Good cheer

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I haven’t been feeling the cheery atmosphere of my favorite season not when I’ve been stressed most of the year. The latest one is that mom’s having some health issues again and just went through a skin biopsy and other tests. We are still awaiting the results and I pray all’s good though.    

Weekends are not giving me as much rest as I would hope. I usually do the laundry early in the morning on Saturdays and then just stay home for the rest of the day because it’s my way of “recuperating” after a whole week of work at home (which, again, is sometimes more stressful than actually coming to the office). Sundays I go to church and fritter away the day in the mall or coffee place and even that, hours seem so brief for me to do anything worth my while.

A day is too short to relax and unwind when you think about it. It doesn’t help when you think that you must get up early to work five times a week. So, really, weekends are an afterthought.

Then again, I still look forward to the good things for the coming weeks, as that’s how I’ve always been. Despite my share of rough patches, life can’t always be that bad, right?

It won’t be my favorite time of the year if my cheer had nothing to do with this happy season. In a few more days I’ll get that 13^th month pay and will be able to pay off most of the bills that had been giving me an epic hard time the past few months. 

Also, in less than a month it’ll be my big 46^th (if you know me, I love celebrating my own birthday) and I have already filed a leave and won’t be in the office from December 2-11 because I want to spend that week with family and friends. Hopefully I’ll get the much-needed de-stressing. 

Better days ahead, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for that.