I hit a tree :P

So this morning, I took a nice cooling shower and got ready for work. Then, I made myself a cheese sandwich to munch in the car. My mom had gotten me driving gloves so my hands didn't get sunburned (yes, we're shallow like that :P). So I tried putting them on, slowly coasting along the road while munching my cheese sandwich... Bad idea :P

My hands slipped on the steering wheel, I hit a tree and drove the car up the curb and to top it off, I hit the accelerator instead of the brake and smashed the windshield. Alhamdulillah, I was ok but the car is not :'(

I now have a bruise on my cheekbone... looks like someone punched me :P. Poor Mr. F will get the flack...

Anyway, so this incident got me thinking how it could've been so much worse and how I tend to take so much for granted... So, dear God, please forgive me if I've sounded ungrateful and thank you for everything.

Rant

Why are relationships soooo complicated?! I think I offended Mr. F yesterday and now we're ignoring each other... and we're supposed to be in a meeting together in half an hour :P.

I feel like I'm slowly being split into pieces to be distributed among my parents, siblings, in-laws, bosses, friends and of course Mr. F... it's hard to keep everyone happy!

Performance Appraisal

Six months after I started work at a famous Pakistani conglomerate, I got my first performance appraisal. My supervisor closed the door and turned to face me with a somber expression. "I've made girls cry" he says. I look back, deadpan wondering what's coming.

We talked about life, leadership and cats... yes, cats. He basically said, "You're a cat, sitting in front of a mirror... you see a lion, but the people walking behind you see a mouse." Yeah, that was my appraisal :"P. He also said I reminded him of Mother Teresa... :O

Anyway, this whole relationship thing is stressful... I was a such a happy-go-lucky kid, living life for myself, independent, bold, daring... I actually have to start caring about someone else now and how my attitude affects him :P. But he's been chill so far, alhamdulilah... lol.

I wonder if I'd make a good trophy wife with a sugar daddy husband... so shallow... astaghfirullah :P

Work Life

I've got my annual performance appraisal today... Praying it goes well Inshallah. My supervisor asked me to highlight my accomplishments over the last 6 months... Ummm, yeah, I would if I felt like I had actually accomplished anything (besides finding a husband and improving my Urdu and becoming up-to-date on Pakistani fashion :P).

Mr. F has taken to calling me at work... He sits ten feet away but we try to maintain office decorum and so continue to ignore one another at work but every time he dials my extension and I pick up the phone, the whole office suddenly goes quiet trying to listen in. The uncles (men over 50) are especially interested in the office romance, so much so that the one who sits behind me told his client to call back later so he could enjoy the show... LOL!

Yesterday, I walked in at 9:00 am to find a box of Ferrero rocher on my desk and it made me go "awwwwwww". Lol, I think I'm falling for the guy. Someone also got me an Iqbal calendar and I quote:

Shahadat hai matloob o maqsood o momin

Nah mal-e-ghaneemant, nah kishwar-e-kushaai

Anyone care to translate :) ?

Overheard at Farzana Lace Center

My mom and I were out shopping for lace when another lady walks in and asks the guy at the counter, "Bhai, aap ke paas silver balls hain?" (Do you have silver balls?). My mom caught my eye and we ended up giggling so hard, we had to run back to the car to recover...