Gladiator Week
I survived a week at work! Thank you, Lord!
This is pretty much what I have in front of me everyday at work: my planner (it has a lot more writing on it now, hehe), two pens (I always have a green one handy for our audits), and my PC. Beyond my computer monitor my rowdy bunch (team) is spread out in front of me. Last night, they lined up to dance to Psy’s Gentleman. Hilarious!
It didn’t feel like a heavy week. Lots of catching up, and re-familiarizing myself with day to day processes. It was genuinely nice to be back. By the end of the week (Friday morning for me), I was excited to get to sleep in again. Haha! Also, it was the boyfriend’s birthday on Saturday (6/8) so I was really looking forward to that. The only downside is that the boyfriend and I have very different schedules now. Our rest days are mismatched. I am sleeping when he gets home. We didn’t see each other the entire day Thursday. But we more than made up for it this weekend, I think. Although it didn’t feel much of a weekend for me. I needed one more day (doesn’t everybody else?)!
The week ended at a high note. I got the chance to visit the UP Gym again. Sadly it’s not because I’d gone all fit and sporty (I wish!), but because I went to support our account’s basketball team for the company sportsfest. Our boys won all three games they were scheduled for!
Gladiators!
These boys were really amazing. Most of them had shifts on Friday night. Then they had to play three games, with one-hour intervals in between. And they went on to win each one.
3-1 win!
Next week’s game will be a tough one. I hear we’ll be up against the team with no loss record yet. Hopefully, my friends and I get to show our support again, along with a lot more others. Speaking of friends, these girls kept me company:
Hanging out with these two were among the things I missed while I was recovering. But when we weren’t teasing each other or bashing the other team like die-hard hooligans fans would, they were making an attempt at playing volleyball:
The initial plan was that Cha and I would walk around the Acad Oval before the games, to exercise. But I didn’t wake up until 12 noon that day, just as the first whistle was blown for the team’s first game. After the game wasn’t an option because it would have made me late for the boyfriend’s birthday gig. It would have been a nice day to fasten the bikes on a yakima rack and pedal around campus, perhaps another day.
So there, I had a good first week back at work and things seem to be just getting better. 🙂 Oh and people were either just being very nice to me, or I must have really lost weight. 🙂
June 13, 2013 @ 4:14 pm
Wow sis you look so good na and it seems you are almost back to your normal routine. I am truly happy for you. That may seem so impossible as I didn’t know you personally but I have got this cyber-emotional attachment with your blog (oh I didn’t know how to call it e, hehe). Take care always sis =)
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June 16, 2013 @ 10:24 am
Thank you Mommy Maye! Ako din I have an attachment to your blog naman eh, I feel like we’re friends na talaga, along with many of the BC Bloggers. 🙂
June 17, 2013 @ 10:04 am
I’m glad you’re feeling much better! That’s an assumption based on the photos hehe. Like Maye, I am truly happy for you. 🙂
And we have twin planners pala. Alright!
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June 17, 2013 @ 10:17 am
You are looking great, Vera! With great company around, it is hard not to feel great, too!
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June 17, 2013 @ 2:08 pm
I remember my come back after my maternity leave, it as if I was still not there (talking about work load). People at work can be very kind sometimes. hehe
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June 17, 2013 @ 4:07 pm
They were really very kind, pero parang balik agad lahat ng workload, walang patawad. hehe 😉