Tuesday 14 August 2007

Back to "Normal"

Just a brief post to thank you all for your kind words of support and encouragement for this philosopher who was feeling a bit overawed by life last night! I truly thank you all!

As of the time of opening my eyes this morning I've been in a great mood! Perhaps it was just a phase of the moon the affected me - I do fit in the category of those affected by the lunar cycle. The lunatics! - or perhaps it was the fact that today I have the day off! Not just me. It's the whole of Greece. It's the commemoration of the death of Holly Mary, and it's a public holiday!
It is also my mom's name day - a celebration on the day of the saint somebody is named after - and, typical me, I will present her with just a hug and a kiss! I once again forgot!

Work today was actually pretty good. The typical daily shambles, but I just seemed to be in a cloud of my own the whole time.

On my way back home, I had a close encounter with a hearse - I keep drawing them to me it seems - in somewhat of a hurry! I mean, I was doing sixty and was barely keeping up! Count Dracula must have been thirsty for some young virgin's blood. He must be new in town, because there's hardly any young women of that variety left. The only virgins in Athens are the Caryatids at the Erechthion at the Acropolis, and even those are plaster cast fakes!

I got home safe and rewarded myself with some Haagen Das, Belgian chocolate ice cream!

I have the opportunity to sleep in tomorrow and that is worth a calorie abundant celebration!

8 comments:

Rebecca said...

Hi, Epi. Yayyyyy a day off! Glad to hear you are feeling better. And happy Name Day to your mom. I am aware of that tradition, but have a hard time remembering when my husband and son's are!!! Tomorrow is Assumption day here. The day Mary was assumed body and soul to heaven. Anytime you are overwrought, we are here to help! Miss you on twitter, that's for sure.

Anonymous said...

Good job! EPI..glad you're out of that funk, even if just a little. Come back soon!

Kate said...

Remember being a kid and NOT WANTING to sleep?!

Blur Ting said...

Yippee yippee yay yay! Epi finally gets his day off from work and eating cornflakes for dinner!

Amel said...

YIIIIPPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIEEE!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!! In desperate need of self-pampering and rest and today the day comes along! GOOD for you! ;-D Ice-cream is also a WONDERFUL consolation prize for your having worked your ass off the past weeks...

Epimenides said...

Assumption day! That's the name of it. It's just that I don't know the english names of the holidays. btw, I think I messed up my twitter settings! I promiss to try to recitfy the problem, so I can at least communicate through sms! :)

jyankee, thanks! It is some extra sleep I seriously needed! Hope you have a grand time at disney!!! :)

Tell me about it kate! Those hours and minutes would be worth gold these days! :)

ting, Definately a good day for sleeping and eating cooked food! :)

Amel, you wouldn't believe how much I enjoyed the ice cream! Yummy, yummy!!! :)

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you woke up in a great mood! Don't you love it when that happens. Especially when it hasn't happened in awhile. It makes you appreciate it all the more.

I'm happy you're feeling better. :)

Epimenides said...

Very true hollygl! Thank you girl! :)