A long week(end) ahead

i've been so relaxed at work, i didn't even realize a long weekend was coming up! unlike several times in the past where work was so hectic that i felt long weekends couldn't come fast and often enough. sunday is singapore's national day, and thus monday is a public holiday.

this time, i'm just kinda *mehhhhh* about it. what's really looming over me is marlon's long business trip. he's leaving this sunday afternoon for cincinnati, OH and will only be back the following monday! eight whole days! waaah!

when his company slashed travel budgets early this year, i was ecstatic. i had marlon all to myself! i always have the most horrible insomnia whenever he goes away. it got so bad that i reached a point where only an irrational paranoia about dying like heath ledger kept me from popping sleeping pills. seriously.

*moment of silence for his departed hotness*

apart from the insomnia, things just seem less fun when he's not around.

and this time, we're not going to be able to talk as often because of the 12-hour time difference. i guess now we get to know what it's like to be in a "real" long distance relationship. i always thought we were so lucky to be living in the same time zone and just a 3-hour plane ride away during the four years we spent apart.

so much time to fill... i actually made a list of things to do while marlon is away.

• clean closet and fold clothes (a monthly task that i always put off. you would too if you saw my closet)
• get my pinoy indie movie fix by watching ang pagdadalaga ni maximo oliveros and serbis (freshly downloaded torrents) - the files have no audio! grrrr!!!
• catch up on my blogging (mimi's wedding! my espn shoot!)
• finish reading the alchemy of mirrormask (i've been into behind-the-scenes books lately, care of the national library)
• return books and renew library card
• scout for carry-on luggage and new undies at takashimaya
• preliminary shopping for something to wear to tor's wedding! (i say preliminary because i only plan to buy clothes the weekend before i go -- to maximize weight loss)
• give myself a pedicure
• do yoga and muay thai
  
• swim and sunbathe (most likely i will just end up sleeping in)
• watch bruno with my TA gays
• pay a visit to my ob-gyne, or O&G as they say here
  
• do the groceries (boreroo)

not the most exciting list huh? especially when i'm just going to doing everything by myself. by some strange magic, even the most mundane activities always seem like so much fun when marlon's around. and that's what i'll really miss when he's away this week.

*cue "all by myself" by celine dion*