Ever had one of those days that started difficult, remained difficult and ended difficult? Well is your answer was no let me tell you about mine. Imagine waking up happy and ready to tackle the world so you start looking for clothes for work and then boom your brand new phone crashed. f*******************k i go in my head!!! why me lord? urrgggg my phone is my life so let me not panic. So as a true soldier I go into defense mode and I start calling around for the best deal and realise everything is a $1000 plus……*f**********k I am broke, well not really broke but I dont have that sort of money to spare. Its the end of carnival I just wasted more than a $1000 on clothes, hair and fete tickets!!ofcourse i dont have that sort of money to spare. In the midst of my panic attack work calls to find out why i am not there yet, so i rush to get ready and cry from my house all the way to the car park but as i get ready to get out i am there coaching myself: You got this girl!! just grin and bear it!!!! so i know you are reading this and going thats all that happened girl, why are you soo annoyed…welll thats not all that happened! well stayed tuned for more because you will want to hear the rest of how i was dumped by a guy that was not dating me..

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