Life as Vira: If I shan’t ‘gree was a person

It’d definitely be me.

Listen, by the time you read about the level of I shan’t gree-ness I pulled off, you’d agree with me that ‘if I shan’t gree was a person, it would definitely be me’.

Don’t wonder too much, I’ll gist you.

So back in February ‘24, I saw the promo(?) for the Good News Tour by Marveric City Music and I saw that they were coming to my state.

I knew I wanted to attend the concert, I wanted to be there so bad and I said to myself:

Self?

Myself said to me: yes?

I said to myself: How do we do this?

Myself said to me: You already know, girl!

So I cooked correct tuwon shinkafa and egusi for The Half and practiced my ‘I wan go concert’ pitch… Cz errm it is going to be in a city almost 5 hours away from home.

So sha, my pitch worked and we got tickets, not just any ticket, cz oga said “for you to be this excited and even come up with this type of presentation just to attend, I know you really want it.” ~~(Though i secretly think him sef been wan go)~~

Listen, I didn’t just get tickets, I got Diamond VIP tickets (small thing I for faint with excitement). Like we will be in the front, front, v~~ery close to the stage I’d imagine I could see inside their nostrils if I looked well~~…and we also get to meet with the group and talk to them before the show begins!

So, tickets bought in February,

Concert is in November,

The wait starts,

Me and the calendar became best friends.

March, April, May…..and it was November…yay!!!

My excitement heightened. I could not wait for the day.

Now tell me why 9 days to the day, I had to be taken to the ER, sick as a dog and I was scheduled for surgery exactly a week to this concert.

It was at that point I understood why anyone would use the phrase “you dey whine me?”

Cz what in the what what what is going on??

Me that have bought concert clothes and boots, (cz we gon praise ‘n drip) to go and jump and sing and be as loud as I can ~~cz maybe somehow Chandler Moore would hear me and invite me to come and join them to sing.~~

That’s how I looked at the devil and I laughed and I said ‘devil’,

devil said ‘huh’

I said ‘ya not serious, you’ve come for the wrong one’.

Anyways, I had surgery on the 14th, a week to the concert. It was brutal; excruciating pain doesn’t even begin to describe it. Three days after surgery, I was still in pain but somehow through it, with prayer and shan’t greeness, the thought of canceling never crossed my mind.

Two days to the concert, I had to prepare another pitch for The Half to convince him on why I needed to go and how badly I wanted this… bless him, he agreed. 😁

And it was Friday the 22nd!

I had to go see my Dr for a post op check up and off we went!

Listen, when I tell you it was worth every discomfort I felt on the way, I mean that!

It was a super amazing concert. It wasn’t just a ‘show’, it was a praise and worship session and I am so glad to say “shame on you, devil!

I told you, you got the wrong one!”

So yeah, I didn’t gree and I made it and it was so so great!

Even though I missed the VIP experience of meeting with them before the show started, I am glad I was able to attend at all, and we got our souvenirs saved for us.

So, yay!