Once upon a Friday

There are bad days and there are really baaad days... Well, last week I had a close encounter of such a day..

What started off as a promising Friday ended up with quite a bang- or jump rather. More on that later though. First I went to work that Friday after having been on leave for several days and my agitated superior had loads of paperwork that needed to be cleared of her desk. And due to an oversight on moi’s part on a portion of the work, she was less than thrilled. Ok, fine, I rectify that immediately. Of course my desk was piled up with files up to my nose, thanks to my then very pregnant colleague, - who has since given birth.

Then amidst more than a dozen calls that I had to make that day, I got to know from my son of certain remarks that were uttered which I felt were totally uncalled for. Who they were from, tak payah sebut-lah. Who was it though who told me I should not be blogging about that person…? Aarrrghhh….But now it just reinforces what I’ve known, that the feeling is mutual…wonderful! Frankly, I don’t give a hoot, but what bothers me is how it affects my boys.

So, past 8pm I decided I have had enough of work and nonsense, I headed for home. My husband was supposed to pick me up and voila, he could not start the car..no, no, he could not even get the car door to open, the remote was absolutely non-functioning..!! Great, just what I need…A quick call to the Toyota emergency told him he needed to get the spare remote..at home. Luckily a friend of his volunteered to do just that while my husband stayed on to finish up some work, and yours truly chose to take the train to his office rather than hang around at mine. All this trouble from a car that was less than a month old!

Sometime later the friend returned with the remote and yup, you guessed it – it wasn’t the remote after all….yea, yea, later we discovered the battery was flat, and yes, hubby dearest had left the lights on from the time he came back after Friday prayers…what a wonderful surprise..! It took another hour for the Toyota guys to come jumpstart the car..finally, an end to my car woes for the evening! Hubby of course used the time to complete that urgent presentation he had to work on irregardless, and me, well, thank goodness for my Readers Digest..and a pen and paper to write this entry.

By the time we got home it was past 1am and after a short dialogue with hubby on that nonsensical remark which I was told about earlier in the day, I finally had enough. I agreed with him - on certain occasions, when people think the worst of you, you might as well just play along, That way there is little expectation from your end, plus you have all the excuse to keep a distance. Ah, now that, I can live with...Am I sounding cynical? Well, maybe just a little but what does it matter?? I’d rather worry about my new car and making sure I never leave the lights on.