At 1:30 this morning, I was still up and blogging/blog hopping/opps hunting...hehehhe, then suddenly the lights went dead---Oh shoot, I missed an opp! But hey, that is not the main point in this post. Immediately, I turned off the switches, secured the area. Honeysweet has my father's, my daughter's and my possessions and investments so I gotta secure the place. Then my phone went dead---Shoot! Low bat or dead...I panicked, it was very dark. I was afraid. I was afraid for I do not want anything bad to happen to me or to the properties inside Honeysweet. I turned on my smart# cellphone and luckily it was still alive, both my globe# phones were already dead since I forgot the charger at the new place. One bar and three available messages was all I had. So , okay, I can still breathe...with the remaining power, I tried to light my way through..had to think fast...
However, when I was about to go outside to leave, a car was parked across the street and there I panicked again. Why was the driver blinking the lights as if signaling something...Oh Lord, please NOT robbers. I started to pray. Prayed the Divine Mercy Prayer, Hail Marys and The Lord's Prayer. Then my own prayer...then The Creed..."Oh Lord, I do not want to die yet, Zarelle is still very young. She needs me!"...That's all I have prayed for,and of course, "Lord, keep me safe."...
I texted Honey's number and Tatay's, both with: "It's so dark in here, I am very afraid!"...I continued to pray and the car was no longer in sight. I secured electricity, turned off everything, searched for the keys and the locks...then went outside and locked Honeysweet. At least when I am outside, my chances for survival is greater...I can run or shout should there be any one to cause me harm...then my father texted me back asking where I was...I replied with my last peso balance of load...told him where I was, and my phone went dead again...No phone in the dark on a very rainy night...all I could do is continue praying. I was the only one in the darkness...the taxi and other vehicles that pass by only passed by. They could not see me. I continued praying then light shown from the street across Honeysweet. I called out and asked if he was my Tatay...and I heard my father's voice...I was shaking and he gave me more light. I told him I will check the inside one last time if I locked and turned off the switches properly...after that, we went home together...
My prayers kept me safe, and when my father arrived I felt completely safe...Thank You Lord...
I am not doing that again...CEPALCO gives no warning, so I wont do that again---10pm is closing time and that's it---no more overtime for me...
