High & Low

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Me: High, Low

You: Huh???

Me: Well, it's that time of the day when you tell your Highs - the best part of your day and your Lows - the worst part of your day.

You: O--kay ... you start.

Me: So the taxi I rode this morning was odd.

You: What the hell did the taxi driver do to you?

Me: Hey, chill. This is actually my High.

You: Okay. Go on.

Me: The taxi driver used another route to my work. It took a few minutes longer and five peso higher than the usual.

You: So, how did that become a high?

Me: He took the road less traveled.

You: And?

Me: And when I passed by the different route, I realized something.

You: Go on ...

Me: The new route was fresh. Different. Broke the monotony.

You: So are you saying that your life is monotonous?

Me: Not really. I just thought that I should take the road less traveled. Literally and figuratively.

You: Only you can make a more expensive taxi ride into a high. Let's hear your low.

Me: I was 5 minutes late for a meeting. It's the printer's fault.

You: What did the printer do this time?

Me: Some sort of paper jam. It destroyed all the paper I fed. I wasted a lot of paper ... and time.

You: Your office has other printers, right? Or you could have called the tech.

Me: Well, I was giving it a chance to redeem itself. I thought I had enough time.

You: Haha. So that's a low, huh?

Me: Yah. Imagine all those paper wasted. And I made some people wait for me.

You: Well that would not have happened if you just used another printer.

Me: Well, I realized it too late. Gave it too many chances but it still destroyed every paper. That's why it's my Low. Hey, your turn.

You: Let's see. I had some lows. Small lows.

Me: Let's hear them.

You: Couldn't have a decent breakfast. Turned out the bread in the pantry was expired. Had lunch quite late. I didn't notice the time. Traffic jam going home. I guess I should find a road less traveled.

Me: Tough day, huh?

You: Nah, nothing I can't handle. All good. Someone once told me that I should not make frivolous stuff destroy my day.

Me: Wow, you remember frivolous!

You: I remember all your crazy words.

Me: Good. Now, let's hear your High.

You: This.

Me: This?

You: Yeh, this. Ending my day with this. With you. You're the monotony I would never want to break.

Me: Excuse me! I'm not monotonous.

You: Haha. Yeh, I know.




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