satisfaction.

woke up at 6.20 a.m.


got to work at 7.15 a.m.


finished lessons at 1 p.m.


had teriyaki chicken don, salmon sashimi & jap vegetarian pancake at 1.30 p.m.


packed goodie bags from 3.15 p.m. till 5.30 p.m.


sorted out rooms and logistics for colloquium till 7.30 p.m.


finally got home and showered and now i'm here.


my lessons were great, even though they're revision lessons and therefore technically, it was supposed to be boring. but it wasn't. my kids were responsive, and i fed off their energy and had so much to share. a day like today is what i signed up for.


awesome jap lunch with boss/ friend and colleague/ friend. languid chats, a refresher before going back to the mountain of work that awaited us.


and then full blast. printing, calling, running around like a headless chicken, sorting out IT/ logistics, carrying tables. perhaps not quite what i signed up for, but you don't always get everything. sometimes you get more. at least this is a 'more' i actually believe in. as exhausting as it has been working and planning for this event, i feel fulfilled knowing i was part of a meaningful event.


i guess i should also be honest- this general happy vibe is a result of confirmation (of sorts) of march holiday plans- i'm going to melbourne, and then someone's coming back with me. after the nightmare of last week, you can imagine how this news is making me see absolutely everything in a positive light.


those on twitter would have gotten sporadic sampling of the wonderful things this crazy man says to me. haha. nothing dirty, rest assured. but insanely sweet and random things that catch me off- guard and make me thank god over and over again; that i went to istanbul, that i stayed at stray cat, that i got over suresh and chose to hang out with hostel people instead of wallowing, that i held his arm, that we kept in touch, that everything. that everything of before has led to this, now.


i still don't quite know where this might go. if god willing it goes where we want it, alhamdullilah. if not, i am grateful just the same, to have met a man who is teaching me how it feels to be completely adored.


it's the best thing in the world, to be honest. so i sound like a cliche, a plot of a rom- com, a line from a chick lit novel. i might even accept flowers from this man! AGHAST. these times, they're truly a- changin'.


oh also; i am going to the bob dylan gig this april. HOYEAH.

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