The Dairy Game: A Cold Friday Morning; Off to Work, So Much on My Mind [10/04/2026]

Hello everyone, welcome to my diary session for today. Trust you all are doing well.

So it's Friday, a very cold one at that. It's been rainy nights and cold mornings over here throughout this week. The rains are sometimes accompanied by heavy aggressive storms which even wrecked havoc on the roofs of some houses in my area.

So today I woke up at a few minutes past 6 am, said my prayers and laid in bed for a few more minutes. It was really so cold and I just wished I didn't have to go to work today. I closed my eyes tightly and sweet sleep crept in; woke up again and had to force myself out of my bed to start preparing for work.

I left home and headed to work, I warmly greeted my neighbors as I headed on. I already was thinking about a whole lot as a stepped out and my neighbor's and friends greetings on my way occasionally snapped me out of my deep thoughts back to reality.

Lately, I have found myself in this web of almost being overwhelmed with so much going on on my mind. Deep thoughts about life and everything.

^{At the Office}

I got to the office quite on time today, I settled in and go to do the morning routine task. I finished that in no time and had time for myself since I had no much work on my desk for the day. Fridays are usually like this; no much work and more time for yourself.

^{Back to my Thoughts}

In no time, I was back to my deep thoughts again. Its a week to my birthday and I couldn't help but just ruminate on how this age has been as I enter into another age in a few days. I thought about all of the things I couldn't achieve and you know that feeling......of being downcasted.....it just crept in.

My mind then went to a friend whom I just found out died on Monday. She was laid to rest yesterday and pictures of her were flying all over social media. My mind went back to how lively my friend used to be, she'd struggled to survive on her own without any ones help. She had even started a business and was doing so well only to be struck by a strange sickness which led to her demise.

As I thought on all of these, I said to myself, "I am still living, so I will keep making progress even if it takes time". I arose out of my deep thoughts encouraged and determined to keep taking the little steps and forge ahead.

^{Feeling Encouraged}

So yes, I'm encouraged. I'm definitely going to be celebrating my birthday with gladness; be grateful to God for life and everything. I will keep rising and I hope you do too.