"Uy. Gising!"
"Beshy!"
I just grunted upon hearing Joya's voice as she mounted in my bed. She shook my shoulders to wake me up. Tinapik-tapik pa niya ang pisngi ko pero hindi ako nag-abalang magmulat ng mata.
I'm tired from all-out teaching the whole day. Kaya nang makarating ako ng bahay kaninang 4 PM ay pinili kong umidlip muna. But I guess, ilang minuto pa lang akong nakakaidlip dahil mabigat pa ang talukap ng mga mata ko. Tapos, may istorbo na.
"Mmmhhh..." I just grunted.
She muttered something long about tumawag, buntis, punta, etc. But I'm too sleepy to process every word, so I just groaned painfully.
Nang hindi siya tumigil ay napilitan akong magsalita.
"I'm tired. Let me sleep." Pakiusap ko sa inaantok na tinig at di pa rin nagmumulat.
"Ako na lang." Saad niya na halos di ko narinig dahil nagtalukbong na ako ng kumot.
"K." I murmured even if I don't really understand. Naramdaman ko ang pag-alis niya sa kama kasunod ng mahinang pagsara ng pinto as I dozed off back to dreamland.
Malakas na buhos ng ulan at pagkidlat ang nagpagising sa akin kinaumagahan. Namamaluktot ako sa kama habang balot na balot ng kumot.
Ang sarap sa feels ng ganito. Inabot ko ang cellphone sa nightstand at ini-on iyon. Pumasok agad ang ilang mensahe at notifications.
Di ako nag-abalang buksan ang ibang notifs. I just opened the latest message sa inbox ko na kapapasok lang. Those are from my classmates announcing the localized suspension of classes to all grade levels from the office of the mayor.
Though, wala namang bagyo. Summer should be approaching but here we are, caught in heavy rain. Climate change is real.
It's only 6 AM in the morning. By this time, Joya should have been annoyingly waking me up to prepare for our OJT.
Yeah. We're on our last month in college, doing our training as future high school teachers. Ilang weeks na lang gagraduate na kami.
I am looking forward to it. Six years ago, I never thought of myself educating young people. But here I am, practicing the profession I have learned to love and be passionate about.
Nagpasya akong bumangon na nang tumunog ang tiyan ko. Hindi na pala ako nakapagdinner kagabi sa sobrang pagod. Baka ginising ako ni Joya. But knowing myself, I'm sure di ko na naman namalayan.
BINABASA MO ANG
Unbinding Ties of Sloth
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