Solo Trip - Cashback

One of the happiest moments I've had in awhile was using my Nigerian UBA card in an ATM machine and being able to withdraw 100 Euros cash. 

Needless to say that the cash came when I needed it the most and from the most unexpected of sources, UBA. 

**Please note this is not a humble brag or an advertisement for UBA. It's one of those posts where I celebrate a life event that's a little easier especially for the single gal. Married people or folks with significant others have a partner that can help them cushion life's little frustrations, or they can put their heads together to find a solution to life's nagging little problems. But the single gal, we would rather not have those problems, can they not exist altogether so we can just live?**

Anyway, back to my post:

Before my trip, I hadn’t filled out all those “Use your card abroad” forms, called any 1800 number to activate my card, none of that. For some reason they had deduced through the multiple bank statements I ordered to effectuate the trip that I was going abroad and somehow through the gods, activated my card for use in Europe. At this point I had clearly run out of the cash I took with me, and was urgently in need of cash to pay for a hospital visit (allergies that mired the trip) so once the clinic which had the only glitch as we need you to pay in cash (US clinics would ask for the world before they treat you) requested for cash I knew I needed to make it happen. I just remember having my heart in my throat as the ATM read, “Transaction in process” I held out a glimmer of hope, and just like that it opened up and cash, fresh minty notes were mine to behold. It was a good feeling.

Life can be rough and rigorous with protracted rules and restrictions. Due process can be the most irritating inconvenience to me most especially. I just wanna live, and keep living. But man has to instill order in society and this demands rules, regulations, hoops, etc. This can be a bit of an inconvenience.

So having to travel just by chance with my Nigerian bankcards and having them work just like cash in Europe was one of those days where the inconveniences got out of the way and let Anita be. Also the lack of visa restrictions in the Eurozone helped as well…whoever created that must have met me - I do not want to be bothered, Life please don't bother me. I just wanna live and keep on living…