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Back To Work Dilemma

8 January 2009 By: Marlene16 Comments

morning tirednessGoing back to work after a long break or vacation is something I don’t look forward to, at least not now when this winter coldness and darkness pulls me back to slumber in the early morning hours.  I completely feel that the party is over and now it’s time to face seriously the reality again.  Ugh!  My dilemma is whether to call in sick and pretend and enjoy extra day of laziness, or force myself to work and disguise tiredness with a lousy smile.  This is a plaguing situation.  This New Year is not giving me any change.  What has changed is just the number of years, but the days are just the same.  Why can’t we have a different situation when New Year comes, like waking up the next day in a satin sleepwear and breakfast in bed has just being served by a uniformed maid, lol!  Keep dreaming!

But guess which options did I take today.  Awakened by the music in my alarm clock, I got up and went to work instead.  Forget about the fantasies and dreams, this is what my life is, my reality.  Anyhow, it feels good to start the year right.  This is the time I need to be strong.  To fight the dilemma is not easy however.  But the will to do what’s right is the best weapon I’ve had.

I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke and found that life was duty.
~ Ellen Sturgis Hooper

About Marlene

Marlene works as a teacher, but she blogs in her spare time. She started blogging in 2007, and since then, it has become one of her hobbies. She writes for Lemback.com, which she and her husband have built and managed but later moved to Wordpress to join other WP bloggers. Connect Marlene on Twitter

Comments

  1. Nick Phillips says

    9 January 2009 at 01:46

    I say call in sick and go back into a slumber … LOL!

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      10 January 2009 at 03:24

      Ahhk! I did this once and that’s enough. My conscience is haunting me, hahaa!

      Reply
  2. Joyoz says

    9 January 2009 at 05:16

    “I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke and found that life was duty”
    wonderful quote and absolutely true.

    Joyoz’s last blog post..Holiday is over

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      10 January 2009 at 03:25

      Joy, oo nga eh. True to life talaga.

      Reply
  3. jessie says

    9 January 2009 at 11:25

    Mhy,

    Pareho tayo ng problema fren. Huhuhu! back to designing online stores na naman ang byuti ko. Btw, about your netbook problem, sige hanap ako ng model na mura. Itatanong ko kay Kathy yung freight sa inyo then bigay ko sa yo yung quotation. Send mo na lang yung details sa YM ko – name and address nung pamangkin mo then i’ll pay na lang here. Bayaran mo na lang sa kin sa 2015. Hahaha!

    jessie’s last blog post..Xbox 360 vs PlayStation 3 (PS3) Sales: Xbox 360 Wins!

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      10 January 2009 at 03:28

      Hah! buti ka nga at uupo ka lang sa harap ng computer at nasa loob lang palagi. Wish ko sana ganito ang work ko noh, para nasa loob lang din palagi, hehee!

      Yipee! Ang bait mo talaga, fren! Ok, I’ll message you later. 🙂

      Reply
      • jessie says

        11 January 2009 at 10:11

        Mhy,

        how i wish nakakalabas din ako frequently fren. ang hirap ng sedentary lifestyle. 🙁

        Btw, hindi ko pa natatanggap yung buzz mo sa YM.

        jessie’s last blog post..Filezilla Client is the Best Free FTP Client Software

        Reply
    • Amor says

      10 January 2009 at 13:44

      Jessie, kailan ka naman magpapa-contest na netbook ang prize? hehe. 🙂 Kakaririn ko yan. 😀

      Amor’s last blog post..Blogroll Clean Up

      Reply
      • jessie says

        11 January 2009 at 10:12

        Amor,

        Magpapakontest lang ako na netbook ang prize pag kumikita na ko ng $5K per month. Hahaha! (Keeping my fingers crossed).

        jessie’s last blog post..How to Configure Filezilla FTP Client (Web Server File Transfer)

        Reply
  4. Amor says

    10 January 2009 at 13:43

    Ay naku, ganyan din dilemma ko noong pumapasok pa ako sa school at sa work at wish ko rin na may magseserve na lang sa akin ng breakfast in bed no. Hay, libre ang mangarap sana lang lahat ng pangarap nagkaka totoo, hehe.

    Pasukan na nga ulit nila Sean, maaga ulit gigising at hindi pwedeng aandap-andap, yun nga lang nali-late kami minsan kahit walking distance lang ang skul. 🙂

    Amor’s last blog post..Blogroll Clean Up

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      10 January 2009 at 22:13

      Amor, hanggang pangarap na lang tayo nito, hehee!
      Naku, nangyari din sa kin yang na-late sa school dito nung nag-sub ako, kitang-kita lang ang school sa balkon namin, pero na-late pa rin. 🙁

      Reply
  5. Farah says

    10 January 2009 at 17:40

    …and that’s why I opted for part time instead of full time! I used to drag myself out of bed too in the mornings when I was working full time. It used to be OK when I haven’t got my children yet, but since I had my first child, I was getting really little sleep in the night, so, waking up early in the morning was such a torture for me.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      10 January 2009 at 22:16

      Farah, I’d do the same if I have children. It’s not easy to work when you lack sleep the night before. It feels like you’re walking on air or floating.

      Reply
  6. Rozella says

    11 January 2009 at 12:19

    Oh no…speaking of going back to work. I’ll be going back tomorrow! I feel like I’ve been on leave forever. I was off from the 18th till the 29th. Went back for two days, then fell sick and was off for a week again! Hehehe It’s gonna take me a while to get back in the game!

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      11 January 2009 at 23:04

      Hahaa! Rozella, you can live with it. Be glad you’re out of those chickenpox days. Welcome back to the reality. 🙂

      Reply

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