Oh boy, what a week!

by Anushka Nanayakkara and Sajitha Prematunge

Samadhi: Mondays are excruciating. Anuki doesn't come on Mondays and it's awfully boring.... I'm usually clueless as to what I should do for the rest of the week. And I have to give a list of my deliverables on Monday evening!!! It makes me nauseous just thinking about it.

I always make a resolution on Fridays that I would get my thoughts straight by Mondays so I'd be able to meet the Thursday dead line without rushing it. But it never happens. Plus I have to admit it, I'm always a little lazy on Mondays.

I usually run all over the place answering all the phones - because it's every body elses day off, I check my mail - personal mail of course, since I don't receive any professional mail to speak of - I simply doze off. Saved by the bell! My boss just gave me an assignment and saved me the trouble of brainstorming.

Tuesday - it's meeting day! Anuki looks like she just fell from the sky. Luckily I'm one day ahead of her, I had the whole of Monday to contemplate and reflect. The meeting is where you're bound by your own words to your own damnation.

The assignments are confirmed by the boss. The whole thing is a jittery proceeding if you ask me!, subject to much nail biting. Time for a last minute change of heart about my assignment? Uuh, too late the meetings over.

Anuki: Wednesday, here comes the assignment day again... Believe it or not from the time we jump out of bed, our mission is to complete the assignments and to start writing coz we want to keep the deadline.

Well, on the other hand it is an exciting day as well coz we get to meet and associate many people with different social back grounds. But all the time the brain alarm reminds us that time is not just running but flying; it adds more weight to the days work.

Samadhi: Oh, Anuki you goody-too-shoes you're too professional, interesting people indeed! Do you at all remember what comes next. Thursday, dooms day! I'm never gonna make the dead line! It is my superior just around the corner, coming to grab the paper right out of my hands. I can almost hear the deathly echo 'Time out!'. Oh gosh I'm so paranoid.

My mean old demon in the subconscious whispers in my ear 'can't we stall?' 'I doubt it' I snap back. Two seconds to the moment of truth and counting. Can I make it?

Finally one tenth of a second to deadline 'I've finished!' I turn to see Anuki shaking her head in disapproval. "I've been finished for over an hour". How could that be I always get a head start on Mondays.

Anuki: Thank god, for all the good Fridays. The laugh-and-get-fatter-day. After handing over the write ups, this day gives us more relaxation. The tension is all gone, and leaves more space for good habits like "laughing". Samadhi and I share our experiences of the week, challenges encountered or pick something funny and laugh until we are in tears.

Before the end of the day not forgetting, we do discuss our assignments for next week. Generally, on and off we do consult our superiors (though at times we would have been a pain behind) that's with the belief that they know their stuff and with the interest to learn more.

I think practice not only makes a person perfect what's necessary is to jump off the deep end and try not to drown. To do that, accepting our superiors assistance is what's needed. After all Friday is our fun day and that's why we always call it a "good Friday".

Samadhi: Oh go ahead butter up Anuki!

Anuki: Saturday is a both sunny and gloomy day for me. I'll tell you why, Its bright because, I get to work on my news articles and its actually kind of exciting and challenging (thanks to my boss for pushing me the first place to this "muddy" area but with pair of "colourless" boots.

Anyhow, Saturday is kind of spicy for me and also the feeling of having the day off at the door step adds more spice to life. The cloudy side of the day is that its Samadhi's off on Saturday day.

A day where nature shows me the value of friendship. (Glad that she's not around to tell me about the dangers of having cool drinks or annoy me with all her environmental tales). When turning back the clock, the days were sweet, bitter, spicy for the two of us and all that we could say is Oh! boy what a week...

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