This particular Friday though, oh well, let's just say it didn't start quite right. For one, I woke up at 7:45 when I'm usually up by 6:30! Then I felt even too lazy to get up at once, realizing I was late anyways, might as well be lateR. Oh well. What a way to start a supposed happy Friday.
So there I was feeling lousy and late. Still had my usual dose of freshly brewed coffee, chatted with my dad for a bit, then with my mom (gosh, I felt SO late because SHE was up and about already); I felt even lousier-lateR so I hang out with my little sister, hugging her tight and making small talk with her. Realizing how lousier I was even getting and that I still had to shower, I finally dragged myself to the bathroom, took a long hot shower. Then I felt my Friday was off to a good start now!
Thirty minutes after settling in my desk, my favorite daily caller called - thanks lots to Skype for the free calls, Vonnage when Skype or the internet server go nuts. So there I was, brightly smiling, chatting with Pantaleon as if he was just one block away - contrary to the reality that well, he was (and is) in fact one continent away (as he put it, 6,700++ miles away - darn). Then again, life's great! We catch up (as if he haven't spoken for a decade when we actually just did less than 24 hours ago - awww, bliss) about work and the like. He was gonna watch the Lakers win over the Spurs, so we hang up.
Work went easy. Price increases right and left. Costing review every single day because of every singe week's increase in prices of commodities, product ingredients, etc etc etc. Life in the Philippines, believe you me. Two major ingredients of our bread products increased by over P500 almost overnight, the other by over a thousand. What's wrong with the world, mama?
Chatted with big boss (slash uncle) regarding all these senseless (it really doesn't make sense to me why the government can't do anything at all to protect us from such overnight increases, well, not quite overnight but seemingly so!) but very significant price increases. We talk about how much higher this is going to cost us, etc. Stressing issues. So we de-stress by chatting about how the Lakers were killing the Spurs, only to win by 8 points, taking home the Western Conference title. Great, I think to myself, Pantaleon jumping up and down like a kid now.
Heard Mass during noon, as in every single day for the past month now. Hearing Mass in the middle of the day always brings me such a feeling of calm, rejuvenation, and high & happy expectations for the rest of the day.
Going home for a late lunch is another thing I look forward to daily, what with my Bieni lazily slouched in her corner, watching her usual Disney shows after having lunch. Lazybone. Love that kid lots, still. Such a source of pure delight - I especially love our late night chats, when she talks about the world the way she perceives it to be. It's just nutty, but it continues to amaze me how differently (almost too innocently) kids these days see the world. In their eyes, the world is so pure and simply just the most beautiful creation - don't get wrong, it is true after all. But the world these days? Gosh, I don't have to start. I'll get nowhere with this blog, so I'd rather stick to how Bieni sees it, so beautifully...
Going back to the office after lunch is such a struggle sometimes - some days I actually rush off to work. This particular Friday? I again had to drag myself to the office... I've long given up my noon naps so I could go back to the office earlier after all...
Then the excitement again rises as I get a missed call from Pantaleon, along with his pa-cute message. Darn again. That gets to me. This guy gets to me. Such a kid.
He calls again, we chat, chat, and chat some more. I talk to him about my evening with the girls last night - had a rather interesting one with Lyra, Jen, and Vannie - three of those I look up to with so much respect and admiration. I tell Pantaleon about the funny coincidence that Ate Jen & I realized - his birthday is the same as Nolitz', Ate Jen's significant other. The girls and I talked about relationships (I like how Vannie said: "good relationships are about partners holding hands and looking in the same direction"). I admire Vannie's marriage to Junjun - they are an amazing and almost-perfect tandem! I always say to myself that one day, in God's perfect time, I look forward to having them both as my ninong/ninang in my own wedding. They're simply amazing people. Beautiful ones...
Then Pantaleon and I talk about the Discovery Weekend - it's this 3-day retreat for couples considering marriage or about to get married already. Some of my cousins went through this before getting married and they say it's a beautiful experience, it sure did ready them for the big chapter in their lives. Choobs and I are thinking of attending it when the schedule permits, especially since the next trip he's taking, he's just gonna be around just a week, then the next one for New Year's there isn't a posted schedule just yet. Hopefully there will be one available for us the soonest. For now, we wait in eager anticipation. After all, everything's great for us, with us. We just wanna enjoy the experience of that weekend, and make it serve as a guide for us as we pursue our plans. Hmmm, future plans, am I talking sense here? I'm kinda freaked out at the thought really - is this for real now? I might be a bit scared - this is the very first time ever I actually feel so sure about everything; "not a single doubt", we both say all the time. Then again, all in God's perfect time. For now, I say again, we wait in eager anticipation.
Hmmm, the day isn't over yet. Am still stuck at the office, waiting for some reports, checking some accounts, hmmm. Long friday ahead, I say. But so far, it's been the usual happy friday Pantaleon wishes me... and some more.
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