Nightmares and Day dreams

18th of February 2022

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Fuel scarcity

It's another weekend and the fuel scarcity continues. As much as I don't wanna talk about it, I just have to because it's inevitable. As mentioned yesterday, this is the first time the state of the economy would be affecting me directly. The first time it affects me, it affects my business as well- signs that I'm growing and becoming more responsible... lol! I can't take it anymore and beginning to lose my mind. Deep breaths!

The problem isn't just the scarcity but the fact that fuel has now become more expensive than it initially was. Imagine buying petrol at 165 Naira per litre and you wake up the next morning to buy it at 400 Naira per litre. Transporters have increased fares, now you'd have to pay double the fare to wherever you're going regardless of distance.

That's what's happening now. The economy is diminishing, things are getting out of hand and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Even the government officials are confused, the president is confused. If the leaders are confused then who am I to decide what to do and how to do it. The best bet would be to gather as much as I can and kaboom to a better country before this country goes to dust.

I'd rather not talk about how the constantly diminishing economy is a reflection of the President's incompetence and his inability to lead with some sense of value. I mean, the country began to go down the drain since he got into power, price of commodities spiked exponentially and the average man could no longer live comfortably like he used to. Prices went up, yet wages and salaries remained fixed- that's poverty in the making. He claimed he wanted to fight corruption yet he became the corruption- I'd rather not stress on this as it may be considered a seditious statement. I'm no politician, I'm simply expressing myself as a citizen of a failed country!

Nightmares

Phew! It's another weekend and here I am struggling to get out of bed, slept late as usual while doing some random nonsense on my smartphone. Plus I'm writing a horror story as well- a thirty chapter story with each chapter introducing new characters and new demons. Oh how I love horror stories. I sent a sneak peek to a friend of mine yesterday. She said "it's interesting but scary" and asked "why do you write a horror story". I looked at her and smiled.

I've always been interested in horror stories since my teen age, I simply found them more enjoyable since none of those stuffs they do scare me, I simply enjoy seeing the blood and gore. The sense of people being in danger looks good as long as it's a movie.

I truth is used to have nightmares almost every night since I was about 4 years old and it didn't stop till I was 12. It wasn't an easy experience as I sometimes had fear of falling asleep and would have to sleep between my mom and dad on most nights. The night mares were so intense that I usually shouted from my sleep very loudly which would wake everyone up. It continued for years and wouldn't stop regardless of where I was and how I slept, almost like something was after my life but couldn't succeed. The nightmares were so bad that I could no longer stay alone in a room, I became scared of the dark and couldn't sleep with the lights off. It was a terrible experience.

The dreams were so real that I once screamed from my dream, opened my eyes and still saw a very strange looking figure at the opposite end of the bed. It looked so real that it vanished seconds before my parents entered my room. I was only 10 or 21 at the time and couldn't explain what I had seen. You may say it was an optical illusion but it wasn't as the light in the room was on and what I saw in the dream was the same thing I saw in front of me after I woke up... it looked brown but was without form. Almost like it floated in the air... but i just couldn't understand what I saw.

All thanks to a lot of prayers by my parents and loved ones, the nightmares eventually stopped when I was 12. And ever since nothing seems to scare me anymore. I've seen more than enough in my nightmares hence no amount of CGI or VFX in horror movies is enough to give me the creeps. I'm no longer scared of darkness but decided I'm now Batman! Now I enjoy horror movies so much that I sometimes paused the scenes with monsters to examine the creativity while complaining about how bad the design team are. I constantly tell myself "it's not scary enough". Lol!

Hello dear peeps! How's your weekend going, hope you're having fun amidst all the crisis happening in the world. Remember to have fun when you can and don't let life push you around.