Kakak pulang

My kakak will be leaving tomorrow. Not by choice. Thanks to the new over cautiuos ruling recently implemented, because Kakak had TB as a child they aren't renewing her visa.

She broke down when we told her. I feel bad for her more because she's the sole breadwinner in her family and she has a jobless jackass of a husband who calls her only when he wants money. Yes, your classic tragic story.

I am undecided yet if i will miss her. I know for a fact that the time she was with us was too short for me to grow to love her, but I have become comfortable with having her around the house and i guess that i'll miss. Thank goodness my mom stressed right from the beginning that kakak was here to help granny and not serve us so i continued with my usual chores, else then i will miss her for sure, as I get comfortable when people start doing things for me, and just let them. Hey, at least i have no shame about admitting it.

But she did spoil me in certain ways. She would always run out and open the gate outside upon hearing the beep of my horn. She would fold my laundry on days i came home late. She always kept food for me, even though i told her i had already eaten. And as much as it makes me feel guilty to say this, she spoilt me by spending all her time with granny, because that allowed me to do other things.

I hope she has a good life back in Indonesia, and that her family don't squander all her savings. It will take another 8 weeks before we get a new kakak, hopefully by then, she's found something new to do.

And I feel especially bad for granny because she has to keep readjusting to the new help everytime.
That's kakak and granny in the photo..