The Diary Game – #23: Share your day with us! 18/01/24|| A hectic day

Introduction

Hi ladies, welcome to my diary. Every day has its own unique story, its ups and downs and even its joy. So today, 18/01/24, was a unique one though some aspects remain the same.

I used to wake up by 5am to prepare for work, but today's own was a different one. What happens is that I usually cook my rice and beans using a rice cooker whenever there's electricity supply. Only Nigerians can understand our usual parlance, "NEPA!" Whenever there's a power supply.

Me on the road to the market

There was power supply around 10:55m, and I was already in bed, so I didn't bother going to cook, but thought I'd wake up and cook in the morning. So my husband woke me and told me that there was still light and that I should go and cook because there was no gas at the mega gas stations the previous day. He said he bought gas on the 'black market', which's from retailers.

So I told him to help me wash beans into the rice cooker that I'd check later. He went to the kitchen and helped me. When I wanted to drain the bean water like we usually do, I just said I should check the time. Boom! It was after 2am. Me, Jesus! Why did this man wake me up? I told him, and he said he didn't know but thought it was morning already.

My rice and beans

I couldn't take the beans down to go back to sleep as they were already soaked in water and was still cooking in the rice cooker. That's how I woke up cooking beans and later rice till 5am. I couldn't sleep again. I just had my bath while my husband helped prepare the kids because I was too tired, and I went to work.

At work (school)

At school, it was a busy day. I had no choice other than to teach because I had no excuse why I shouldn't teach. The school was dismissed by 2pm. The Sports Master had informed the teachers of a brief meeting before teachers closing at 3pm.

Staff at the brief meeting

So, immediately the closing bell rang, we all converged at the meeting venue. After due discussion about the school's upcoming inter house sports, it was already 2:56, so they all dispersed. I went to my class, picked up my children who were already playing outside, and I went home.

Afternoon period/going home

When I got home, my children refused to eat as usual, so I assisted my son to finish his home package given to him at school because I was going somewhere else. I wanted to visit our new rented flat, to clean the environment. Before then, I remembered it was our little market day. There's a market in my area which sells all manner of items on its big market day once a week but sells only food items every other day.

I quickly rushed to the market to buy beads for my baby girl's hair as I couldn't really have variety in the surrounding shops. I bought the beads and hair clips and returned home.

Items I bought in the market

Evening Period

By the time I returned from the market, it was already 4:38pm. I took my baby girl and went to the new flat not too far from our current house. I went there and cleaned a few places, so I thought of leaving because I needed to pray in a branch of my church, since my church is on fast. But as I was heading home, I changed my mind to go home and rest since I was already exhausted.

That's how I went home. Immediately I got home, I got in the kitchen and started preparing dinner. My children were tired and hungry as they came to the kitchen to inform me they wanted to eat. I just made food to include my husband, who usually returned from work late, because I just knew I would not get up from bed because of tiredness to attend to him.

Pictures of my son & I in the new house

After eating, I showered, I went straight to bed and laid down and managed to type this post to highlight my ladies of how my day went.

It was just an exhaustive day for me from morn till dawn.

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