What A Wonderful World

How r u ev'rybody!
Sitting alone in my room at four o'clock at dawn, typing while listening to Louis Armstrong, what a wonderful world! It is indeed. Not only that I have just got back from my --or rather, ehm, our-- sabatical leaves, spending my time alone with my beloved one, honeymooning for the umpteenth time (luv ya, babe!), nor because it's payday time, or for my brand new bicycles (yes, bicycles, I've two of them!).

On the contrary, I feel so lucky after a series of unluckiness. It started yesterday, the very first day I got back to the office. I got a heleboel, meaning piles and piles, of work on my desk! *sigh* OKeeee... I said, smiling almost grinning. Then I got called for a meeting. A rreeeaaalllyy unimportant meeting, only wasting my time, because we actually talked about... nothing!!! Zipp, zerooo.... Big OOOO! Wanna know how long? for 4 hours, FOUR, 240 minutes losing my time!

But oke, I still could smile. There's no way a first day at the office could replace my full honeyweek just like that. But then, a friend of mine called me from Belgium. She's having trouble with her thesis, she said. Hmm... that's really none of my business. Then I thought, oke I might be able helping her. But, to me, she seems to asking too much. I just don't wanna talk about this here.

And then, another thing happened. I didn't get paid for something I'd done. I don't know why, my bank account was geblokkeerd somehow. Have no idea at all. And my card broke in two. It meant I had to ask for money to my hubby. It was eight in the evening, I hadn't had dinner, of course I was starving. Still, I kept smiling.

And then another news, and another news, and another thing happened. It seems God and I were fighting, having a competition to break each other's heart. *Dear God, listen, don't do that to me again, puhleeaase?* And I lost, I couldn't smile any longer. What do you expect? It was "a series of unfortunate events".

I got home broke, mad, and starving to death. It was only one step to soar and roar and killing people, I guess. I was so mad that I could barely speak. *Well, typical of me* My hubby asked me to go to bed, and I did... with my eyes wide open :P. Knowing that I couldn't possibly sleep in that condition, I went to do my night prayer and having another round with Him.

I went back to bed, a bit satisfied, but still wide open. And suddenly, he opened his eyes, staring at me, smiling. He kissed me and held me tight. He asked me to be patient and he held me all night long. And at that time I realized that God was just teasing me. He was just like to have fun with me, maybe it's a kind of His way to have a personal communication. Then I started to smile too. That night, I went to sleep feeling satisfied.

cukup jika
senyummu adalah senyummu
maka gelas kembali gelas
anggur semakin anggur.
(Cinta dalam Dunia Virtual, Hikmat Darmawan, 2000)

This morning, I woke up feeling wonderful. Started my day happy. Amazingly, repeated good things happened to me today. And I end up this day with a very wonderful song: What A Wonderful World!