Disclaimer: Parts of post may not make sense. Patience and intense understanding are advised.

I've been awake for the past 30 hours, since 1:45pm yesterday to be exact.

Why?

How I wish I could say that I was cast as a lead talent for a global campaign of beauty product and the shooting of the campaign started yesterday. Or that I've been out saving the world. Or more realistic, working waaaay overtime.

But I'm not.

Yesterday evening, I found out that my mom scheduled a pest control/ fumigation at our house at 7am today, which meant that by 7am, I had to be out of the house! Easy as pie, right? NOT! I sleep at 5am. Of course, the obvious solution is to sleep early. So last night, I turned in at 2:30am.

I tried to leave my mind blank and let the sleepiness wash over me. I was slowly drifting to lala- land when suddenly, I heard the door of my brothers' room open and one of my brothers was coming out (yet again to look for their mommy). I woke up instantly to stop my brother from going down the stairs (as they usually do this half asleep) because if they reach the ground floor of our house, our security alarm would set off. The noise is deafening, it could wake the dead! I scooted my brother into his room, which, luckily for me, he obliged. I glanced up at the clock. Sh*t! It was 3:30am already. Time flew by so fast.

I tried going back to sleep. Tossing and turning and tossing. And before I knew it, 3:30am became 4:00am became 4:30 am. I was suppose to get up at 6am. I really tried to go back to sleep but somehow my body wouldn't cooperate. Well how could it when I was thinking that it was pointless to sleep if after an hour and a half, I'll be waking up again, most probably with a splitting headache from lack of sleep! So at 6:45ish, I got up, started covering my belongings with blankets (to prevent the fumes from getting to it), took a shower, got dressed and waited at the garage. I was out and ready to go at 7:45am. I left the house a little bit before 9am.

But, alas! (How very fairy tale-ish!) Where will I go? Our office doesn't open till 10am! And so I decided, since it was time anyway, to go to the salon!!! I had a hair spa treatment, a foot spa and a mani- pedi. After all, I had to take out that icky "I didn't get to sleep" feeling, which would have definitely made me look like crap.

I was in the office at 12nn, with a tall cup of Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha in one hand, thong sandals on my feet (heels + no sleep = accident waiting to happen). I logged on YM and talked with my boss and we started discussing an event and because of the lack of sleep, it took me a long time to process what he was saying! I've never felt so slow... and even stupid... in my whole life. I knew that on any ordinary, I would have gotten what he meant. Hell, on any ordinary day, he didn't have to tell me what he just said because I would have thought the same thing anyway! My boss said, "You better not make any decisions today." Best advice ever given to me today!

And so here I am, slowly going about my day. I'm waiting for A as we are gonna hang out at home, if I'm lucky that I don't fall asleep! But one thing I have to say, because of that 9am trip to the parlor, I may be bangag but at least, I'm beautiful!