Saturday

Ah, Saturday! My favorite day of the week. No work. No family obligations.

Let me tell you about this particular May Saturday.

I woke up at 9am. first thing i thought was how long was i asleep. Ten hours by my count. Not bad. Considering that i usually operate on 5 to 6 hours, 10 hours is a bonus, a rare occurrence. It usually happens when i'm sick or feeling under the weather.

I have a meeting at 11am. I took my time taking a bath and dressing up. Watched a couple of Lifestyle Channel shows while preparing to leave.

I went down to an almost empty house. Nothing unusual. We all have our own things to do on Saturdays. I carried with me a gift bag. It's the birthday of my brother-in-law. Great guy! He deserves a good gift. I got him a Natural Source shave gel.

When i reached our living room. I put down my things to leave word with Haide, our helper. Lucy, the second one, is having some problems with SSS and i volunteered to see how i can help. Turns out there isn't much i can do. I got instructions from the SSS website how to get the info she needs via text. That's what i left with Haide: instructions. Then she whispered we needed matches. Okay. I'll buy that later.

So i already prepared to leave. I went looking for my mom to tell her i'm leaving. Found her in her bedroom. I said my goodbye and she just looked at me. This grudge she has with me has been going on for a week already. If ever there will be an Olympic category for holding grudges, she'll win the gold, hands down.

She's mad at me when i came back from our company outing last Sunday. The look she gave me then was so much worse than now. I would have dropped dead on the floor last week if looks could kill. I finally learned why she was mad last Wednesday. Turns out she was expecting me home Saturday night. She had it in her head that i was scheduled to go home from the outing on Saturday, instead of Sunday.

Ah, well. There is nothing i can do about that. And don't ask me to talk to her about it. I won't. I observed the proper protocol, i shouldn't be fried because she didn't remember it quite right. Besides, it's not like she welcomes clarifications, especially when it will show that she's the one who made the mistake. Nah, talking to her will not make things better and can make them worse. So i'll just keep my mouth shut. Let me just concentrate on the things i can do something about and actually enjoy doing. I'm not going to kill myself with anger.

So anyway, i drove to my meeting. It's with the owner of our franchise store at Dela Rosa. My boss had wanted me to have a more direct hand at marketing the branch because it was experiencing a steady decline. I laid out my plans to the owner who was very enthusiastic about my idea. I fervently hope it works becuase if it doesn't, i have let down not only my boss but the lady i spoke with, and most of all, myself.

Mimi Cheko said i'm pressuring myself too much about this whole job thing. And maybe she's right. But i really want to do well here. Xavier is a gem of a boss and i don't want to be a millstone around his neck. I want to be everything he expects me and believes i can be. I never had a boss like this. I will walk on fire for this guy. I am in complete awe of him.

So after the meeting, i opted to stay at the branch. There is free wi-fi and i can do much here with few distractions.

Got a call from Superman about an hour ago. He was returning the call i made earlier. Although i had been tapping away at my laptop for over three hours, a voice inside my head was asking me why i am alone on a saturday, as usual. I thought hearing a friendly voice will snap me out of the melancholia that i could feel was beginning to descend upon me.

Superman asked me where i was and i said i was still at the branch working but not really working. I had a funny trouble trying to explain to him what i meant about working but not really working but it's work but it's not really work. He said that he understood but that the bottomline is what am i doing working on a saturday afternoon. So i laughingly asked him what else is there for me? Everybody else have their stuff to do that day. I cannot think of anyone i can pull from their own plans just to spend time with me. And besides, most people assume that i also have my own thing.

Oh i know i could have gone watch a movie or got a hair cut or got a mani/pedi. But i also have much paperwork to do. saturday is the best time to do it. i have free wi-fi now, no phones ringing, no people asking for my time. Since i want to shine for my boss, i have to buff my butt.

Maybe i will watch a movie later. I haven't seen X-Men Origins. According to Delamar (yes, of Chico & Delamar of the Morning Rush on RX 93.1), the movie offers a good variety of hunky men. Definitely something for me to watch. If i can't have men in my life, i'll just have them on my screen.

So anyway, that's me at 4pm on a Saturday. I have no wi-fi at home so this is it really. Hhhhmmmm... maybe i should get one of thosen dsl or broadband thing.