All work and no play makes Jane a dull girl?

Am going back to KL today (yay!). My sister called me two days ago, asking whether I'm driving back to KL for the weekend or not. She called again yesterday. Did not plan to go, initially, but was a bit tempted after those calls haha. Then last night my mom called. Said my dad is coming over to KL, and is going to Langkawi for a meeting middle of next week. And the rest of the family who is not committed (committed? heehee) to the rat race (well, not exactly a rat race, but it does feel that way) will tag along. So they'll need the family's most spacious car. Thus sealing my decision to go back to KL this weekend... Would love to join them in Langkawi, but I guess I have to do with KL. Maybe I'll visit Aquaria this Saturday, just to compensate for missing all the azure crystal-clear water they'll be bathing in (and jet skiing and banana-boating and snorkelling...). Aquaria should be enough 'play' for me :( ...

Argued the matter of 'rest and play' with one of my housemates last night. She took a day off yesterday. When I asked why (earlier in the day), she said she needs to go to the bank and pay the bills, and that she had not taken any leave recently.

So I, with my not-so-logical mind, told her it's easier with Maybank2U, but then she said she doesn't have the account. I said allright, and went on to do my work. And then it struck me that she's the kind who'll go to the office on Saturdays AND Sundays (and even on public holidays!), and work her ass off from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (and sometimes later than that). I bet my finger* she'll do that this weekend. Me, I'd rather work my ass off (although I don't think I'm doing it right, as my ass is not getting any smaller) on a weekday, and get my rest on the weekends, when everybody is also getting their days off, and is least likely to call me up to ask on things concerning work.

Therefore, during dinner, I asked her:

'Are you going to the office this weekend?'

She said, 'Yes'.

'Why didn't you just work today, and do the things you needed to do on the weekend? I'd say it's easier that way.' (My below-average logic mind going on overdrive...)

'I can concentrate on my work on the weekend.'

'But then, what about those people who came looking for you and found that you are on leave? They'll be looking for you again next week, anyway. Might as well attend to them, and have the weekend for yourself. No need to go to the office on Saturdays or Sundays. Have it all over and done with on the weekdays.'

'The students are not around. They'll not be looking for me.'

'The people who are looking for your help are not necessarily students...' (I should have gone into legal practice/politics...)

'Why do people question me on when I'm taking my leave? Other people take their days off, too, but no one's questioning them!'

'Whatever. Take your leave. Take a week off, if you must; I don't care'.

Cue: two annoyed girls go into silence. One spectator, caught in the middle of the firing range, looks ill at ease.

* I bet my finger: My GBF has this saying 'Kerat jari aku kalau...' (roughly translated: 'I dare to cut my finger off if.....') when he wants to bet on things. Recently he wagered his finger on a bet with a friend, and the friend won. I asked him which finger will go, and he said he's exchanged the finger with a dinner at Nando's.