The Pain Begins

 Nov 21, 2022

    On this day I woke up, stretched my legs and stood up. I went and found Pablo and Yoga. They were in the closet practising deep introspection of the self. I clapped my hands and told them that I was awake. They rose and made my breakfast. 

    Pablo approached me. He said he was having problems with the van. He asked if I knew anything about mechanics. I said no. He said to go tinker around anyways and see if I could make any progress. 
So I went to the van. I inspected the engine. I poked around and tightened a few bolts. I found a bottle of yellow fluid and wondered if it might help. I poured some into a tube. I turned the ignition and the engine roared to life! 

    After that we went to look at batteries. It was fascinating. 

    After that we went to the taco shop. I ate their famous ‘Caloundra Taco’. It was so good. 
We suddenly remembered that today was mine and Yoga’s graduation! Yoga was graduating from Nursing while I was graduating with a Masters in Economics. We piled into the van and drove to the university. 
Yoga and I were given the graduation robes to wear. Pablo took some beautiful photos of us. 

    We were given our diplomas. Pablo started to get impatient with all the sitting. He began to unbutton his shirt. He started to sweat a lot and nearly fainted. I had to fan him down and pour cold water on his chest. 
The school gave us lots of food. I had a coke. It was nasty and so I had to throw it out. 

    Afterwards we walked back to the van. As we were walking we saw two kangaroos eating some grass! Pablo started screaming with joy. He hollered like an excited man. He unbuttoned his shirt in ecstasy. 
After that we went home. Yoga asked that I clean her house for her. I protested and threatened to move out. She begged me to stay. I finally complied once she agreed to invite some more Mexican friends to help us. We worked all through the night. 

    At one point Pablo began to complain about his vision. He said he couldn’t see straight. We noticed that his hair was getting long. One of the girls offered to give him a trim. I sat and watched and played some music on the guitar. 

    After about eight hours of physical labour Pablo surprised me with a delicious feast. He’d chopped some banana and strawberry and put it in cereal. We ate our dinner.
After that we went to sleep.