At first you don't succeed, try try again.

The best part of banking in a pay cheque is knowing that i have disposable income to play around with.

That is until reality kicks in and i realise that my bills are still waiting to be cleared!

Last week i even managed to pay a lump sum of my credit card bill, thinking i'd be Little Miss goody2shoes. But Little Miss Forgettable forgot to put into account that her rent is due on the 1st. AND after the very nice finance lady helped me fill out my tax forms, i owed X amount.

And just like that my account continues to deplete itself.

I think i may have miscalculated and NOW i have to go through May knowing that i'm on a tight budget. But if all goes to plan my meds should be officially halved and should mean that my medical bills will be reduced. So i'm SUPER happy over that.

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MASSIVE NEWS UPDATE:

I have a date tonight!

No, this is not some random stranger i picked up during my lunch break. And i am more than certain he is not a goat herder. I have met this person a few times at Zouk and because i have a habit of forgetting where i meet people, i usually include a description about the person. So in this case, i've put "Piercings" as his surname. Obviously because he has numerous visible piercings. Unfortunately, i can't really remember what he looks like!

"Again," you say. Yea i know i'm horrid. I should really make an effort to boost up my photographic memory cells.

So just now after a short discussion on the phone, he busts out with "I'd like to take you out on a date tonight". Maybe i was still riding on my sugar high and to add to the whole spur of the moment deal, i respond without hesitation, "sure".

I'm sure all those How to Get a Date or Stop Dating Losers books recommend that one should wait a few days before accepting. This bloke has asked me numerous times but usually it's been quite casual and never as direct. But with work commitments, i've always said "i'm busy."

So anyway, i'm going to a wine bar. OoooOoooer how sophisticated. [I guess that beats walking into some random pub in my flip flops and i guess that means i have to dust off my heels again eh?]

Oh gawd, i'm nervous. Please let me NOT drool wine down my top tonight. And please remember to stand up straight and not fall over and injure myself.

One too many speedos and covered in SPF 50.

Prior to moving into my current apartment, i was convinced that the privacy and onlooking forest would entice me to spend my weekends lazing around beside the pool and soaking in some rays.

But since moving in [approximately 10 months ago] i've spent a total of... *thinks* 4 times by my pool.

So i figured since Sunday is the 'day of rest' i might as well dust off one of the many books i have yet to finish and rest by the pool. Even pretend like i'm on holiday at some resort and the only worries on the top of my head are deciding what drink to order next.

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Unfortunately there was no waiter on hand serving me a fresh coconut nor was there a plethora of eye candy to perve on.

There was only the Russian family that sat in the hut meters away from me. And another Eastern European family cooking up a BBQ and sporting matching speedos.

It wasn't long until i was joined by a couple in their early 30s and their young son. The father continued to praise and comment on his sons freestyle and breast stroke. Possibly in hopes that one day this overactive, sugar induced child would be the next national rising star.

But the boy seemed more interested in swallowing the pool water and of course that was followed by huge coughing fits. The combined moronic behavior and the foreign languages echoed around the enclosed area and destroyed whatever peace was in the air within seconds.

And because i didn't want any part of it, i chose to wade around in the baby pool. With my book still in my hands and looking like a beached dolphin, i bopped around in the water with my arse poking out of the waters' surface every now and then.

The sun eventually hid behind a huge cloud and it wasn't long until i noticed a starving mosquito trying to suck the life out of me. Which was around the time when i decided my day at rest by the pool would come to an end and i made my way back to my sanctuary.