One Tiring Day

04-07-2010 Friday

>8 hour graveyard shift
>>3 hour MS Excel Training Level 2
>>>Alex picking me up after the training
>>>>Doctor's appointment

I'm trying to avoid hectic schedules such as this one, especially when it's not my day off. It consumes time and lots of effort if you add the fact that summer is so damn hot that being outside for only a few minutes is enough to make you feel like you're being roasted alive, it's THAT hot here these days, I swear I miss the stormy weather.

Everything's planned and I have no choice but to comply to this given schedule, besides I'm the one who signed up for the Excel training, it just so happened that the doctor's appointment is also scheduled today. Oh well, at least I have Alex to accompany me throughout this crazy schedule.

The 3 hour training on Microsoft Excel gave my brain cells a big whack, matter of fact, after the training, I seriously felt my forehead throbbing, it's like my brain has been overloaded with informations. I did attend level 1 training, and this level 2 is many notches harder than the 1st level but I am eager to learn and besides, this will also look good in my resume when I try to apply for something else which is something I'm planning to do sooner after I took care of some personal priorities.

The training ended a few minutes after 9 in the morning and I rushed to the Ground floor, eager to see Alex since it has been awhile since he last pick me up from work. It reminded me of the times before when we still have the good 'ol red Alpha and he would always pick me up in the afternoon, eventhough it was always hot during the ride home, I still miss the feeling of holding on to his warmth as we speed away. Sorry, I know some cheesy part should be edited.

It was so irritating to think that even at 10:00 in the freaking morning, the sun is so high up that I was sweating my ass off as I ride behind him in his Mio motorcycle. He went completely out of our usual way to avoid checkpoints since his motorcycle is not yet registered. I'm fine with it, as long as I stay with him. Aside from going out of the way, he kept on stopping on every motorcycle shop, chatting with mechanics while I stayed on the motorcycle, feeling like I was gonna hyperventilate from too much heat at any second.

I let him do his thing, waiting patiently, until we stopped in a certain shop and a mechanic handed him a pair of side mirror and I watched quietly as they attached those on his Mio. After they were done, he asked me if I'm okay and he said we can go home now, I breathed a sigh of relief and clung to him.

We arrived at the house at around 12 in the afternoon. Great, I have 2 hours to get some sleep before we go to the doctor at 2:00. We had lunch, I brushed my teeth and washed my face. Alex cleaned his beloved black Mio, he's so vain about his motorcycle, that I sometimes roll my eyes at how he takes care of it like a baby. Well, pretty soon, he'll be taking care of a real one.

I lie on the bed and asked him to lie down beside me once he's done and I'll just set the alarm at 2:00 so we can go to the doctor. I was half asleep when I felt him beside me, I wanted to hug him but it was a goddamn hot afternoon and I felt sticky with sweat so I settled with holding on to his arm and went back to sleep.

The alarm buzzed at exactly 2 and I woke up feeling lightheaded, well I have a 2 hour sleep what do you expect? We went to the hospital and the busy doctor is not yet around, she wouldn't be around till 4. We have no choice but wait since I don't have any other time to reschedule the appointment.

Alex was impatient but I appreciate him coming with me. I see his concern again and I can feel that things are starting to come back to normal, only one thing's missing and I'm still praying for that. I was called at around 6:30 and we were home at around 7pm, exhausted and hungry.

I thought he's not gonna stay for the night but I was glad when I saw him park his motorcycle inside the gate then, he went inside the house, took his shirt off and went to the bathroom to wash his face.

I wanted to stay up all night and talk to him since he was making jokes and we were laughing while watching TV on the bed but I was too consumed for the day that's why I didn't notice that I've fallen asleep while he was talking. He knew I was tired so he didn't bother waking me up, off to dreamland I went and in my sub conscious mind, I felt him slip his arm around my waist. Sweet dreams. Remind me to edit the cheesy parts again. Lull-a-bye for now.

Labels: alex, MS Excel, pink crimson, schedules, training, work

posted by Monica-Lynne @ 4:53 AM 0 Comments

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 0 Comments