The one where i apologise for being the absentee blogger

Hey there..



I know. I'm a sucky blogger person and i should be prosecuted. but...i have an excuse...



I've been all over the continent with this part time job I'm doing that's really amazingly awesome!

So, firstly, congratulate me on the part time j.o.b. (thanks) and now things are all in order for me to start Grad school in Feb!

So, i don't really know how to update and blah blah, so I'm gonna just get back to what i do best...MAKE A LIST!!



presenting...THE 12 (im into random numbers OK) MOST INTERESTING THINGS I HAVENT BLOGGED ABOUT LATELY...

1. I got a new (part time) job at a radio station, 3 days after my last day at my old (and totally depressing) job.


2. I've started driving around Lagos. Not without drama and bitch-fit-road-rage! Its been an experience to be honest, and i now realise that if i can drive here, i can drive ANYWHERE in the world. I promise. Although i only drive at non-peak times, its been quite freeing to be able to just up and go anywhere i want anytime i want to.


3. One of my really, really good friends is pregnant!! and she's having a boy!! The funny thing about this is that she told all of us her good friends separately and told us not to tell a soul. So we all knew, and had to pretend to each other that we didn't know! I have to say, seeing her baby bump and seeing her finally just sort of mature over night and become this nurturing being, makes me hear my clock a little louder than usual....and then i snap back into reality and realise that i don't actually need/want a baby until I'm late 20s...so STOP it internal baby making machine, don't make me sedate you and starve you of baby making activities!!


4. I just got back from Ghana...ah, it was amazing. Im totally a seaside person and even though i hate my bikini body, i love being in the ocean, i tried to describe the feeling i get when im in the ocean to someone and this is what i could come up with, its that feeling that if i let go...and just float, i could be lost forever. Is that strange or WHAT? Im deep! lol


5. I got the most fabulous pair of Nine West shoes. Really though, they'll melt your heart.


6. I bought season 1 and 2 of THE HILLS and have realised that i have a strange addiction to this show that cannot even begin to be explained because i have nothing in common with ANY single character on that show and i can't stand most of the characters. But i heart that show sooooo much. (and i have to say i cannot believe lauren chose spending summer with JASON over going to PARIS!!!)


7. I went to a party where the hosts made us take of our shoes at the door because they didnt want us to bring in dirt...fair enough, but unlike that one sex and the city episode, no one's shoes went missing..ah no...instead, the people's dogs snuck into the house and chewed up 3/4 of the guests shoes. I couldnt help but roll around the living room in fits of laughter.


8. I became a celebrity. Well, not really, but i did make the worst dressed list (and i cant believe in blogging about it). I went to this really high profile guy's birthday party and wore my killer sass and bide dress that i got as a birthday gift to myself last year. Its a combination of sparkle and sass and its a bit on the short side. Even if i do say so myself, i looked like 1/2 a million dollars. And the next thing i know, two sundays ago, in the style pages of one of Nigeria's top magazines...heading: "what not to wear". I mean, well, watever, that didnt faze me at all (liar) , but what did annoy me was the fact that they had the nerve to say "she's pretty but the dress is not"...mother bitches. Every last one of them!


9. I suspect someone i met recently in lagos may read my blog...just be the things they said about this blog they read but i didnt get enough time to grill him about the name of the blog, it all just seemed too close for comfort and i had this feeling down my spine the whole time...for the first time i contemplated what it would be like to have people i know know me read me blog...hmmmm...ok, no. No thanks.


10. The first night i quit my job..I met a boy...Scratch that, i met A MAN!!! And i had lock jaw from salivating over him the whole WORK dinner party...and the added bonus...he was salivating even more over me!


11. This man...he got my number, and talked on the phone for a total of 20 hours before we went on our first date...and i threw up before he picked me up because i couldnt stand the butterflies in my stomach. And then he got there, and i saw him again and he was even more attractive than i remembered and we talked as if we were old friends...and we laughed (the Merlot helped with the jokes obv) and after that ONE date, this amazing man became by boyfriend. I freaked out the next day coz i thought it was all happening waaaaay toooo fast so i called my best friend bumble bee in australia and as usual she gave me her pearls of wisdom.."what the fuck are you freaking out about, let go, relax, see where this takes you coz even though i cannot see your face...i hear your voice and i've never heard such joy in it before. Wouldnt you rather see how it goes than always regret it??...now, lets set a wedding date ha?". So there it is. I have a boyfriend, who is amazingly willing to deal with my freak out sessions(they've stopped now...well, now i just do it in my room)...and really, really wants to be with me. Im happy. And the weirdest thing...i have never had so much faith in myself being with this man..if that makes any sense. Anyway, i dont want this to be all about my boyf..(swooney shall we call him?)..i am not going to become one of THOSE girls!
12. I'm still hitting up le gym people, its been almost a month and i've only skipped the times i've been outta the country! Woooo hooo, i even got to try on a pair of jeans one size down...look-i said try i didnt say they fit but i tried them on...and thats all that counts baby!!

So, now that we're all caught up and i feel like im not gonna get lynched by the blogging community for not being present...i gotta go home and pack. Im jetting off to South Africa and Zimbabwe for the next 2 weeks.

Also, in Nigeria this coming weekend is a LONG weekend,. Long im capitals because the next time people have to report for work is...THURSDAY!! yup...LONG ASS WEEKEND!! sadly i wont be around for the whole thing, but i am here tonight and i know its gonna be a RIIPPPPPEEERRR!!!

so, im gonna go pack and do my make up BEFORE i start pre-drinking by myself (no judgement people)...coz i have done the drinking before both activities and its not a pretty sight!

Have a very very pleasant weekend my blog-friends...

*unwritten*

the one with the gym and a single gal

OK, so i joined the gym.

finally i can stop complaining about how fat i am coz..well, i have no excuse now do i? well, that's debatable.


Point is, i have joined the gym and since Monday (yes, 3 days) i have been there first thing every morning getting my treadmill (20min) and StairMaster (10min) on.

oh, and Its not fun. Actually, scratch that, it fucken sucks ass. and it hurts like hell the first few weeks/months/forever.

And you know what's worse? The fact that i totally feel entitled to eat all the shit under the sun. You know, before i joined and started going to the gym, i was being all "oh, i can't eat that coz i am not doing any exercise", but now, i work out every morning (3 days mind u) and I'm all "oh, i can eat that coz I'm working out now", and then its fried chicken for lunch, pasta for dinner (Monday) and chocolate brownies at 10pm.


oh and a whole kitkat peanut butter. Shit man. I don't know whats worse, not going to the gym and suffering or bloody eating like a rabbit.



ugh. fat if i do. fat if i don't.


In other News:

There's been a new development in my life the last few days (that explains the last post) and i didn't feel like blogging about it A. and B. i haven't really stopped to really examine it in full depth. but basically this is it..I'M SINGLE AGAIN





Now, i mean, there could be a lot of explanations and long ass stories from a lot of people as to how this happened or why but the bottom line is..I GOT DUMPED.


yup. I WAS DUMPED.


Now, look, i can honestly say that i have not allowed myself to be sad about this. I mean, i really like editor boy, and he still wanted to hold my hand and squeeze me and cuddle me and whatnot even after this, but at the end there he blind-sided me and this i don't know where i'm at on it.



U know what, I'm mostly just disappointed he ended it the way he did. Because i don't doubt he's a great guy. he is. and he's smart and funny and really good in bed. But still, a phone call at 11.30pm on saturday and that's it? The explanation i asked for was declined.
"i don't want to hurt you"...yup, but calling me while I'm asleep (yes i was asleep at 11.30pm on Saturday..don't judge y'all) is not gonna hurt my feelings is it? and then not answering and not returning my call(s) won't make me feel really crappy?


I'm feeling a little like Carrie when she got dumped on a post-it.


Except I'm not particularly angry, like i said, I'm disappointed that he went and behaved like the kind of guy that broke my heart the last time i dated.


The one thing i can be sure of is that there will be no tears shed here. Not.Gonna.Happen.


I just have to say. What's a girl gotta do around here to get an honest guy. I mean, I'm not gonna start to say horrible things about him because he dumped me. I know he's a nice guy, and i really had a great time with him.


Really though. I mean, I'm not one of those people who gives my heart really quickly, or dives right into the realm of a man who so much as shows interest in me, but we just clicked. And to be honest, out of all the men I've met here in Lagos, he seemed the most honest and sweet. And so you'll forgive me if this has come as somewhat of a shock. Yea, yea, we weren't "together" for that long, but what was, felt like years. Sad. I.Know.



Maybe i just.didn't.know.him.


One the bright side, 13 days till i don't have to work here anymore!


oh, and I'm single again...

*unwritten*

the one with a random update

I actually don't have much on my mind at the moment. Not because im on the single gal path again, but because i just really don't have any news!
Lets see..this is pretty much all i could come up with...


Weekend Highlight:
Friday night insanity with the ladies consisting of 5 too many glasses of champagne, table dances and drunken texts.

Weekend Lowlight:
Waking Up Saturday Morning with no hangover but 7 drunken texts to the former crush that looked like this "ranks aor jks haha" NO.JOKE.

Monday Highlight:
Lunch..2 big pieces of fried chicken..hmmm

Monday Lowlight:
The conversation i just had with the editor..ugh

Relationship Status: critical
The ball is in my court apparantly..which we both know pretty much means, im too much of a pussy to break your heart to your face/straight up so i'll ignore you and push you to temporary insanity and make you end things..men. PUH.

Wearing:
Tight Black Skirt (YDE), Long Sleeved black button down (Woolworths), Black Heels (WoolWorths) LOTS of black eyeliner (MAC)...no color on me whatsoever.

Feeling:
like having a choc brownie with HEAPS of vanilla ice-cream..hmmmm

Loving:
THE HILLS. loving to pretend i hate it.

oh, the mayjah announcement is...

I SENT IN MY RESIGNATION LETTER TODAY!!

count down...2 WEEKS...

*unwritten*