Day 33 - Thank you for Thursdays

Thank you Lord for Thursdays!

I thank God for Thursdays because Thursdays are the days were I am truly excited. Know why? Because Thursday is the last day of work in a week. After Thursday, there comes Friday and Saturday as rest days. I’m happy for being so excited for the rest days. Thursdays are the days were I plan how my weekends will be. And it’s really a nice feeling to plan especially when we want to do something.

Actually, I’m really excited this weekend because we are planning to make cassava cake, which is one of my favorite native delicacy and we are making it at home. So I’m planning to enjoy doing it as much as I enjoy eating it. I’m also excited for this coming weekend because we are planning to go the peryahan near our place because it was Dubai Shopping Festival is almost over and we didn’t have a chance to go there before even if it was only a 5-minute walk from our place. Also this weekend, we are planning to go the park as winter season is almost over and all of us on the house had no work as it was declared holiday for The Prophet’s birthday of February 4. So, this weekend is a really exciting week for me and I am very happy and excited about it. And this Thursday give me extra time to enjoy my excitement. It’s like I can’t wait it any longer as it comes nearer. And I thank God for this joyous feeling and for allowing me to have this plan with my housemates.

Thank you God!

Day 30 - Thank you for the gift of Sleep

Thank you God for the gift of Sleep!

I thank God for allowing me to have a sleeping time. A good nights’ rest allows me to have a good morning and a beautiful day. It also allows my body to get its needed rest and catch up with my health. It helps me do my work easily and happily and no matter what others may do, that was supposed to irritate me on my bad days, becomes bearable at all.

I remember a time when sleep doesn’t come to me. It makes me irritated and easily gets tired even when I was only sitting. I can’t also focus to my work and my mind is just wondering on my bed and how good it is to stay and sleep all day. On these days, I just want the day to be done and over so I can go home and sleep. But while I was like this at work, when I get home, sleeping becomes a problem because it seems like sleep jumps out of my window that I’m not able to sleep and all and I end up sleeping late again and again.

Actually, I have particular surroundings where I want to sleep. I don’t know how others manage to sleep on bright and noisy surroundings because as for me, I want to sleep on a dark and silent one. It makes me relax and able to travel on dreamland. I am very sensitive on any lights that when it was turned on I automatically wake up and become irritated just like on making even a small noise. I wish I have my own room where everything is manageable but since I have 5 housemates, I can’t force them to be like me so until now, after over five years of having roommates, my sleeping habit doesn’t change at all; but I’m beginning to adapt. I put 3 layers of curtain to my bed to block the lights and put blindfold so the light won’t bother me. For the noise, that’s the one I can’t stop. I just ask them not to be too noisy when someone is sleeping. But my sleeping problem is not yet over. I still need a minimum hour of lying in my bed before I actually got to sleep. I admire those people who can instantly sleep even when they were sitting or even standing. But despite all these, sleeping is still my favorite hobby! And I thank God that no matter how hard it is for me to get sleep and find that rest, I’m still happy that I have a bed and I can sleep whenever I want or just to feel my bed.

Thank you Lord!

Day 6 – Thank you for Rest Days

Thank you Lord for all the rest days from work!

Rest day is the one thing I enjoy the most. After 5 weeks of working, a well-deserved rest day is a must. After all, God also enjoy some rest after creating the world in 6 days. And I am very blessed because God allowed me to have two. How nice the feeling is. Thank You Lord!
What did I do on my 2 day rest?

Hmm.. On my rest day, I actually wake up late. My time of waking up is usually 10 o’clock in the morning. Some of my friends say that it was too early as they wake up at around 12 pm. Others say that it was too late because they wake up the same time as if there was work. But it’s really depend on us. So every morning, I take a brunch with my housemates. Sometimes, it was a quick fix especially when we decided to attend mass on that day. Then when I was scheduled for cleaning the kitchen or the comfort room, I did it also on my rest day. Then call to my family back home. Checking their condition, their health and what they want or need. Checking also for some news on our relatives. It was fun. Sometimes I feel lonely just talking to them but I know I need to earn and find a way to be with them. Then, as it is a rest day, internet galore is in! Watching movies, teleserye and anything that I was interested in.

My second rest day was spent ironing clothes, shopping for our food, cooking, anything that I need to fix before going back to work.

It’s nice having a rest day. It’s nice having a time to do things differently for after doing same things for five days. It’s nice to talk to my family. It’s nice to do shopping with my housemates. It’s nice to take a while and take a deep breath and assess the situation and happenings in my life. It’s nice to enjoy simple things. To spend my rest day just as it is.. A rest day with some housework.

And I pray to take a vacation soon as my way of resting. I’d like it to be on the beach with my family and I know God is preparing it for me. My ultimate rest day!

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