Blanche
One time, I had the most disastrous day.
I woke up late for work. ME of all people. I skipped breakfast in hopes to reach the lab in time, but it wasn't enough. I spilled some tea on my research notes. I was so overwhelmed with work that I also completely forgot my promise to Candela regarding our jog in the park.
I looked at the clock and there was no possible way I could meet with her at the park in time. So I called her on her phone, but then I realised that is was completely drained of power! So I had to use the landline to contact her, and I heard her shouting through the phone "WHERE ARE YOU?!"
Honestly, she had the right to be mad; I mean, I did forget. So I apologised, and went back to work.
For some reason, my office computer didn't start. It was then reported that there was an internal hardware problem and that the technician will be able to fix it in the next three days. Eventually, I was given the day off, which was fine with me since I had to recover and rewrite the research reports I've damaged.
Unfortunately, it suddenly rained when I got out of the lab. So when I got home that afternoon, I was tired, hungry, and drenched. I wanted to make something for lunch, but all that was left in the refrigerator and cupboard was a carton of milk and a box of cereal.
"Oh yeah, Spark's handling the groceries," I recalled.
So I ate my "lunch" and then proceeded to my room to work on my reports. I got changed into new clothes and sat down next to my computer and did my research.
Due to all the stress accumulated that day, I suddenly developed a massive headache. I knew that I could not work in those conditions so I decided to take a nap instead. Sadly, it took me a long period of time for me to fall asleep.
I wanted to sleep for thirty minutes, but I was woken up by Spark coming home shouting "ONE TRIP ONLYYYY!" and then I heard a loud thud on the floor, and possibly a few cracked eggs.
"NOOOO NOT THE EGGS!"
I couldn't be bothered to get out of my bed, especially not with my head hurting. I eventually attempted to go back to sleep.
When I woke up, time changed from the afternoon to evening, and I was so shocked with the amount of time I wasted! There was so much work to do, and now there's even less time to do them!
"YO BLANCHE," I heard Candela said as she knocked on my door, "time to eat."
I got up and went down to eat with my friends. I don't know how I looked, but it was pretty obvious to Spark and Candela that I was not having the best of days.
Candela asked if I wanted to talk about it but I refused. After the meal, I went back up to my room and stared at my stacks of paperwork that was surrounding my computer. I gave a big sigh of defeat, but I still had a job to do.
An hour into my work, I heard a knock on my door, and it was Spark. Spark asked me if I had any spare paper, and I was so swamped with work that I just tossed him a stack of used research drafts at him without a word.
Hours later, he came back with a box filled with folded paper stars he made himself saying, "Candela and I made these. Well, she folded the papers, but I wrote the messages. Open these whenever you feel stressed."
To my surprise, each individual star had my old notes at the back and a small motivational message from Spark saying things like, "You can do it!" with a smiley face.
I was suddenly filled with immense amounts of comfort and solace, and so I thanked him and told him to thank Candela as well. He then closed the door and I went back to work rejuvenated.
The stars were really a charming idea, however, some had no messages at all and I found a lot of spelling errors!
Hm? How did I know that? W-well... I-I uh, um... I've gone through half the box already during that week due to the amount of stress built up in my work...