I was looking through my old emails and I saw this. Well, I'm not going to edit it... or try and make it read better. I want to be able to remember what I wrote like back in 2011. Plus... I wanna be able to compare my growth... or absence of it.
Please read and leave a comment. Lol yah... I'm thinking asking for comments is a thing I should start trying innit?
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Beep! Beep!! Beep!!! The darned light on my Blackberry
never stops blinking. It’s always one thing or the other. I have 21 unread messages. Crap! What do they
all want? Why won’t they all leave me alone?? I just want to be alone dammit!! There’s always something someone feels is so
important they must tell you right away, something you must attend to as and
when they want it. If I wasn’t so exhausted at the moment I’d start pulling out
my hair, one strand at a time.
Flora... Reminding me that Tosin’s bridal shower is on
Sunday. “Tee, don’t forget to bring 5k for a gift for the bride. I also think
you’d need about 5k to eat at Pattaya. See you babes”
Tamuno... Letting me know I’m a bad friend. I haven’t
called her in a week “You, I hope you know I’m not happy with you at all.
You’ve not been a friend. You don’t call, you don’t text. Ordinary bbms sef you
don’t reply”
Tosin... Wanting to know if she can drop off her
aso-ebi in my house since I claim to be
working all the time. Too busy to see anybody. “Olatoun, my Mom is going to
Allen later today, will someone be in your house? I want to drop off the lace
and fascinator for you. Also don’t
forget the fitting for bridesmaids is on Saturday oh! My chief bridesmaid MUST
NOT be late. I know you”
Kadeejah.. .Itching to give me the dirt on everyone,
including myself “Babes, I saw that smelly Alexia with Femi last night. Holding
hands and all.. I was so mortified on your behalf”
Femi, my sweet
asshole of an estranged husband ... constantly lying through his teeth...
wondering why I won’t give us a second chance. “Baby, I won’t stop telling you
how sorry I am. I’m nothing without you Toun, NOTHING.
And Sister Lara... needing to be consoled ALL the
frigging time. “Tee, :’( this supervisor never seems satisfied with whatever I
do. Honestly I’m tired. I need another job where I’ll be appreciated”
I feel like just screaming and tossing the phone against
the wall. Why does everybody think I don’t have troubles of my own?
I feel like saying
to Sister Lara, suck it up, life isn’t a bed of roses, and even if it is there
are thorns in every rose stalk... so stop disturbing me.
I feel like telling Femi what to do with that this
“Second chance” he keeps talking about...his ass hole is in need of stuffing.
Kadeejah... get a life and stop getting vicarious fixes
off other people’s lives. Sheesh!
Tosin, so because you’re getting married now I should be
bankrupt? I’ve been there done that and have the scarred belly to show for it.
Not very impressed. Drop the aso-ebi if you will, but please step off my nuts
abeg!
*sigh* To Tammy, I just wanna scream. She’s undeserving
of words in return. I’ve not met a clingier and a more self-centred friend.
Oh Flora, dear Flora... Do you not get tired of these
little events/get togethers where we all smile falsely and pretend like all is
peachy and dandy?
BEEP! BEEP!! BEEP!!! This time it wasn’t from my phone,
but my dialysis machine, telling me my session was over. I sighed deeply. 8 months of this so far and
I have the rest of my life to go. My diabetes had been improperly managed and
led to more complications so twice a month for the rest of my life this shall
be my fate. A lone tear betrayed me and rolled down my cheek. I swatted angrily
at it as I walked towards the nurses bay to sign out and get my appointment
card for my next visit.
I was dealing with this and the world was moving on. Every
time something happened to test me, I got up and fought, and I was victorious.
I always made it through. I had to be strong, the alternative, crumbling, was
not an option.
Beep! Beep!! Beep!!! I looked at the offensive device in
my hand, it was my sister calling. I
smiled because she was the only one who stood by me. She was the one I told
when I was told my kidneys were shutting down. The one who held me while I
cried because Femi left me for his ex-girlfriend, saying he always knew she was
meant for him. Tola, the one person with whom I shared an amniotic sac, whose
pulse I felt even when we were apart.
“Toun, I’ve been trying to reach you.”
“Been at The Centre. I just finished. What’s up?”
“I guessed as much when you weren’t picking. Where are
you exactly? I have some news and I think you should sit down for this”
“I’m walking towards the car. Ki lo shele?”
I froze as I unlocked my car.
NO! NO!! NO!!!
Anyone but my mother, please NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
