Beautiful and Sublime Sunday- Reflecting on the Last Day of the Month of July 2022

This post is for #SublimeSunday which is initiated by @c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday which is initiated by @ace108.

This is how I ended the month of July,

I slept at around 1 in the morning, woke up at 5, and slept again. Finally woke up with my alarm at 6:45. I was in denial to go to work, so I stayed in bed for around 15 minutes, trying to get a nap and snoozing my alarms. Finally, woke up to get ready. For some reason, I wasn't in the mood today. Everything just feels so redundant in my life right now. Just waking up and going to work and as I reach home, I just feel so dead tired. There are times when some of the patients pass their energy to me making me so drained and with the combination of the hot weather and commute that's just a killer. I've been thinking about my life lately, and I think my job is killing me slowly. Imagine working for 48 hours a week plus a one-hour break, I stay at our clinic for 54 hours that's excluding the travel time. I just feel like I don't have a work-life balance anymore, compared to where I previously worked.

So during my trip to work, I had to take the normal bus going to the metro station, as usual, it was really packed, but I was able to get a seat. Went to the metro station and instead of going down to the next stop, I went to the one after that because I learned that there are only a few buses in the first hours of Sunday which kinda sucks.

I was surprised by this bus station because they had restrooms and an airconditioned lounge wherein women and men are separated, I stayed in the lounge while waiting for the bus to come.

As I rode the bus, I was really sleepy. I had to fight it because I don't want to wake up to a place that I don't know. While I was walking to my clinic, I was doing my best to pass through the shadows so I won't get hit by the blazing sun. As I got to the clinic, I was getting ready and then I saw that I had no patients til 10:45. While waiting for the patients to come, I was just finishing all the documentation that I had to do.

My first patient came earlier than usual so I treated her, This was going to be her last treatment because she is headed to the US. I'm really happy for her that she didn't take really long and it's also inspiring me to go and search also.

I was expecting my next patient to come and I saw that he canceled, so while waiting I was just speaking with my other colleague. It was really nice hearing about his insights where he used to work. Then suddenly my patient came.

That patient was the same patient who gave me food last week, I told her that it tasted really delicious. I'm still amazed that she travels really far just to go here and get treated. It's always fun to treat her and she said that her pain is becoming less. My next patient came, he's been my patient for quite a long period of time. But I'm glad that his body is starting to adapt and becoming stronger.

I was supposed to have my lunch break but one of the patients of my colleagues was late so I had to treat him. So my break was cut short by 30 minutes. As soon as I took my break and went to the pantry, I was surprised because there was pizza coming from the patient of a different department. I rushed my lunch thinking that my 4 pm patient would come.

My patient canceled again, I thought my last patient would cancel on me but he was just late. We were talking and he was telling me that it's always going to be your choice to have a work-life balance. Though I told him it depends on your schedule because with one day off you could only do so much, especially when you have to do your household chores.

I got out earlier and the sun was still brightly shining, which I liked because I usually go home at 7:30 and it's already dark. I went to the bus stop and I had to wait for around 15 minutes before riding the bus. I chose to go to the mall and see their deals and eventually, I couldn't find anything that I wanted. because of this I just headed home. Took the metro and had to ride another bus which was really jam-packed. I was actually the first one to get in so I got a seat.

I went to explore the places nearby I got curious about one of the restaurants here. I ate dinner, then decided to go to the mall nearby to inquire about the gym. I actually miss working out already. I saw that 1 month is 150 AED or that's around 40 USD. Still thinking of it. I also went to another grocery just window shopping but didn't buy anything again.

I walked home and as soon as I got to the stairs I saw this cat sleeping, I had to take a photo of it. Got home and my flatmate made some Chicken Alfredo, so I ate again. I was talking with my classmate and we went to the parking lot to see the car of our flatmate. Got home and we were just speaking with each other.

I'm really glad that I have friends here, it must be really crappy if you don't have people you could vent out to. I would feel so lonely if it wasn't for them. I'm looking forward to the next months to come.

May you all have a wonderful month ahead!