Crash, Boom, Bang

Life has a cruel way of sneaking up on you!!! Just when you were beginning to hum and take each day as it comes...WHAM, a million things go wrong all at one time. Ok, well, not a million, but you know what I mean.

That was me between December and exactly last Wednesday, 19th January. I'm not sure if somebody felt I was prancing around in too much of a contented state and I needed to wake up, but boy oh boy did they wake me up!!!

Now I'm a girl and apparently we are masters at multi-tasking, but Wednesday I failed miserably. Trying to cook, update FB and LinkedIn, read emails and fix my iPod, I came up short. While frantically returning to the kitchen, as I forgot about the pan on the stove , I hastily picked it up to which it replied with a mean dash of hot virgin olive oil all over my index finger and thumb. Mother of pearls it was excruciating!!! I quickly applied cold water and ice, but I dare remove it from my hand and it was, excuse the pun, on fire!!!! I have a new found respect and admiration for people who suffer horrendous burns all over their body.......I was desperate for some morphine for a mere index finger and thumb!!! A week later and it does not look pretty, but it gets a lot of attention......ha!

Then, Sunday and Monday while trying to get some work done, my computer decided to take a vacation or just move on completely, I'm not quite sure, as I need someone to have a look at it, but really, did she have to be so inconsiderate?

Tuesday was the straw that broke the camels back. While driving, the car in front of me had to slam on brakes to which I had to slam on brakes, but unfortunately I did not do it quick enough and my car chose to get up close and personal with the bakkies undercarriage. Ofcourse, the bakkie was not damaged, much to my relief, but my poor little boo needs a new bumper and bonnet. Doh! A bummer bumper/bumper bummer.

When I look back at this scenario, it's clear, as the saying goes, things happen in three's. Three wake up moments in the space of one week. It all begs the question, why? Why could I have not won the lottery ( I suppose I should enter), been given a suprising increase or contacted by Josh Groban to write awesome music together. Alas, lady luck is not on my side.

In the meantime, I will just gaze upon my misfortune with some humour and hope that this next week will bring a different type of three.

I think my phone is ringing......

The Power of No

I'm a sucker! Well, many people tell me that, but I like to think I'm compassionate, thoughtful and caring.....until a couple of weeks ago.

It seems it is official, I'm the only singlet among my friends and am just begging for valid responsibilities and have endless amounts of time on my hands!!! I'm the Go-To-Girl.

If you need a house-sitter, baby-sitter, pet-sitter, alarm switch-on-and-offer....who do you call? Moi! Now don't get me wrong, I don't take any issue with helping my friends out, but when people you only see on odd occasions start trusting you with 800metre squared of home space....now really, was there nobody else you could call?

The thing that irks me most is the fact that I just cannot say no. THAT is the real issue. Apparently learning to say no is an empowering process and I'm looking for empowering! I'm just wondering, what about it is empowering?

Maybe it's empowering becasue then I can decide what I want to do with my own time. Am I going to veg on the couch, go to a movie, spend my millions on those designer fashions or head out to a good restaurant for a great meal with some excellent company. Mmmm, that does sound empowering.

What would be more empowering is if I charge them!!! I wonder if they'd pay for my Go-to-Girl services? Lightbulb...that would mean never having to say NO!!!!!

FB Friends

Not so long ago I was waiting in line to pay for my few precious neccessities, when I couldn't help but notice the conversation taking place behind me:

"But, I don't understand, why has she not accepted my Facebook Friend request? I mean, we like see her every other six months, and I know she has been on FB in the past few weeks, I checked!!!" "Babe, I don't know why she has not accepted your request", said boyfriend. "I knew it, she doesn't like me." "I don't think that's true, I mean, everytime I see her and you are not with me, she always asks how you are", said boyfriend. "Then why hasn't she accepted my request?".

Seriously, is this what friendships now boil down to. I'm sorry, but hey, we aren't friends on FB so like, I don't think we can be friends face to face, know what I mean?

And how does the amount and who your friends are on FB now affect your levels of self-confidence and worth?

In the beginning I also thought it was cool to become friends with people you have not seen since nursery school, see how they are doing, where they are in life.....satisfy that human nature stuff of sinical nosiness. Now, I'm so into deleting people who are not actually my friends, specially when you see them out on the town and suddenly they ignore you and avoid you like the plague.....but aren't we friends on FB? I don't care if I only have 5 friends, as long as I communicate with them on a regular basis. Obviously this FB stuff is a good tool for keeping in touch with those people who are my most treasured friends and live in far flung destinations across the globe, otherwise, what's the big deal?

I'd rather have my friends around for a good meal, silly conversation, Wii or 30 seconds and some good wine. Are wall posts, photo tags, Farmville, likes and status updates really that valuable?

Now if only I knew how to delete on my upgraded FB site!!!!