The Month That Was

August came and went in a blink of an eye. It was one of those months where you didn’t plan anything but rather lived day-to-day, and then all of a sudden you wake up one morning and realize hey, it’s September already! I don’t think I like those times very much. It feels as though life somehow passed you by and there’s nothing to show for it. But that’s just me …

Anyway, some highlights and lowlights from the month …

New Kid on the Block
August was the month when I’d say things really got started in my new role at work. I had transferred over a month earlier but it took some time to get myself onboarded administratively and up to speed work wise. I’ve found, throughout the month, that I’m still floundering a little. For a few reasons. For one, the nature of the work is very much more technical than my previous role and there is much to learn in a small space of time. This challenge is exacerbated by the fact that my new boss and I have very different styles of working and I often feel as though I’m being restricted in my ability to get things done the way I would like to. There have been many occasions, mostly on my drive home in the evenings, when I have wondered if I had made the right choice with this move. I believe it’s too soon to tell at the moment so this particular dilemma has been decidedly slotted into my mental category of “give it some more time before deciding”. Funny, but that category seems to be getting pretty full these days.

Go Ahead, Let Yourself Get Jealous!
Ok, so we’ve all heard about ‘buy one free one’ flight tickets and 99cent airfares, and we’ve all tried to get them but are mostly out of luck right? Wrong!! Be jealous everyone because I got them! Anakin and I are off to Pulau Redang next month on 99cent flight tickets :-D … and on top of that, Anakin’s also managed to arrange for time sharing allocations so we’re getting accommodation free as well. Total cost of return flights, airport taxes, ferry transfers and accommodation for 3N/4D? RM144. Redang rendezvous, here we come. Ok, ok, all you who are jealous out there, it’s ok you have great reason to be :-D

A Friend in Need
An old friend of mine split up with his wife, or at least I found out in August that they had split up some months ago. I was initially disappointed that he hadn’t told me earlier but deep down, I understand his reasons for wanting to keep it a secret. It came out after dinner with our group of friends one night, when he was doing the requisite walk me to my car, and we ended up sitting for a long while in the car talking after that. My heart really went out to him for I could see the sadness in his eyes and hear from his words how broken up he truly was about the whole thing. It’s sad, but sometimes people just don’t realize what a truly wonderful thing they have until the person is gone.

Sensitive Me
I am neither a control freak nor do I need to be any slimmer. That’s my head speaking. Now I just wish my heart would get its act together and believe it too.

Born Intuitive
Been hanging out with many of my girlfriends this month and the one thing that I have noticed so obviously is how intuitive these women are. They have an innate ability to see things for what they truly are. Sometimes they may voice this out to you and other times they may wait for you to see it for yourself. But in all cases, they are always there to catch you when you are faced with the realization of truth and have no where else to turn.

Two Times (Un)Lucky
I’ve been sick twice in the same month – first it was a 3-day migraine that left me feeling depressed and lonely, and now I am homebound for 2 weeks with the chicken pox. Already I am starting to feel ugly and unwanted so I dread to think of the state I will be in at the end of this quarantine. My achievements so far? As at Day 5 - 4 movies, 1 book, 3 magazines, half a jigsaw puzzle, some crossword puzzles and countless t.v. programmes. Gawd, I need a life!!!

A Time to Forget
The 25th of this month is a date that I have remembered and helped celebrate for more than 10 years. This year marked the first time that I have let it go by just like any other day.

And Finally,

For My Big Sister
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”

Just so you know that I do listen to you sometimes …