HOW I
EARNED ONE EXTRA LEAVE
I was lying on my bed engrossed in
watching one of my favorite serials ‘The Mentalist’. A cursory glance at the
clock showed it was 11:30 pm, I went to bed right away, not wanting to be late
for work early next morning. My trusty phone woke me up at 7:00 AM.
I filled my room with some classic
country music and went about my daily morning routine, (nothing like starting
your day listening to some sweet music.)
Did my laundry and dried the
clothes on the hanger, washed the dishes and did a quick clean up of the room.
Did a bit of work out for 10-15 min. Then went to the bath, had a clean shave and
a nice hot relaxing bath for around 10 min.
After that I Selected a pair of
formal wears and meticulously ironed my shirt and trousers. (You somehow tend
to dress that extra smartly on a Monday morning)
I then packed my gym clothes and shoes and got
ready to leave. Checked myself one last
time in the mirror (yes guys too do that once in a while), hair-checked,
crisply ironed shirt n trousers-checked, polished shoes- check. Just as a final
touch, sprayed deo here n there and I was all set to face the Monday morning.
With all my stuff in the car, off I
went to office. While driving I was surprised to see the roads unusually
deserted and shops closed, another Telangana bandh I mused. I reached the
office at 9:30 AM. At the security check I asked the guard if there was any
bandh today, he said “No Saab there is no bandh today, not that I know of”. “Then why are the roads so deserted today?” I countered.
He said, “I don’t know saab, that’s how it usually is on a Sunday morning.”
At that point of time inside my
head it felt like I was falling off a cliff, time was moving in slow motion
with his last words resonating in my hollow head.…TODAY IS SUNDAY????? And I couldn’t
fathom how I could make such a moronic blunder. To mask my folly, I remained
calm on the outside and acted as if I meant to come on a Sunday to office and
said “ hmm true, but I generally come to office on Sundays and it’s not THIS deserted” we both exchanged a ‘Whatever!
I don’t care look’ and went inside.
I parked a little ahead in the
campus and checked my phone for the date and it indeed was a Sunday. So for the
next few minutes I sat there contemplating on how I could have missed one whole
Sunday. Whatever the reason I was glad I made the blunder, it was like one day
leave for me, at least psychologically. With one full day at my disposal I didn’t know
what to do, so I finally decided to go to a nearby church and thank the Lord Almighty
for so generously granting me one extra day.
We all make mistakes and blunders
in our life but some are just a blessing in disguise, so don’t fret or worry
about or get tensed for the mistakes you have committed, you never know what it
might turn into. Mistakes are the essence of life, those who don’t make
mistakes have never ventured beyond their comfort zone.
