I used up all my minutes for this month so I was driving like a maniac and I had to push my way into our building just to make it on time.

Whenever I’m peacefully sitting on my desk, having my breakfast and chatting away online with my family mostly and very rarely friends, my co-workers come up to me to spoil it all for me by asking me who I’m chatting with then wink at me … ay shay! I tell them I’m not like that, but without avail, so I just let it be.

For some weird reason our IT dept blocked Mark’s blog, flickr, salmiya.net, marinafm.com, 6rb.com, 6arab.com and other search engines … ay shaaaaaay!!

I won’t forget the most embarrassing but quite frightening day of my life. I was at work as I was heading out and as usual I got in the lift, doors closed. Then I realized I saw something moving, it took me a few seconds to grasp what it was, a lizard. I shivered. I got quite nervous and sweaty at that point, I told myself as long as it stays where it is I won’t scream, which was so unlikely but I crossed my fingers tight anyways. I got to the ground floor and I was getting ready to jump out it when it moved towards me as the door opened. I let out a huge scream that echoed through the whole building. I was hoping no one was around but with my luck a couple of my male co-workers came out of no where. I looked like a plum by then as they started shooting questions at me. I couldn’t tell them how silly I was for screaming over a little lizard, so I had to lie and told them I saw a huge mouse. I thought at least that’s a somewhat a better explanation for screaming like that …

I’m sitting on my desk finishing up some work, listening to music and drinking a glass of water. Without warning, off goes the a/c again. I know it’s off when someone comes into the office and smells badly however I try to hold my breath. Suddenly it gets awfully quiet and still that I can even hear myself breathing. At some point it gets so bad, I feel I’m trapped in a box, gasping for whatever little air that’s left. I usually get up, walk around a bit because I can’t open any windows here. I hate that feeling but I’m still glad their doing this for the sake of conserving power.

I’m still at work. It’s getting very hot and smelly too lol. I’m so very glad that they’re taking this lovely step to minimize electricity use during these hours.

My plans for today is take my co-worker to an Iranian Haf-fafah to have her eyebrows done because her wedding day is only days away.

I’m always stressed out during weekdays because I have to be at work at 7am and usually I’m awake by 4:30am … I just can’t sleep without worrying I’d be late to work. So basically I’d be out of the house by 6:45am which gives me more than enough time to get to work on time.

All I think about in the morning is getting to work early, whatever it takes, and I can never feel at ease until I’m sitting on my desk drinking tea. Before my manager asked me to start coming a bit early to work I used to be happily awake at 5:30am and I’d usually get to work by 7:45am.

Conclusion:
1. I need to wake up two hours prior to the target time.
2. It’s only 45 minutes earlier than the usual but still I find it so hard to do anything.