run riza run

i thought i was patient. i thought lang pala, i guess.

it was morning rush and i rode with my dad on his way to the office. my destination was my sister's house, some 10 minutes further past my daddy's office. he was late for work... just a few minutes late... but i was early for my appointment. i told him i'd get some snacks first before proceeding to my sister's house.

i bought some snacks from a nearby grocery. i was starving for breakfast so i also passed by mcdonald's for hamdesal. then we proceeded to my sis' house, which was a minute away. from my sister's house, the car will take them to their office, also some minutes past their house... but wala my dad left his phone in the car!

so my dad called me up at my cell and asked us to have the driver go back to his office to bring his phone --- if my sister and her husband were not in a hurry to leave for their office. i said ok. he also called my sister before calling me.

and there i was, unloading my stuff from the car. the laptop and grocery bag were too much for me too handle and so i said i'll leave my bag first and go back for it... kuya john (my bro in law) opened the door for me and went out to see the driver... i got my pasalubong for them and started taking off the price tag. then i went out to get my bag where my hamdesal and cell phones are, and to get another paper bag.

and this was the scene that bewildered me:

the parking space where the car had been was empty. the gate was barred already.

NOOOOOO...

ruffo..? ruffo..?! (that's the name of the driver.)

GONE!

in my mind: kuya john! what have you done? you sent him with my bags still in the car! and rufo, why so quick to leave? didn't i say i was going back for my other stuff? waaah :((

then i thought maybe he's be back for them right after he's brought the phone to my dad. but then i was already wickedly pissed off.

traffic outside was slow moving. what do i do? scurry...! so i hurried off and tried to race after the car. then later i was already running, halfheartedly running. arrrrgh! it was no longer in sight but the road was curving so it could be just meters away. arrrrgh... whaat am i doing running along narra street at 930 in the morning with fresh make up and thong slippers? i caught sight of ESI (our car, honda esi), she's reached the curve where the traffic loosens up. too late... :(

i asked my sis if ruffo will be back. he will be, she said. but i still felt like crying. you see, you don't separate a busy girl from her hand bag, especially if her cell phone, bible and BREAKFAST are in there! and so there it was, me with 15 minutes of withdrawal syndrome having been separated from my bag, bible and breakfast.

but here it is already. it's back before i even finished writing this blog.