So tomorrow I go back to work (and so does most of New York). Others had the misfortune of having to work Monday, but we did a 4-day weekend. My kitchen light conked out and has been flickering like crazy despite a replacement light. We were told to purchase the ballast replacement and since we got it today from Lowe’s, I left a message with the management office to please send the electrician over tomorrow to have it done. It’s a little difficult doing the dishes at night by the dining table light and the stove light.
I was peeking at my sampaloc stalk which continues to grow but now I’m a tad bit worried about it not sprouting any leaves. If it doesn’t by the weekend, my stalk, I think, is doomed to wilt away. (Am I being a pessimist thinking that?) That tiny stalk has been such a source of hope as far as my window garden is concerned. My herb seedlings have started to flourish — I can actually make out the basil from the parsley seedlings now that they are around 2-3 inches from the top of the soil. One of those things I will just have to wait out.
It’s such a hot night tonight. (Why am I still here in the living room instead of in the airconditioned bedroom anyway?) Busy blogging. Trying to make up for the time I won’t be doing it tomorrow at work. (Save if I get to draft anything during the day, but I plan to write some letters in my spare time..)
I have to recover files that were lost — I have some of my document templates on disc. I have to burn CDs of those that are in my H drive as a precaution — heaven forbid that the company server crashes or something! I might actually make it to the post office after all to mail some much-delayed letters.
I just got an e-mail from one of my bestfriends who carries the weight of the world on her shoulders. Makes me want to bow my head in shame for letting the heat get to me. Not that I don’t have my own burdens — but I have been fortunate to have a hidden hand helping me carry the load through all this time. It’s one of those e-mails that makes you wish you had magic powers to change things.. make life better.. help someone with some problem or other. I guess that’s why magic is what it is — otherwise, we’d all be sitting pretty and maybe some of the most elementary things we know today wouldn’t have been invented because everything just came with the snap of a finger.
She said “Mabait si Mama Mary.” Spoken like a true daughter of Mother Mary. Her faith keeps her strong and her strength keeps others strong in turn. If I found a genie tonight, Fe, you’d get one of my three wishes.