Day 19: General stuff

Congratulations to all the bloggers that completed the blogging challenge and to those still on it on their own time (like me) keep at it I say! Before certain twitter factions come here and accuse me of failing this task I have to say that I haven’t felt like I failed the task at all. I have blogged a lot more consistently than I was at the beginning of the task. I have discovered some new bloggers and rediscovered some old bloggers. I’ve also improved my writing. Who would have thunk it? Seriously though, before the challenge I was having a hard time coming up with things to randomly let alone consistently blog about and  although how often I blog leaves much to be desired, my idea mongering has flourished not only with this blog but with outside projects.

Its been a hectic week and its only WEDNESDAY. Hectic in the form of things coming left of field and not knowing how, where, why or when issues so small became issues so big. The issues I speak of aren’t even mine to deal with but due to my proximity to the people and the issues I’m caught right, smack, bang in the middle trying to crab walk to get out of the drama.

Meanwhile life has a filthy habit of just going on. Ticking right on by saying “Hey its August, its nearly Summer again and the end of the year…How you doin?”. I promised myself that the 1st week of August will be spent working my butt off in every area of my life for every one of my projects. No procrastinations just getting it done when it needed to be done, maybe even before the deadline. I’m happy so far that  I’ve done this well and I hope it will yield some results that prove that old adage about hard work and success.

In amongst the personal chaos though there is a glimmer of hope  every now and again. From friends who say or come up with some thoughtful ass shit in a nonchalant “I just woke up and thought you’d like me to change your day and make you happy with this good deed” to family who call and say “this too shall pass”. Lets not forget a special mention for texters that have you smiling something silly, can I have an encore for those text messages please? In fact  Jigga speak on it “He 2-ways her, so she writes back. Smiley faces after all of her phrases“. I’m just saying everybody needs to smile right? Before I go super mushy and totally veer off singing Beyonce’s 1+1 let me try and segue off of this in the next paragraph.

I don’t know about all of that “If I ain’t got nothing, I got you” business. Is one person ever completely enough to make you happy? Isn’t there some warning about solely depending on another person for your happiness? In any case the only algebra and mathematics I’ve been doing this week is sorting out my finances. I’m so grown *weeps* and there are days I wish I wasn’t I tell you. I should be grateful though, I’ve come leaps, jumps and bounds from the student days where eating peanut butter rice for 3 days out of 5 for breakfast, lunch and dinner (this was before pay day) was considered a staple meal. Now the world see’s me making more money and it throws grown ass bills at me. Have you ever wanted to hang on to your paycheck so badly that you seriously have those moments where you ask the following questions:

1. Heating in winter? What for? Do I not have a duvet, hoodie, socks, fleece pajamas’s, hot water bottle? and if things get desperate I’ll pull out my phone and scroll down to dial in some natural warmth! Save myself $200-300 dollars right there!

2. Car registration? Again, I wasn’t really planning on driving this month anyway. It’s getting warmer, its stopped snowing and only hails outside so I can so stroll to work. Plus there is a great transport system, I just have to wake up 2hrs earlier than usual so I arrive on time is all. Again $600 saved!

3. Water…you only think about keeping this because it has many uses, all of which compensate for the stuff that could potentially be cut out. If Im not having heating I need to warm up water to put in my water bottle and make myself a cuppa innit? – $200 not saved.

4. Food- that diet that I have been meaning to go on.  You don’t remember? The one where you only eat things that amount to less than $5 dollars.$100 a week saved!

5. Phone & internet- Google who? I know the answers I have questions to please. Plus who do I call anyway? Who calls me? There are still phone booths right? Internet, you say? Public libraries are free…very very free of all their computer, lovely broadband internet and HEATING. Saving myself $130.

So you ask those questions right? Just me? Alrighty then…. as you were. Happy Hump Day…lets try and get over the hurdle together.