The Diary Game [16/12/2024] Lockdown day with a difference.

Compliments of the season @everyone and welcome to my blog as I share my lifestyle content with you all. This month has been the most hectic month for me as the year comes to an end. The season is not treating us well with the Harmattan cold and dust affecting my family with constant colds and flu. The worst of it is that all medications taken seem not to be effective anymore.

The morning hours are usually cold and I had to wake up a bit late though was working on my phone while still in bed. The separatist fighters had declared all Saturdays and Mondays of this December month to be in lockdown. Meaning, movement around town is restricted, all office closed and all shops closed. It baffles me because this is a festive season and shutting down businesses at this moment is ridiculous. But what can we do, only get annoyed but cannot do anything because we are afraid of being used as a scapegoat.

I usually buy my food items on Saturdays because it is the only day I'm free. Due to the lockdown, I cannot buy food on weekends. I left the house early in the morning and walked to a roadside vendor to buy huckleberry. During this season, I eat a lot of vegetables to stay healthy. The dust during this season makes me go out with a facemask on.

^{I going to the roadside vendor to buy huckleberry}

Walking along the road, I noticed the road was somehow busy with some people moving around doing some exercises while others going to the farm and also one could spot some bike riders moving along the street. No car was seen moving and also shops were shut down. Only those roadside vendors could be spotted selling. Shops and cars can be easily targeted by separatist fighters if they are caught operating in lockdown days. The reason why only roadside vendors can easily operate though still risky to an extent.

^{The roads were somehow busy though not as to compare on normal work days.}

I bought the Huckleberry at an exorbitant price and it kept me wondering, if this continues this way, life will be unbearable to many households because they cannot afford to eat. I walked back home and was ready to cook. While preparing the things to cook, I developed headache and fever at the same time. I had to abandon the things and went into the sheets.

After resting for about 2 hours, I got up feeling a bit better though not stil stable. My husband was not at home to assist and we had to bear it all alone with the kids. I had to struggle to prepare the meal for us to eat.

The evening hours were still not good enough because I still found myself weak and unable to do things as usual. I had asked my daughter to undo her hair so that I could make a new hairdo but it was so frustrating to the extent that I almost allowed the hair. I struggled to make some simple cornrow just so that the hair does not tangled. I will have to take her to the salon by Sunday for a better hairstyle for Christmas.

^{Trying to plait simple cornrow on my daughter's hair.}

The evening period I had to complete curating with the SC05 account. I searched from blog to blog and communities for quoty content and rewarded them with an upvote. Guys, the day was not bad as per our usual lockdown day. No gunshots on this day which was unlike that but we hope for better days ahead. Until my next diary session, enjoy your workday🥰.