What A Ting

•A friend of mine had been having pains in her leg for a little while. When the pain became too much, she went to the walk-in clinic. The woman who saw her put my friends symptoms into a computer, turned to her and said 'it's not good news I'm afraid....we're gonna have to call 999 (enmergency services). You should leave your car here. So my poor friend is worrying her ass off. The lady looks at the leg and says 'it can't be anything other than sickle cell' yes, my people you read that right SICKLE CELL!! Please note how this was diagnosed: by looking at the leg, and tapping into a self-diagnosis site ting. My poor friend, not realising that you can't suddenly catch sickle cell was in a state, managed to drive home, and got blood tests today. She's fine-the pain has gone...but my girl is 25 years old...IF she had sickle cell, how the heck would it go undetected for alllllll these damn years. I can assume that this doctor woman assumed my friend was having a crisis-anyone who has, or knows someone who has sickle cell knows that when they have a crisis, they can't be sent on their way to drive home etc..bunch of bullshit. We're encouraging her to make a complaint-cos that right there is MESSED UP!!

•Went to my Mum's house today, and my bro came down. We're jamming on the chair and he says to me 'you remember that girl I told you might be pregnant for me?' I'm like 'no-who the heck is that?' Right now it sounds remotely familiar (but let's be real, my bro's a hoe, and there were a number of girls who claimed to be carrying the bro's seed). So anyways he's looking in his phone, I'm wondering what he's looking for. He shows me a picture of this cute little baby. He says this baby is the 'might be' son. I'm like 'seen, so what now?' He said he took a DNA test last week and is waiting for the results. Bubby is cute-but he doesn't look like me bro...like his boy, my brother could NEVER deny him...but then again,this bubby could look like his mum. So just have to wait for the results. His girl knows....but hey, that girl has taken some serious shit from my brother-i would NOT deal with half as much as she has..but hey-that's not my business!

•Whilst out tonight with a few of my girlies, one of em tells a story about a dude she knows. He was out at the very bar that we were at, and had 2 cocktails. As he heads home, he gets pulled by the feds. He gets breathalised, and is found to be 5 times over the legal limit. His punishment: a fine, a 2 year driving ban, community service AND a tag on his ankle. Now, I do appreciate he was over the limit (unknowingly) and drink driving is serious, and a big no-no in my book BUT considering there's all these dickheads on the road being caught with knifes and guns BUT only get a caution, this dudes punishment was harsh in comparison.....but shit gets worse for dude....as a result of his driving ban, he loses his job. He's moved back home after the flat he was renting got major damp, fucking up ALLL his clothes that the landlord refused to pay for....AND his girlfriend left him....poor sod!

There was one more crazy story, but my memory has failed me...so that's it for now........and how proud are we of me for posting so many posts in one week??!!! Huh? That's good right! Yay me! Lol!! I'm so tired, I'm going to bed!

Night!!

Relaxing

So I took the day off work with the good intentions of being productive-sorting out my crap that I've collected over the years, start packing, cleaning blah blah blah.....but I've done none of it-well actually I have done a load of laundry, but for the most part I've sat and watched daytime tv.....what? Sue me! I'm relaxing today!!!!!!!

Gotta go-Judge Judy's about to start! Lol!!

A New Beginning

So me and Soldier are no more. We officially broke up on Sunday. After 10 months of trying, I finally threw in the towel-finally got tired of his shit and drama...so I'm a singleton again, and I'm feeling like a weight has been lifted!

I'm on a new vibe now. I'm looking forward. I got diagnosed with depression last week, so I'm now looking to work on that. Get my mind right....doing everything I can to avoid going on meds...

It's a year to the day that my friend's Mum died. Today I'm thinking a lot. About life in general, and what it may hold. Remembering Mrs A, and reminding myself that life is for living....so I'm gonna hold on to that-and just live my life to the FULLEST! Avoiding hype & drama the best I can, focus on ME!

I'm moving out of my flat in the next week or so, to live with my Grandparents. I'd been thinking about it for a while, and my Grandad asked me to move in the other say, so I'm gonna do that, and get serious about clearing my debts, saving some money....I'm looking to book NYC in the next month or so...I'm SO looking forward to it!

So here's to a new beginning....a new me....a happy me!

Dedication

I've just come home-I am totally knackered!!!! My nephew got dedicated today...and I've been on the move-non stop.

I didn't too much like the way that the church service went-to be honest it was a bit boring...nothing but sermon after sermon after sermon...no singing or nothing. There was 7 babies in total being dedivated. They were all brought up to the front (altar is it?) And a member of the church had each child. The pastor preached and prayed...and that was it. In my opinion it wasn't very personal-but that's just my opinion. After the dedications, there were more sermons!! My brother, who shock horror, turned up in shoes! (With his girlfriend who happens to be Muslim but came out to show support) was hungry, and wanted to go get food. Cos he has no license, I was nominated to drive, so we went on for KFC. By the time we got back, the service was over.

Went home, got changed, and went to the hall to set up. It was pure madness. It was meant to start at 5.30, but the table didn't get opened (blessed etc) until 7.30....cos my sister's boyfriend had to go here there and everywhere to pick up somebody. My sis was less than impressed. When the table was finally open, and food was available, that's when the madness started. I was so rushed off my feet, I had to change my heels to my trainers-it just HAD to be done!!!

Then came all the tidying up, and trying to get black folks to leave! Lol! I just don't get it-I don't think I ever will....black folks always turn up late, and always wanna be the last one to leave! Lol!!!

I'm at home now, watching 'Crash'. I've seen this movie countless times, but it's so good-and definitely one of my faves...I'll probably fall asleep watching it-cos I'm so tired! Thankfully there's no work tomorrow-and I intend to sleep ALL day!!!!

4th May 2007

This is the day that I signed up to Blogger.com and created my 1st post. Without going into the archives, I actually remember a lot of that day...I remember having it on my mind all day-so much so that I did 2 posts that day.



I first decided to create a blog, cos I missed writing-just random crap about my day, my thoughts, feelings etc. I had a diary back the day-when I was in high school, and I kept it down the side of my bed. One day my Mum decides to 'tidy' my room, finds my diary, reads it and then passed it on to every member of my family....it was during this time-in the midst of an arguement, that she told me that my Dad never wanted me, and wanted to abort me (whole set of drama, for a whole other day)....and from then until now, I vowed to never have another diary. When I moved out on my own though I did have another diary, but that crap was short lived.....

Anyways, since 4th May 2007, a lot has happened, some good, some bad. But nevertheless Tom-Gurl is still here. I never thought blogging would be like this-to be honest, I didn't really have many expectations.....

But through this Blogging ting I've come in to contact with some seriously amazing people that have touched my life.....Ms Diva, Ms B, T #2, Kare Bear, Deep......there are many other blogs that I check out on a regular for my dose of laughter, thought provocation etc...

So cos my life has been hella crazy, I totally missed my blogiversary, so I'm taking this time to say happy 1 year and 19 days to tomgurl.blogspot.com...

Thank you to ALL my readers for coming by, reading and commenting..it's been good times!!

Here's to some more!! (And maybe even some regular postings!lol, *no more side eyes Ms Diva*)

Questions

Have you ever made a decision-a big decision, and wonder if the choice you made was the right one?

How do you know whether you made the right choice?

If you really did make the wrong choice, at which point do you realise it was wrong?

What do you do now?

Addicted

It's official, I suck as a Blogger! There no real reasons why I haven't blogged since when and when time, so I'm not gonna make up excuses!
 
I realised last night that I'm well and truly addicted to my Crackberry....it's deep: Last night I put my phone on silent, cos I was avoiding calls from Soldier (we had an arguement the day before, and I'm not talking to him! lol) I go to bed just after 11pm.  2am, I'm still tossing and turning....why you ask? Cos my phone's on silent, and I know it's on silent, and the thought of not hearing my phone ring (even though that's what I wanted to do) was enough to prevent me having a peaceful slumber....so you know what I did....turned that mofo off silent...and slept soundly until 6.45 this morning!!! 
 
I can't ever be without my phone. If I get an email or text in the middle of my sleep, I WILL wake up AND respond to it....it just HAS to be done....I never allow my battery to die (can you imagine NO phone calls, texts OR emails?) the funniest thing is, I don't actually like talking on the phone much....however I must be contactable at all times!
 
Hi-my name is Tom_Gurl, and I'm addicted to my crackberry!