life's a balance

Why does good time seem to speed pass in the twinkle of an eye?

Dearie and I spent 4 delightful days together, away from work and just doing things we enjoy.

Highlights of this much needed break were:

1. dearie engaged movers to shift my piano over to our home! =D

2. we played piano together and dearie mastered almost half of the piece “the entertainer”

3. we revised through some music theory. Hope I didn’t confuse dearie =P

4. we brought my acoustic guitar over and got it tuned up

5. dearie composed a song.. played the guitar and sang along. It only has 2 verses at present..i’m waiting for the chorus!

6. we ran macritchie twice. Once on Friday..which I suffered badly due to the foot injury.. the 2^nd time was on Sunday with our team. It was a blast..coz I really enjoyed running with Isabel. We discussed on how we will pace each other for the ultra at year end..we’ll need to strategise and work with coach so that we stand a better chance to win this year.

7. saw the doctor on my foot injury. It was a long 1.5hours of wait..and a simple procedure of pricking 4 needles into both my foot.. yet it enabled me to run 14km on the next day. =)

8. we had nice garlic-ky meals together. Both of us love garlic and I cooked a few meals with nice fresh garlic mixed with ma’s home made chilli.. woooohoo.. heavenly! Running out of ma’s chilli soon.. we’ll have to stock up with 2 bottles when we return home for cny!

9. we went shoes shopping. Had wanted to get a normal running shoes..but both of us ended with trail shoes. I think it’s perfect for the cross country runs we’ll be doing. =)

10. dearie picked for me a nice pink flowery dress for Cny. Now I must ensure I stay slim to fit into it!

I lied in bed wishing the 4 days didn’t have to pass so swiftly. Nonetheless, I understand there is a time for everything. As I sit at my work station now, I need to work to survive. My consolation for the day is my supervisor is on medical leave. At least I won’t have to deal with her breathing down my neck on a blue-y Monday morning.

Looking on the brighter side of things, we’re merely 3 weeks away from cny. It’ll be another round of feasting and fun with the family!

In a way or another, I lived through the patchy 2008. weathering through the many bouts of wanting to quit, I am still at this job. dearie taught me to set my sight afar; to look at my priorities and not let little fusses distract me. I secretly still hope my supervisor dissipates into thin air many a times.. but projecting far, I want to hold on till I complete my studies. Those words spoken by the finance director of FX still ring in my ears sometimes. And whenever I get really frustrated, dearie always help me put things in perspective..and of course, curse my supervisor for me when things are unjustified.

There are many things aside from work worth looking forward too. snuggling with dearie.. training with the team.. swimming in the pool.. playing the piano.. working towards a goal in a race.. studying hard to achieve good results.. spending time with my beloved family..

Life’s an act of balancing – balancing things we like and dislike is one.