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Don’t Panic

The first two words that my Husband said to me this morning was…

Woke up an hour late because I forgot to turn on the alarm of my mobile phone. For some reason, I somehow disabled the alarm yesterday instead of enabling it. I think I was too tired and sleepy last night I wasn’t thinking straight anymore.

When I opened my eyes, it was already 7am! So I sat up and nudged the Husband to tell him that we’ve slept in. All he said was, “Don’t panic” like there was an emergency or something. It amused me amidst the shock of waking up late.

Good thing I always get everything ready the night before I retire to bed: our clothes for work, bags and lunch boxes (they’re inside the fridge so we just have to take them out and put into our bags). I also get our breakfast ready on the table: bowls with spoons and cereal boxes so that all we have to do is bring out the milk, pour it in and eat. It takes awhile for me to rest after dinner because I get everything ready. Other than it has become a habit for me, it’s a good safety net for days when things are running late.

So there’s really nothing to panic about, and we really didn’t, but I appreciated my Husband’s first two words this morning. Maybe he was also shocked so his instinct was to say “Don’t panic” so both of us will come out of the shock as calmly as we could.

The truth of the matter is, there is no logical reason to panic. We love going to work early so we normally wake up before 6AM. However, our work actually lets us come in late (we can come in as late as 10:30AM) but we like being early at work so we can also come home early. And if we do get late for work, so what? It is not the end of the world and it is very seldom that we’re late for work anyway (in my case, never…yet), we’re pretty sure our respective offices will understand.

What also helped was the public transportation here in Sydney tries their best to be on time. It’s not perfect, anyone who lives here know that, but public transport here have a timetable they try to follow. Most of the time I’m grateful that they are efficient and I’m glad today nothing happened in order for the trains and buses to get delayed (at least in my area).

Running late can make us crazy in the morning. But what saved us this morning are two wonderful words spoken by my Husband, the practice of preparing for early morning rush and public transport that thankfully didn’t get delayed.

Hope everyone’s having a great Thursday…TGIT!!!

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    13 Comments

  1. Eds

    hehehe. natuwa lang ako sa husband mo. talagang akala mo kung may anong emergency na.

    at saka ok lang naman malate paminsan-minsan.

  2. Mrs.Zeus

    Thats so sweet of your hubby.

    I like getting things ready the night before also, I think it became a habit as I was growing up. It just makes life so much easier in the morning.

    Yay! It’s Thursday, can’t wait for the weekend.

  3. bursky

    hmmm… if only we could do that for our MRT/LRT din. tsk…

    but i think the problem naman dito eh masyadong mataas density ng people sa mga CBD. if only mas kalat-kalat sila, walang problema kung magising man ng late at may timetable dina ng mga tren, maluwag ang transport, OK lang hitsura mo pagdating mo sa opis.

    i swear, pag sumakay ka ng MRT ng 6AM? 10 pabango na ang dumikit sa katawan mo pagdating mo sa opisina. LOL

  4. Ibyang

    @Eds: natawa rin nga ako, akala mo naman may kung ano na hehe.

    @Mrs. Zeus: yes, weekend!!! can’t wait as well.

    @bursky: Sydney is the most populated city here too. But the systems in placed, grabe, talagang sinusunod nila.

    LOL on the 10 pabango na ang nakadikit sa yo hehe.

  5. sheng

    Haha, funny thing that was, ako pag medyo late na for the office, alam na nila dito kung ano nangyari, it’s either na-traffic or kailangang magpakain ng bata.

  6. jeanny

    ang galing naman ng sis ko, ready nma everything before going to bed. Tama nga naman 🙂

    Oist sis sa Thurs ha. Txt at email na lang 🙂

  10. kg

    at least your hubby was sensible enough to remind you not to panic!

    ako din, i have a tendency to react at once! i think i should learn to think things over before panicking! 🙂

    thanks for dropping my blog! are you the blogger in australia that jeanny met? i’m happy you’re there to keep her company. at least she can cope with the homesickness with friends like you! 🙂

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