On waiting for life to happen

June 30, 2011

I was just on Skype and I spoke with one of my girl crushes*: a girl I met on an online forum years ago. She seemed at the time to be living the life I had wanted for myself: she was a medical doctor who was nearly done with school, fit and toned and dating [...]

My dad lives six hours away from me

June 21, 2011

Three weekends ago, my mom, sister, and I helped my dad move to a city six hours’ drive away. The good news is the move wasn’t the result of a divorce or other relationship woe: my father’s job had moved to this new city and for reasons I will explain below (after giving you more [...]

Thirty-two

June 18, 2011

Happy Birthday to me! I rang in this milestone by working for the first three hours of June 18 on the Nigerian Blog Awards, then I tidied my kitchen counters, floors and cleaned out the junk food cupboard (not tossing all the crap, just the old crap). I went to bed just after 4:00 in [...]

Camp 2011 recap

June 13, 2011

It’s been a month since I last updated…sorry! I’m not a fan of blog entries that begin with an apology for not posting but I’ll make an exception this time. A few things have been going on in my life that I’d like to record here so I guess I’ll start with the most recent [...]