The dairy game 13/3/26; sequel to the day of sacrifice for dad and some respite.

Dear diary, my alarm rang by 5am. Both of us knew I had no plans of waking up that early cos I had just slept by 2am. In my previous diary I shared how it was a day of sacrifice for dad. As at that time I went to bed, I hadn’t completed the work I had to do for him.

My 6am and 6:50am alarm met the snooze button. By past seven, everything in me was crying for more sleep but I just knew I had to muster the last strength I had to get up from the bed. I hadn’t finished the work from the previous day.

My back still aches and eyes were sleepy. I dragged myself up from the bed and sat up. I logged into my YouTube and joined NSPPD prayers. I had to go to the bathroom to ease myself and then I proceeded to take my bath and brush my teeth. That’s the only way my eyes would stay awake.

fixing a quick breakfast

After bathing, I had to go fix breakfast. I wasn’t about to do all that enormous work that’s left without eating. The quickest breakfast I could grab was oats. I carried my oats from the kitchen back to the room. I had oats and at past 8am, I opened my laptop and got back to work.

I was working on my dad’s statement of accounts from January to December 2025. I had done from January to July the previous day and had five more months to go. It was really a Herculean task. By the time I had gotten to September, I was already feeling sleepy.

I knew sleep was the last thing on my mind. My mind and body was already tired from the stress of the previous day but what shall I do. I just have to deliver. I sat down there for the next five hours digging it out.

The work from August down to December wasn’t as tedious because they had lesser transactions than the months from January to July. So I was able to finsh up in Ts out five hours. When I was working on the last month of December, a call came into my phone.

work calls

My friend called. My childhood girlfriend. It’s been ages since we spoke last. I wanted to call her earlier in the week but procrastination got the best of me. Seeing her call only reminded me of how I wanted to call her. We spoke at length while I was still working on the last statement.

Well, that kind of multi tasking would obviously lead to some mistakes. We spoke for a while and she went off the phone as she had something doing too at the other end of the line. When I got off the phone, I noticed some mistakes I made and I wasn’t surprised as it’s expected.

By 12noon, I had a live stream to join on Facebook. My Facebook was banned so I begged my sister to join alongside her. So I was listening to the live broadcast while still on my laptop. Another batch of multi tasking.

By past 1pm, I was through with the work. Finally. I came, I saw and I conquered. I immediately wanted to send the spreadsheet to dad but had a little hiccup sending it through the system. I just had to use my phone to send it to his email as it was easier for me. Was glad for the ability to do stuffs across multiple devices.

At this juncture I was tried. I went to fix lunch. I had a stroll down to the market to get some plantain. I wanted to eat plantain and egg sauce. I also bought some onions and tomatoes and pepper. Sis and I wanted to cook some beans later in the day.

making lunch with sis

Hey lunch

I quickly prepared the plantain and egg sauce and had lunch. It was very delicious. After that, I wanted to make some posts on my blog but somehow my brains wasn’t just in the mood to think up anything. My mind was tired to work.

Just then my mentor called in. We were supposed to have our mentorship class by 8pm but he was going to have a busy day hence asked that we do the class earlier. It lasted for two hours. It was a moment of learning. After the class, we had time to discuss other stuffs personal and family related until he asked to excuse himself.

cooking beans

Hello dinner

It was already evening and the day was far spent. I had to start cooking the beans. It took two hours before the food was ready. We finished cooking at about 9pm. I didn’t want to eat beans. I wanted to take fruits for dinner. I had to step out to buy the fruits that night. I had water melon, groundnuts and pineapple. It was light and delicious. Just what I needed.

After that, I wanted to write but I was too exhausted mentally. I just had to retire for the day earlier than most days. It was really an along day but one that was totally fruitful and worth it. Above all, I was glad I was able to deliver dad’s work and he was so grateful.