Diary Game 8th July 2025|| Quiet Days, Loud Thoughts||

I'll start this post with hot puffpuff. If you're Nigerian at your core, you'll have eaten this over the years. You know, the kind they sell at street corners that over the years have been a great source of driving out cold at least from one's tongue. I admire the tenacity of these sellers, because come rain, come shine, they're always there selling their puff, or maybe again, it could just be the desire not to be a burden to anyone financially that brings them out every morning.
Whatever the case may be, I'm happy they don't have a shortage of customers.

Everyone stops by just to get a dose of hot puffpuff, and maybe something more - tenacity maybe, or even the doggedness to push forward no matter what life brings their ways.

Welcome to my diary game for today. It's been raining cats and dogs for the past 5 days and at this point I don't know what to make of it. Some say it's the 7 days rain that happens in July, others say something else, but whichever it is, now I understand a little when the bible says that it takes two to keep warm.....not 1 person and a blanket or socks, but two living breathing temperature regulated humans who are in tandem 😂.
I went for an all night at my pastors house last night and can I put forth a postulation?? Before you have any major meeting, please serve food. Bring that item 7 up to no 3.

Needles to say, the vigil went smoothly. Why wouldn't it??😂😂. After being so saturated all night, Coming back this morning to sights like these make one question what exactly is wrong with the Nigerian system. It's no news that the rains have been pouring for days and the roads are wet and messed up, so why add to it. What even struck me as off was the way we've all adapted to these things as though they're normal..May the lord help us. Oh yes I'm talking about refuse dump at strategic junction locations.

It was a sight that could sore the eyes. Anyways, I'm running against time as drizzles have began dropping signalling another downpour this morning. Regardless shops have opened and people are out and about, hopeful about today's hustle. I arrived home in one piece and went straight to bed, coveralls and all. Little did I know a suprise awaited my waking up. My younger sister who just came back from school break had forgotten to close the chicken pen and so a flood had gathered. Bad for me who would be mucking the water out. Those birds looked down right comfortable in the water that for a minute I toiled with the idea of leaving them in it, but alas, my life is at stake if my mum comes back to meet it😂😂 .

I got right into cleaning the pen while the culprit entertained me with stories 😂😂. Once I was done cleaning it out, we put fresh sawdust on the floor and kapish, work don finish. I'm back indoors as the rains are back and better 😂😂. My phone's battery doesn't look like it will survive this onslaught, so I draw the curtains here.