super call

last week, i got a text message, from instituto cervantes about a photo exhibit at the ayala museum. i knew exactly who to bug about this. shopbud. shopbud and i felt artsy-fartsy that same morning i got the text. we went to a photo exhibit on Gaudi's architectural masterpieces. photo exhibit of marc llimargas', a photographer and architect. it was refreshing i must say. more to come.

shopbud is a couple of years younger than i am, but i love hanging out with her. we hit it off when we knew each other last december. i think. shopbud is more than a shopbud, really. special post on her next time.

last week was battle with migraines week for me. my last bout was last friday, so i decided to call in and tell them that i wasn't going to work. a few mins after, while deciding whether to throw up or just imagine the throbbing in my head to go away, i got a call from an unfamiliar number. i assumed it was my super.

"hello, cess?"
"hello, this is (the other sup)."
"okay."
"did you call forcedesk a while ago? did you call in that you weren't reporting for work?"
"yes. i called forcedesk." (and then, she was shouting "what time is it now...1220? ha?1220? - in an attempt to make me sindak.)
"what time is your shift?"
"1230."
"kasi (the manager) was about to pick up the phone when your call was transferred to him by forcedesk...why did you hang up? bakit mo binaba yung phone?" with her taray voice, she thought she got me.
"naputol yung line," and then the winning hirit, "should i call him?should i call (the manager)?"
hahaha! that set her off. wahahahahaha! silence.
"kasi he was about to pick up the phone, that's why he asked me to call you...why can't you report for work?" trying to regain her authority..what authority??
"migraine. i drank my meds already, two geltabs of excedrin, i'm just waiting for it to take effect."
"can you come in half day?" still trying to sound taray..but she's sooo not effective. to me at least.
"i'll try ha."

and that was the end of it. i turned my phone off. and tried to get decent sleep.

thing is, i've been having interrupted sleep for the past days. on restdays and sick/dontfeellikeworking days..hay. i will go on vacation soon.