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Tabytha Towe's Diary

Soon to be the New African Queen Tab prepares for take-off 'An appropriate New Years resolution should have been not to spend any more money that I have saved up for this trip, instead of wasting it on late night extravaganzas - d'oh'.

Well 2003 seems to be off to a fairly good start so far for me… although, of course, everything remains the same. Even my new years resolutions from 1997 remain the same. I still haven’t accomplished quitting smoking, nor have I stopped biting my nails, joined a gym, and had the finances to move out of home. I still haven’t chosen a career or solved world hunger. So this year I decided I wouldn’t fool myself by making any resolutions only to be disappointed once more. At this point I have basically given up on trying, but then again the strongest efforts were not apparent before.

The few things that I can say I am proud of in the last month are that I have recently made it a whole, full year in a relationship. The funny thing about us is, that we have only known each other for about as long, and really we counted our anniversary from the date of our first date, so I’m not sure exactly how long we have been an actual couple, but regardless we are still here a year later. It’s a pretty big deal for me considering I’ve never lasted with anyone this long, and to be honest, considering what opposites we are too. He says no, I say yes, but somehow we come to an agreement or we just let each other do their own thing. Nevertheless we must have a mutual understanding to mesh so well together.

We have also been completely monogamous, or at least as far as I can recall sober - (my humor is sarcastic at times) - and without many fights either, (not that being unfaithful or having huge fights in other relationships ever occurred or anything!?*)

Looking back, maybe not so long ago, but could I ever tell you some stupid stories that I have since learned from. The typical teenage girl in so-called love sex slave stories, except even more embarrassing - Please remember my sarcasm.

All in all, it has been a nice year having someone to share it with, especially someone you can love and accept through it all. I’m surprised we put up with each other so long! Cheers to that baby! Unfortunately all good things must come to an end. …Not because of the one-year thing but well we must now move on. I do have other plans - such as traveling for the next year. I’ve been waiting since 2002 for Christ sakes! Regarding the travel plans, there have been some re-arrangements compared to my original idea, but this way I get to go somewhere now - (and be able to come back for a bit, in which isn’t such a great idea but is the only way it’s going to work out.)

Come early March I am leaving for Cape Town, South Africa and London for a month. Wish it could be longer, but a short lived trip is all I can afford at the moment. Hopefully when I return from this little vacation I can land another job for a few months to collect some more coin for the mother trip. (That doesn’t mean I’m going with my mother by the way, although she is always welcome to visit me.)
But the big one is to Australia and Thailand for a year. It is a few months away from now anyhow. I just want to be secure about this trip coming up very soon. An appropriate New Years resolution should have been not to spend any more money that I have saved up for this trip, instead of wasting it on late night extravaganzas here, when I know London and Cape Town will be well worth the sacrifice. I’m a little worried about what I’m going to have left for London. South Africa I’m not so worried about because I get a beneficial currency exchange rate for once, but in London, shit I need at least a thousand or more the Canadian dollar sucks. Not to fret, I have a month to sell drugs or whatever it is people do to get quick cash these days, so I’ll figure it all out, hopefully, soon… Otherwise I’m absolutely screwed!

I’ve only been planning this for 3 months now and yet I don’t have enough money for a place to stay- do I know how to prepare or what? However I am extremely fortunate, for people I have not seen in years or whom I have never even met are stepping to the front. A cousin I have only heard about and only seen a faded picture of from ‘87 has offered his generosity to let me crash with him and his roomies whilst in Cape Town, which I am so thankful for. If it weren’t for him and his hospitality, well, knowing me I would probably still sleep on the beach regardless if whether or not I already booked a hostel, just so I could say I was trying to be spiritual or something.

Speaking of my cousin, I started e-mailing him about a month ago and it turns out that he is leaving Cape Town soon after I arrive, which means I caught him just in time. Not only that but he is also headed to London around the same time I am. Now goi ng back to the ‘70’s when my mother used to live in Johannesburg, her old friend from back home called out of no- where after all these years just to say hi, coincidence? And then, after all these years again, her first love somehow got an accidental e-mail from my sister, in which he replied to and also welcomed me. Therefore, could this be another coincidence?

Accidents do happen, I know, but it appears as if there are signs that I just can’t take for granted. Three people from South Africa have been discovered out of the blue, just when I decide to visit the place. I don’t know what it means but I think I am meant to fall in love with it. As for London, I already do love it and know what to expect…to be broke!

So there you have it for 2003 so far, a one-year old relationship and a nice vacation that I need to start a donation fund for. It’ll be an interesting new year I can tell you that!

Take care everyone,
Wish me luck.
Untill I return, cheers!
© Tabytha 2003
e-mail: tabythat@hotmail.com

*Yikes!! I just realized that I only have a month to work on my non-existent abs and to magically make my ass fit into in a bikini!

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The Works
TABYTHA TOWE'S DIARY
• Tabby enrols at the Vancouver film school
GIRLS ONLY WANT TO HAVE FUN
• Tabby on relationships
APPLYING THE BREAKS
• Saying goodbye to your lover
MY GOD I'M A CAREER GIRL
• But will it last?
Tabytha Towe PLANS HER LIFE
• Our Vancouver Girl's diary update
TABYTHA TOWE CRAZY TIMES
• Our Vancouver girl on men, jobs, and speeding fines
MODERN GIRL
• Tab's going to San Francisco
AT LAST COMMITTMENT
•Tab gets serious
EMPTY POCKETS
• Tabytha Towe is broke - send cash now
It’s already gotten down to looking for change in the couch for gas money, my am I a lame scavenger.
LUCK v IRONY
• Tabytha Towe
I am the kind of person who would lose my life savings on a stupid bet or something, or I would find the best outfit in the world that makes me look voluptuous and sexy, but in the wrong color.
PARTY TIME
• The endless celebration. She never knows when to stop - it's that Vancouver Party Girl
OH TO BE A NUN
• Confessions of an ex party girl

Previous moments from Tabytha Towe's diary:
ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR-, FIVE. SIX. SEVEN. SEVEN and a half -EIGHT- NINE -TEN- ELEVEN- TWELVE THIRTEEN -FOURTEEN- FIFTEEN -SIXTEEN -SEVENTEEN

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