How Today went

Date: Friday. 8th of April, 2022. 

TGIF!! I'm screaming like I have TGIF plans haha. Today, I'm hoping to have a good night's rest and wake up late tomorrow (that is, if my body doesn't wake me up early out of habit).

Before dawn today, I noticed how the temperature dropped and everywhere became windy. I wasn't mad about it until electrify was disconnected. Over here, when there is rain, there will be no electricity. I don't know why this is the case, but it happens. My major comfort was that the weather was cool, my devices were fully charged and I was to work from the office today. The challenge I had about an hour later was getting up after my alarm went off. The weather was just right and was willing me to sleep on. I kept snoozing till I exhausted my snooze limits, then I set another alarm on my phone haha. I finally woke up to the last alarm I set.

You'd think things would get easier after waking up, right? Well, it didn't because I only managed to sit up on the bed without moving for minutes as I mentally willed myself to go and take my bath. It was a tough battle as the spirit was willing but the body was weak but the fear of being broker than I already am prevailed and I got my sleepy self to do the needful. Surprisingly, I got ready in about 30 minutes, a personal record of mine lol.

Since I was leaving the house earlier than my parents, I went to wake them up from their beauty sleep. My dad was not happy haha, he was enjoying his sleep way too much, but he couldn't be mad at me because he actually had to start preparing to go out. I left the house and went to find a commercial motorbike that would take me to the main road where I would take a bus. Sadly, it seemed like everyone on the street needed a bike this morning and it also seemed like we had all left out houses at the same time to get a bike. It wasn't easy to find one because people quickly flagged them down and took off. Finally, I saw one from afar and I knew the people ahead of me would get the bike if I didn't act fast so I started waving at the bike man from afar. At first, I thought he didn't see me or would stop to pick up someone closer to him even if he saw me, but he rode straight towards me and I was happy. I had the smug look of triumph on my face as the bike carried me and sped past the people in front of me muhahaha.

When I got to the main road, it was already so busy like the people there had been up for hours. There was loud talks, shouts, people rushing from one point to another, people trying to lift heavy loads, sellers calling out to passers by, vehicles honking, bus conductors calling out busstops and touts arguing with bus drivers. It was a big contrast to the quiet serenity I left at home. With all the hustle and bustle, I noticed it was easy to get distracted and probably have my pocket picked. So, I took my bag and wore it on my chest, facing the front so that it was always in my line of sight.

As I was heading to the bus that would take me to my location, I noticed people avoiding most of the buses and it turned out they had raised their fares. I asked a woman what was going on and she explained the price hike to me. Another lady came and I told her what was going on and she left. Not long after, I saw her in a bus waving to me. She had found a bus with a fair price, it was really kind of her to save me the last seat. It's funny how situations make people form alliance in an instant.

My day went well and my younger brother who was stuck in traffic also finally got home and we're catching up.

How did your own day go?

Thanks for reading!