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Topic: Laughter (10/18/04)
TITLE: Journal Log By Erwin Robledo 10/25/04 |
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Linda finally wanted a date! See, the keyword here is want, which according to the dictionary means desire, which is a good thing when I am the object desired. So finally, something good happened today! The office was a mess with everyone starting to get sick and the boss shifting all the work to us unsick guys. I wish he’d shift their paychecks over to us as well. The budget report’s in two weeks and overtime’s starting to get normal. I’m surprised I still have the strength to write. Wherever I got that, I hope there’s more of it to last until next week.
October 16
Yesterday was terrible. Note to self – do not act like an adolescent in front of your date. Not that I did it on purpose. Anyway, everything was going on fine. I was good, she was good, the place was good, the food was good. Yeah, the food. Dessert was a very beautifully crafted soufflé that I didn’t want to destroy but very much wanted to eat. So I gulped it down, which didn’t impress Linda very much. I admit - that was a very wrong move. What was I thinking? I blame it on the stress. Stress stress stress. Why couldn’t I get sick just like everybody else?
October 19
Everything’s wrong. Ray caught the flu (lucky guy) and the boss turned to me and told me to do his job. I’m an accountant, not a researcher! Of course I protested (as if that works) and he told me to get on it or I’m fired. Not that I wasn’t expecting that kind of response, but still you can’t blame me if I hated the day after that.
October 20
The internet’s down at my place so I had to go to Ray’s apartment to do my research, which I finished at 2 AM (it’s his job, after all, and I was thinking maybe I could get the flu from him). He insisted I sleep over but I declined. I never slept easy in other people’s places, so I don’t blame me walking ten blocks to my place (without incident, I might add, unfortunately). But the thing is, I forgot the research at Rob’s!
I’m not gonna even think about it any more. I’m so tired that I’ll sleep and let tomorrow do what it has to. I give up.
October 21
I woke up late and didn’t care. It took me a while to drag myself in the bathroom and face the mirror. I was a mess. That made me laugh. Here I was, the “Neat Freak” of the office, in a mess. So much for cleanliness next to Godliness.
Maybe that was it. No, that was it. No God for the past weeks and see what happens. It’s my fault. Well, God has a great way of reminding me about Himself. I picked up my Bible (which I haven’t done in weeks) and spent a good half hour reading. I got in real late in the office, but that’s ok. I wasn’t as stressed as before. Heck, I wasn’t stressed at all! It’s amazing! I mean, all I needed to do was remember God and all these things happen? It’s amazing. I mean, wow. I wish I did this more often. Ya, maybe I should.
Life still was hard on me today but I’m not complaining.
October 22
I tripped over a sidewalk crack but was determined not to let that ruin my day, so I countered it with a laugh. It started with a chuckle, but didn’t work, so I laughed louder, and everyone looked at me.
I wish I just tripped over.
And the report didn’t get me fired.
God God God.