A surprise visit from a friend is a sight that will never get old in our house. Not even this pandemic could stop that especially now that the lockdown protocols have been lifted a little.
Most times, these are my other half’s friends coming over. Not that I have no friends, they just happen to be few and live way too far and busy with their lives and all the other stuff I could use to excuse myself from visiting them too. I wish I’d get them at my funeral.
Well, back to the story about how it’s always nice to see someone on your doorstep unannounced. What more if they brought up some pan de sal (a bread roll) that are specially non dairy – fitting one of our family member’s intolerance, aka me. (Why my partner told me back before when we’re only 1 month into dating – that if I ever devise a plan of “surprise-visiting” their house – that I would be turned away because it’s rude to show up without notice).
How thrilling was it for me, to say the least, shouting to my partner about this friend’s arrival only to be told that “Oh yeah, I was expecting him”, and all I could say quietly in my mind is “Uhh so you didn’t even mind telling me, I could have had at least prepped something?”
But I have so much happiness I couldn’t contain to really care about that. Being locked down at home, with kids and the piling up house chores due to procrastination just to watch 112 episodes of Yu Yu Hakusho are just too much to bear that having one hour of this human being’s existence in the house is enough for me to call the year 2020 – pretty okay.
What adults talk about on Januaries
Who doesn’t ask another fellow where they scored their calendar for the new year during Januaries? If not, may be they are asking recommendations for which planner to score.
The same applies to this glorified day. How “adult” (-like) can this conversation get?
Januaries or new years are always viewed to be a beginning. The month’s name itself is derived from the Latin God Janus, the god of beginnings. It’s only fitting that we look for calendars to help us settle into this new chapter.
It’s a perfect time because it was followed by 2 weeks of mostly non working holidays thus, more time to reflect on the next step you want to take for the year ahead.
So it turned out both of us, our friend, are decided to leave our current jobs. What a fool would want to be jobless at this time of their lives? Laugh at us but we do.
What other realization has this month brought forth? Having this chat with our dear visitor even inspired me to write again here. My last post was way back June last year which was 6 months ago. I found a job and endured quite a lot of virtual challenges. I couldn’t further continue doing so and had to let go.
Here’s to more stories to share. Thanks again dear friend.
