Today's blessings

Today am thankful for the following:

• That today was finally over and done with. This was the day that all of us at the office worked for these past few nightmarish weeks. Having seen to it that the commencement exercises went without a major hitch, we all can now breathe a sigh of relief, pat ourselves on the back for a job well done, sit back, relax and enjoy the relative calm before the cycle starts all over again.
• That Joel even thought of me despite this being his "anniversary": he asked me via text message how I was doing and hoped that I was feeling better. Then he even admonished me to get some rest to help speed up my recovery from tonsillitis and pharyngitis (probably a result of the past nightmarish weeks).

Falling victim to Murphy's Law

First I get a cough. Then I get diagnosed with viral conjunctivitis the other day. To top it off, my car got bumped by another yesterday morning right after Sunday Mass: the driver claimed didn't see me at all as he backed out of his parking spot! Pretty much shaken, I reported all this this morning via text message to Joel who reacted with, "OMG! Murphy's Law!" accompanied by a sad emoticon, a reversal of roles of sorts after my having to comfort him after that terribly ordeal three weeks ago.

P.S. It turns out Murphy's Law ain't done with me yet: my father just got diagnosed with shingles. Sigh!

Transmission through crying

Down with viral conjunctivitis (and an upper respiratory tract infection), said to be spread through contact with tears of an infected individual. And the only person I remember crying in my presence recently is my dear friend. And what's more is I held his hand while he wept. And he also kissed me... Ha, ha, ha... just kidding, my dear bear.

Still haunting...

Sigh! It's been more than a week. I've lost 2-3 lbs from the stress, pain and misery. And I still can't get the image of my dear friend weeping out of anger and pain out of my mind... Ah well, it's Lent anyway.