Oh Happy Day!

It's been busy, hectic, fast, and urgent - all throughout my work week. Been all over the place, running around, doing errands, meeting deadlines, updating records, and dealing with paperwork. Trying so hard to stay afloat to avoid unnecessary backlog. No downtime either. Even after office hours, I still had to meet some bank people to get the documents needed for next day's work. Super proactive-ness? Yep, you could say that. Guess nothing could be worse than not being prepared. Except for the expected body aches and pains at the end of each working day.

The past days did not hold much promise to my personal life. Bleak long nights. Uneasy slumber. Troubled thoughts. Empty dreams. Numbness in my heart. Unexplained tiredness. Only prayers gave me solace, each time.

And then...
Today, oh happy Friday June 6, 2008, my life did a 360.
Woohoo! Oh, happy Friday! TGIF!

I was able to accomplish most of the work goals I've set for myself this week.

Saw my college guidance counselor and teacher at a bookstore. Bit of chitchat there.

Had fun with one of our liaison officers by way of translating Tagalog fruit names into English.

Renewed smart tech/playtime with JM, the now-4th grade student that will I tutor again after work starting Tuesday next week.

Happenstance, too. A mobile phone was left by our legal adviser, near my work station. It was ringing off the hook, so loud! I just had to take the call. When I flipped it open, I saw a very familiar name on the screen. Hey, I know this guy! My high school batchmate who's now an ENT. He was so surprised because I was at the other end. As if we do not bump into each other often - at the doctors' clinics, at the grocery, at some hangout place, wherever. Naga is such a compact city afterall that's why I see him almost all the time. He's either alone or with his girlfriend. After a few minutes, our legal adviser was back at the office. I told her that Dr. McDreamy of Naga called. Let's just leave it at that. I'm not privy to any other info on the matter. While I was trying to send him a text message, he was also trying to call me. Just had to take his call again for the 2nd time today. Funny thing - his call and my text had exactly the same intent: to let him know if and when our legal adviser is available for him to call. See? That's how high school batchmates should be, even finishing each other's sentences via hitech. Cool.

(Aside: With apologies to Dr. McDreamy of Naga - for any hassle or inconvenience this post may have caused.)

A bit before 5pm, my fave YM guy sent me his greeting with a smiley. Altho we just had a very brief online conversation, I just had to grin to myself again. Even after almost a week of not being able to chat with him, it's quite understandable. Our sked may never jive all the time because of work or other previous appointment. Just had to make the most out of any online chance I have with him. Which is good enough for me, at least for now.

After work, I went on a desk hunt. A friend of mine whose daughter's now in kindergarten has asked me for a favor: to help him look for a pink or green-colored armchair for his kid. My search brought me to all the possible stores downtown, but no pink or green-colored armchair turned up! I didn't even see a packet of long jos or incense sticks either. Sad but still tolerable.

Now with approx 30 minutes to go before this Friday ends, I'm still in a good mood. Even when my fave YM guy hasn't logged on yet (well, he just said earlier: "ok, i'll try" when asked if we can meet online later tonight), it's not a reason to feel bad. There's still another day, another night or another weekend for everything.

I'm just being thankful for the moments.