Data, adrenaline and encouragement

• Presenting my boss with the data she requested; she seemed surprised that I was able to obtain the data so quickly. (My staff coincidentally got the data a month ago for some other purpose.)
• Strangely feeling exhilarated in the afternoon after I am done writing letter requesting for authority to fill-up a position in my unit. Must be the Monday madness adrenaline...
• Receiving some words of encouragement from the bear who dropped by the office in the morning to give me a CD of music he had promised and explains why he couldn't send me any SMS lately. Later in the afternoon, I finally get to listen to some of the music he gave and thank him via SMS. After revealing that he'll be going on his pre-residency starting next week--implying that he and I won't see each other for the two weeks he'll be away--he says, "Keep your head up. Ingat na rin!"