Mr Telephone man

...there's something wrong with my line-

well, actually there's nothing wrong with it. Am I the only one that sees calling loved ones as a chore? (loved ones do not include my current love interests, lol). I'm the type of child that calls home every 6 weeks.  Funny thing is that my parents seem to be used to it.
Back in school, I had friends that called home every week unfailingly.  A part of me envied them, but really I was not about that life. I find perfunctory calls boring. Calls where we ask about the weather, and all unrelated things just to say we talked to one another. Thankfully a lot of my close friends do not measure our level of friendship by the frequency of our calls. we can talk to each other in 3 months intervals and pick back up where we stopped as if nothing happened.

Sometimes i actually keep in touch better with my friends because I give them "gist" about my life. As opposed to some aunty and uncle that I really dont want to know my business and as such there is really nothing to talk about. Per my parents, I'm not so comfortable talking to them about romantic interests, because you can't really give them all the nitty gritty details about your relationships because we all know wheat happens when youtell your parents about your spouse's fights. you forgive the spouse and most times they dont.
Anyways, I'm trying to be a "better" person, and at least call home once a month. Maybe from there we can work our way to twice a month? lol

A little Housekeeping

At the beginning of this year...actually as last yearr was coming to an end, I made a decision to tidy up all loose ends in my life - a sort of housekeeping if you could call it that. I decided to finally be grown up and responsible in my finances.
I have been living everyday as it comes, but at a certain age, I believe one needs to put aside something. Not as if its your savings that will save you when things get tough, but its the idea of cultivating a savings habit. I know my Checking account, once money sits in it for too long, it will leaev. yes, as in develop legs and walk away. Funny thing is when its done, its done.
Anyways, I decided to open a savings account.  I didnt actually act on it till I walked into a fabrics store just to windowshop but came out with 5 yards of lace material. The guilt of it sent me to the bank the very next day to put something aside! I'm making a commitment to putting something inside every month.

Next, I pulled up my credit report. Thankfully it wasn't in the toilets yet...it was already in the soak away! I wont call myself a reckless spender, but a series of unfortunate incidences meant that I had a lot of negative activity on it. The only regret I have is that none of it was accrued from designer handbags, clothes or shoes. At least those things will be keeping me comfortable now shey? Anyways, I disputed everything on it, and my score has gone up some 26 points. slow and steady, they say.

mehn, this growing up business thing isn't easy! phew!