yesterday officially marked the start of the second half of the year. my, my, how time really flies. soon it'll be christmas–my favorite time of the year–and just like last year, i'll be going on a holiday vacation to be with my family. whether my superior(s) approve that or not, it doesn't matter anymore. i've never been absent or late the entire year, so in some regard, i believe i deserve to have that time off. yet i'm guessing that my superior(s) won't buy that and they would go as far threaten me with issuing a verbal warning of some sort just like last year. frankly, it won't be new to me anymore. although at that time i was adamant that i was indeed issued one (imagine a perfect attendance employee being issued a verbal warning for attendance for going on unapproved leave even though i plotted those leaves many months ahead), i guess i won't be surprised anymore this time around if they do the same. but nothing won't change my mind in going on holiday vacation. but that's still far off, so i'll contemplate more about that as it approaches.

looking back, i could pretty well say that the first half of the year went not as bad as i thought it would be. i mean, i always lower my expectations so as not to be completely disappointed and it helps keep me on the ground to see things up close. had my first beach trip in two years to a place i have never been before, started working out at the gym, got an ipod video from my brother as a welcome home present (even though he was the one who went away and that i didn't ask him to buy me anything), had a 10-day vacation from work wherein i did absolutely nothing but stay home, and finally ended my wait for transformers to be shown. i guess that's the icing on the cake. 😀

so what's in store for me during the next six months? i have no idea, but just the same, i won't be expecting too much. not that i'm not being optimistic or not having a positive outlook, it's just that i'd rather play safe and end up appreciative and thankful in the end, rather than be all upbeat, expecting all good things to come my way and then end up disappointed and miserable when nothing does come. though it doesn't hurt to think positive–believe me, most of the time i think that way–i always mix that with being real. when shit happens, accept and roll with the punches (yet in my personal life, that's all i've been doing lately). we're halfway through the year. and whatever we feel about what just happened in the first half, father time doesn't give a damn and just moves on.