road service and they came to restart me. They also brought a battery for the car too. And installed it.
Back at the office we worked till about 530 then went home. This time I drove the S2000, after alll it’s a long drive home. And a hell of a drive it was at top speed all the way while my daughter tried to keep up. She did very well and even passed me a couple times.
Home. Marika got a nice welcome home from mom and her dog. Jaxon has not forgotten her. Vlad, not so sure. He likes us better now. I’m still not keeping him.
Eventually, since we had nothing prepared, we decided to go out for dinner. We (Emily) decided to go to Pho King for Pho and other things Vietnamese. Emily really likes this place so we all know when to go along.
Dinner was ok. Nothing outstanding. At least I did not have to make it. Randy went along cuz that’s the kind of guy he is. He likes a free meal.
Back home. Marika went to sleep. Time change, long day, etc. Emily has one more workday tomorrow so she hit the hay too. With no one awake I went to bed too.