Leave.

So... Today was my first day of my considerably long break. I cancelled my no-pay leave after some deliberation and took my own leave instead. The nightmare problem has not got a lot better these days. I still wake up in the middle of the night, and then feeling very lethargic the next day. If anything, I think I have lost count of the times this happens. As far as I could remember, it has been about one month since the problem started. I do not know if my health has been compromised, but I do think the giddiness problem does not get any better. This feels like the state I was in three years back. This time, however, I am determined to be positive about it and not let things get worse. 

Yesterday, being the "last" day of work, was pretty happening. Since it was only a two-week break, not many people bothered. And so I was exceptionally thankful for the people who actually remembered and asked me to rest well. They did not have to, so that was nice. In the afternoon, I was told to go to the entrance because someone had asked for me. When I went down, there was a bouquet of six red roses beautifully wrapped in gold fabric paper. No one was there. Of course, I was extremely puzzled. Accompanied by it was a small white card that read:

Happy Valentine's Day

Mr Doraemon

In all honesty, I was initially quite pleasantly surprised. I had naively wondered if it could be coffeeboy. I actually even took out this little note that he had written for me before and compared the handwriting. To my disappointment, however, it was not him. In fact, I was not very pleased that someone had actually sent me something anonymously. Up till now, I have no idea who the sender is. I do have a few guesses, but I am not sure. And I would really appreciate if the person could tell me. Because I would still like to thank this person for the nice thought. 

I did not need any flowers or chocolates on a day like this. But I was really contented.

We walked to Starbucks and got myself a cup of soyed green tea latte. He meant to give me a treat, but I declined. What mattered to me really, was the walk there and back :)

Today I actually still checked my emails. Tomorrow onward, I promise, I will disconnect and do some walks and reading. A two-week break does not render me a lot of free time actually because there is simply too much to complete and too much that I want to do. And to be honest, the last thing I want to do is to meet people to talk about work.

I really hope I will get the rest I need.

Hopefully tomorrow when I am back, I will be talking about new discoveries and whatnots.