An Ordinary Day

01-10-2010 Sunday

It rarely happens that I get an ordinary day off, the kind that I would go home in the afternoon hungry, then I would eat the food that my gramma prepared, and I would probably read some pages of the book I'm reading before going to sleep. A no-worries, ordinary day. Today is one of those rare days for me. I got nothing to do after getting home from work, no plans for the night, no waiting for Alex to show up after midnight, no quick errands to do before going home. It's as simple as going home to sleep and take a day-off.

I blocked all unwanted thoughts from my mind as I slept earlier. It worked for me because I was able to get a nice sleep before waking up at around 4:30pm to catch my favorite weekend showbiz news. My gramma prepared a cooked cob of corn for me. I whipped some dari creme on it and I munched away happily while staring at the TV. What'd I tell you? Just a simple Sunday, nothing else.

I have to make the most out of it today because next week, I'll be back to going places without much of a sleep. I talked to my uncle in Quezon City, whom I'm persuading to let us rent a room in their house so that we can be with a bunch of people from the family. It will help me deal with my mom when she gets released from the rehab. He said I need to go there next Sunday after I get off from work so we can talk personally.

Then, next Monday, Alex and I will go to his hometown in Cavite, something that's supposed to be tomorrow but it doesn't surprise me that it got rescheduled because something came up, in his job of course. It's been awhile since we last went to Cavite and I missed that place so much. The peaceful and simple life back there, I am hoping that when we get there, Alex will be back to being simple, back to what he used to be. It has been months also that he wasn't able to visit there because of his damn job of course that knows no day off.

We will probably be back to Manila by Tuesday night, it's just a short visit and even though I would like to stay there a bit longer, I have to go to Pampanga by Wednesday for an appointment with my mom's psychiatrist. The rehab staff told me I have to speak with the doctor first prior to her release.

You see, my schedule for next week means I don't get a regular day off. I might not make it to work by Wednesday night. I'd be too burned out to go to work after hours of travel to Pampanga. I have to start thinking of excuses now.

In the meantime, this 3 days off that I get will be spent as 3 regular days of a homebody girl. Alex is off to some place, being pushed around by his boss, who always has places to go and I can't understand why. I wonder if his boss is a goddamn businessman that needs to go places? Or it could be that his boss is God, that he needs to take care of every people in the world that's why he's all over the place? I don't get it at all.

I have this entire day off alone. I talked to Alex, he said that he's working so he can give me money to help me pay my bill at the rehab and that somehow made me less mad at him. I will finally feel the use of him being gone for a couple of days. He'll be gone for 3 days, he wouldn't be back till Wednesday and I didn't even bother ask his whereabouts, I don't wanna know. If my hunch is correct that his boss is God, then they're probably off to Africa to take care of the homeless black people there.

His boss is one busy man, who always likes someone to drive him around. Alex is one workaholic guy who values his job more than the people he care about. I think they make a good pair. Besides, his boss is giving him a good amount of money so why would he complain to a job that has no day off? Why would he prefer to be with me if he can be with his boss and earn money?

As long as he lives up to his promise that he'll help me out with the rehab bill, then I won't complain to him being gone while I spend my day off alone. I'm starting to get used to it, you know, having an invisible boyfriend. Though, I'm just here, rooted to the spot where he left me, this is where I'll wait for him to come back for me...if he will ever be back.

Labels: boss, call center, day off, pink crimson, relationships, schedules, work

posted by Monica-Lynne @ 4:11 AM