What a day for her mother's daughter 😂

Good evening Readstars! happy new week. Today wasn't fun for me . Stacks of work piled up for me alone. I just wished I have kids to help me do them while I embrace my bed for some relaxation and rest. In all, I wish to credit myself. I am such a strong girl to have done most of the works today. Just a little remaining and as they say,; tomorrow is another day.

It just rare for me to have a busy Monday all through. The last time it was like this was in the village with my mother for a funeral where I worked my eyeballs out. I still remember that day when I forgot I haven't eaten till mid noon. Well, not a day like that without having fever the next day.

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This Monday was a surprise to me . I could say wholeheartedly that I was taken unawares! lols! I never planned to do much work but slowly starting the work little by little, I saw myself doing more and more until I eventually got deep to doing what I wasn't supposed to be doing on Monday. Cool with me though but was out of schedule. Not even in my dreams did I see myself mobbing the whole house and washing all dishes again.

Last weekend, I visited home from school. I had a splendid time with mother and my little cousin who came to stay with us. There was a masquerade carnival in my city the day I came back and I wasn't aware of that. I was nearly flogged by one of the masquerade. Luck was on my side before I could come down from the bus at the bus stop, the lady in front got down before me and as people said, she was wearing trousers and that was why one of the masquerade whipped her leg with a Immediately I saw that happened in front of me, I moved back inside the bus with my heart beating faster. The driver was angry and confronted the boys with the masquerade but they gave deaf ears. He had to drive us away from there to the next bus stop before all passenger came down freely without fear. What a tradition! so people will not wear clothes again because of culture? I asked myself so many questions like how on earth does dress code of a lady affect the movement of masquerade or is this feminism in play. That attitude isn't a normal thing to me because even after the masquerade, ladies will always wear trousers. Some things can't be stopped. So taking advantage of the situation to punish females is what they are doing. After all, men do wear gowns and no one is talking about that. I use to like watching these masquerade but after this incident, I didn't even move out of my gate again as I came back home.

Culture is good and I am a lady if culture but some unnecessary things should be put aside. For the first time after hearing that masquerade whippes ladies on trousers, I came to witness one. This is just absurd and I thank God I wasn't the victim. I just wish the lady they whipped is feeling better now.

When I got home, I explained what happened to my mother. She got mad and asked me several times if I was whipped and I said no. I didn't know my dad already heard the news but never knew I was in the bus. When I told him, she asked if I recognized any face if the boys and for real, I do not know them. At last, we had to let things go and forget about it.

Back to home again. A family where both parents are office workers and there's no one home through the day. Every morning, my parents get ready for work and leave the house for the ghosts. It just this weekend that my little cousin visited and I came back too. They were so happy I kept my words of coming back to stay with them on this break. Momma knows what I like and she got them ready for me a day before arriving. She kept my best dish waiting for me in the fridge. She has no much time to stay and prepare everything she likes in the house during weekdays but now , am here to give the best. We had good family time and we ate freshly made good dish from her mother's daughter, the cook if the house.. Gianna-B!

Since there was no one to mop the house regularly and keep everything sparkling clean, it downed on me that I have some work to do. So, I drafted my cleanup table and will take them one after the other. That is how I have been following them up until today I decided to rest and read till noon before my younger cousin spilled some dirty water on the floor by playing with it. I had to clean and dry them up and even give him a wash. Gradually, I started cleaning after washing him and the more I cleaned the house, the farther I go cleaning until I forgot I had to read in my timetable and cleaned up the entire house again. From that, I washed all clothes with hands. Tough luck, the washing machine wasn't in good health. It was a hand wash I did and though my hands were pink, mom got me some fruit in return as gift for washing with my hands.

I was just so tired and dizzy after cooking and I had to sleep and wake up late before writing today's article.

Home is sweet but house chores makes it spicy bitter!

thanks for reading.

@Gianna-B, 2022.

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