Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Cause and effects

I just got to the apartment in Geneva and was starting to unpack my things. I had one small and one large luggage. The small one was stuffed with my clothes all in. When I opened the large one, expecting to see a lot more, I had the scare of a lifetime because what were in there were just a pair of sneakers and a whole bunch of plastic bags!

"Nasa'n na yung (where are my) passport, tickets at papeles 'ko?"
"Where are my office shoes?! I can't come to work on my sneakers!"

I was having rounds and rounds of panic attacks. I kept retracing my steps, cracking my head. Where have all the papers and the shoes gone?

"I can't have possibly reached this place without my passport and tickets, can I?"
"I've got to tell Vincent to send me the shoes."



Cause:
The trip three weeks (counting it in days makes it look darn too soon, so I'm not doing that) from now.

Effects:
1. Separation anxiety.
2. Travel stress.

Manifestation:
Travel nightmares.

The one above-retold was the latest I've had about two nights ago, aside from the two I related in my last post. The dream was like a continuing effect of the last activity I did that day i.e., shopping for weather-friendly clothes. I wasn't able to get everything in the bag, specifically, a pair of shoes for the office and a pair of new sneakers for any day strolls.


I've got to get those shoes. I can't afford one more shoe nightmare.


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