I used to anticipate this time of the year when I was a student. But the previous week was just hell. I only had a total of 7 hours of sleep for the whole week. I haven't reached R.E.M stage for the past 7 days. I missed my bed so much. The couch felt like heaven. I think I have developed Repetitive Strain Injury, and hopefully it's not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. My only rest would be reading articles from the internet from several sites which helped me with my vocabulary a lot and introduced me to several info presentation techniques. Thank you so much facebook for allowing me to still communicate to my friends, which made me feel that "hey! i'm still a social being after all. I'm kinda forgetting that one. I thought I was a machine, or worse a zombie, made to work, work, and work. How exciting can that get?!"
By Friday, I felt like freakin' high, as if I was floating. On my way to meet my group mates for report consolidation; I stumbled twice. I stuttered a lot, thanks to the fact that I bit my tongue four times, how stupid can I get huh? Saturday came and was set to report on Personality Determinants. I was surprisingly hyperactive! My group mates were laughing at me, as they have read my status early in the morning. It read "finally", which meant I just finished my presentation. "Adik ka!" was the first statement I got from them. Surprisingly, I was still in my right mind to make sense of my soooo rushed presentation. I was still able to attend a three-hour class in the afternoon, which involved numbers- my perfect solution for Insomnia, aside from "gray" handouts that contained boring info presentation.
When I was about to go home around 6pm, after my Saturday class, I thought I saw a friend of mine and so I waved at him and said "Hey! Ray!".. And he gave me that puzzled look, but he sitll managed to raise his hand, as a gesture to greet me as well. Then as I got closer, I realized he wasn't Ray. So I just blurted out, "Oops! Sorry, hindi pala ikaw." Then the guy just laughed. Man! I thought it was really him. Apparently, lack of sleep can really make you too friendly to the point that you would greet someone whom you really don't know. And when I was about to cross the street, a guy with his car stopped and allowed me to cross. I was glad he stopped, 'coz I just wanted to go home and be reunited with my bed as fast as possible. Then I saw the guy winked at me and smiled. I was too irritated. I glared at him and just crossed. Unfortunately, lack of sleep can really make you an ill- tempered person, even for shallow reasons. So you better get yourself some decent sleep to avoid conflicts. After which, I saw someone waved at me and called me and I just waved too and said Hi, but the truth is, I didn't recognize her. hehe..When I got home, there were many people in our house, since there was a December Potluck. I was too tired to mingle, but when I saw the baby of our friend, my energy level just shoot up. I got my camera and took a few shots. After a good meal a friend suddenly wanted to go to the park to see the ginormous Christmas display. I've been wanting to take photos of it, but couldn't even get out and do it, thanks to Year end reports and rushing of deliverables, which are, by the way, not mine. So we went to the park and saw the wonderful lights, which made me forget that I hadn't slept yet. I took only a few shots, since it was hard to get a good spot. Sobrang daming tao. Then we headed to the cafe. I settled for Green Tea Latte. Not that caffeine has still an effect on me, pero naman..gusto ko naman ng ibang lasa. Kulang nalang turukan ako ng kape. hehe.. And so I got home at around 11pm, not knowing how I lasted to stay awake that long.
Then I remembered that I prayed for so much strength at the start of the week. I even claimed:
Isaiah 40: 31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
And I sooo got it. :) Thank you Lord.=)
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