No choice in a frenzy

I really like to get things done as fast as I possibly can. It's not to say that I always make the best decisions, because I don't but I always make fast decisions.

This hastiness about my actions has its bad and good sides. Overall, I think the positive slightly tips the scale because I'm still alive and ticking.

One thing that has been on my mind for the past couple of weeks and also affected my lifestyle in general, is our relocation plans. I have talked about it fairly regularly around here, so much so that when I type relocation my Google keypad suggests "plans" as the next word.

As I lay in bed this hot Saturday afternoon, struggling to breathe in the mildly humid hot air in Kaduna, the plans are once again on my mind. I tried to distract myself with Anime but that's has worn out pretty fast and after this publication, I will go out to buy a drink to calm myself down.

Anyway, while I'm still in bed, I figured I'd document some of the issues pervading my mind. Making a video would have actually been better but I haven't conquered cameras yet and I'm also not ready for the logistics involved in uploading content on 3speak.

Always money

Making the decision to leave Nigeria and move to the UK is a rather simple one. All you need to do is say you want to do it and that's all.

Actually implementing the idea is where the problem comes in and for the most part, money is a huge factor. It's not just a fact, it's a problem and as they say, any problem that money can't fix, more money will fix it. Well, I don't have more money.

I am still traumatized by the fact that we missed an opportunity to leave last year and I have a crippling fear of that repeating itself. The reason we missed was due to a banking issue that made us miss a deadline.

I typically like to act fast but last year, even if I wanted to, I couldn't afford to move faster than our pace. So, while it wasn't entirely our fault, I'm still reminded of my need to hasten my pace.

This then brings us to today, that I heard that the school my wife's going to do her Master's in has started offering invitations to apply for Visa. This was triggering information that has once again gotten me in a frenzied state.

I make my best and worst decision when I'm in a frenzied state. When it works out, it's genius but when it doesn't, I'm an idiot.

I don't want to be an idiot and considering this situation, there's little chance of it happening(me, being an idiot). However, paying now will mean we pay at the parallel market rate that's far more expensive than the official market rate that requires waiting for a couple of weeks.

There's no deadline for this school, which makes it even scarier. However, delay could mean waiting for another year in this country and I honestly don't know if I'm ready for that.