Snails & e-mails

If there's anything you should know about me; it's that I love letters and long, very long catch up emails. It's weird I know, but I derive so much pleasure from reading. I've always imagined myself having a friend (or lover - whatever tickles your fancy) from the far far away lands, and reading from them whilst listening to the beat of the rain and enjoying a pot of tea. So you can imagine my eager excitement when I received a pseudo-mail, okay- it wasn't in the exact conditions as my preferences above. It was a long Whatsapp text from my varsity 'lover', friend of note, Nambian - Nubian Queen: Monica. In my view, this message is the equivalent of a perfect mail worth framing. I resonated so much with her experiences.

Here it goes:

" Greetings my dear friend in distant lands. I hope you are well. I'm good. Trying to find  balance. Having recently started working and getting my share of "big money", I'm learning how to balance between spending and saving. Sometimes I tell myself that 4 all the 8-5 I need a reward n I do some reckless spending all in the name of "because I can". There r times when I decide to just save up for some big dream (aka renovate or rather rebuild my grandparents house). I'm learning when to voice my thoughts at work n when the things that go on in my head should remain just that, thoughts. Most people say I come of as rude I'm learning when to not mince my words n when to be a straight shooter😁. I'm learning patience, baby steps. I wanted big money big house big car in the now. Quickly learning that apart from the fact that things don't happen as fast as we want them to, I should stay in my lane n stick to what I can afford. Friend, dreams delayed are not dreams denied aka Leonardo 😂. Love, I'm learning is complicated. I'm always thinking of one thing, how do I know this is right? I try to not think about love, maybe that way I won't be struck by arrows. I'm furnishing my little place, it's taking long, snail pace but I'm sure it will look pretty when I'm done with it. I miss you. I hope you being ur bubbly self. N like me, you learning 🙂🙃🙂"