Most of the time the world just happens. And at times life is shitty and random and it just doesn’t make any sense. No sense at all. But sometimes everything fits and once again you wonder if everything does happen for a reason.
And so I’m on my way home and traffic is at a crawl along Ortigas Avenue Extension. Rain had been pouring for a while and traffic plus heavy rain could only mean that the road ahead must be flooded. It had been so far a two hour drive for what would normally take less than an hour.
A few cars ahead of me are a couple who are my neighbors and also my officemates. They soon call to tell me that they are turning around to take a longer route home. That would also normally what I’d do, as that longer route had saved me more than once. But this night I decide to simply bear the heavy traffic and aim for Ever Gotesco Mall up ahead and park and probably eat and then wait it out a bit.
After a few moments at the parking lot, I get bored and start texting a few friends. A close friend from high school lives nearby and so I text her and tell her where I’m at and warn her about the traffic in the area. And I’m surprised by her response. Apparently there’s a crisis of sorts at her home because her son who’s diabetic has misplaced his insulin shot for the day. And because of the traffic in the area, they don’t think they can make it to the drugstore at the mall before it closes. So I just offer to buy the medicine and bring it over. Her house is near the mall and going opposite of where the traffic was so I’m at her place in about 20 mins.
Problem solved.
And I get a nice cold beer to boot. And good company for about 3 hours while I wait for the traffic to ease up.
Sometimes everything just clicks into place. Perfectly.
