LAST WEEKEND...

Hello people. I dont know how you spent your weekend but mine was productive. Before the weekend, the days draaaaaaagged, it was unbelievable. the heat was oppressive, I was lazy. I went to bed tired and I woke up even more exhausted. I couldn't concentrate at work and wished I could split myself into two: be at work as ladybosschick and be at home, on my bed, fast asleep. So, anyway, before I knew it, Friday. I zapped through work and was already whistling before the close of time. I had a plan for the weekend. And my plan was to have NO plan.

SATURDAY: I woke up slowly like a cat and stretched. I was already smiling. I felt good. it was almost 8 am and I hadn't slept this well in months. I prayed and opened my eyes. I counted my blessings. I love my house. I hate leaving it to go to work everyday. It took time, effort and a lot of Pinterest to turn it into my own personal haven. from the yellow curtains to the ankara pillows. From my matching yellow cutlery to the magnet stuck on the door of my fridge. While I pondered on the sort of meal I would make...risotto? Unripe plantains? Couscous?...it occurred to me that some people didn't have the blessings of food and house. I complain about my job all the time but I cannot deny that it helps to pay my bills. I thought of the people working long hours at my office; the security guard who lived on the premises and ate once a day, my own staff who by midday would be grumpy from hunger. On Saturdays, it was almost impossible finding good paces to eat. So, I made a mammoth lunch, (jollof rice, fried fish, plantains and steamed veggies) dished it into containers/covered bowls and delivered it to work. #Good-feeling.

SUNDAY: After church, I did my weekly grocery shopping. I watched a Chinese movie recently and decided I would do Eastern cuisine for a while so my shopping basket was filled with things like soy sauce, Thai glass noodles, Thai rice paper, Basmati and Jasmine rice, canned shitake mushrooms. I even bought a couple of chopsticks. Lol. This will be fun. Then because I have been on good behaviour, saw a movie (Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs) and had an ice-cream, the most decadent one with chocolate wafers and all. Back home, it was Beyonce on my stereo belting out my favourite song 'XO' which by the way I have played like 3258362 times already. 

So what is the essence of my post? I have not been doing so well of late. Working so hard, writing an academic thesis, managing a cranky boss, managing my own hectic life that sometimes I feel so ungrateful and a tad unhappy from all the stress. But like a phase, it passed and I walked on sunshine. This weekend, I created happiness.

p.s...Lemme share a lil miracle. While typing this post, my computer restarted itself and shut itself down. I was scared I had lost all the work. But I didn't panic. I turned PC on, and voila, my words are still here. Yay.

 'Rene.