A Bad Monday

“Everything is going to be okay. Actually, it’ll turn out better than okay. You’ll see.”

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Yesterday took another bad turn for me. As I am writing this, I am feeling pains in my body, especially my back and this has started last Tuesday when I have been in my Aunt's place. I can't remember the last time I felt like this. Seriously, I am not enjoying my stay but I just had to endure for a few days and leave. The thought that I will never visit her again kept coming yesterday but I still would end up going there. I cannot complain, because I signed the contract of coming over and I wouldn´t want her to start saying words at me.

I spoke with my brother last night and explained what I was going through, he laughed and consoled me. He said he understood what I am going through because he has been there before. My brother is now giving me an experience 😁😁

We woke up at 7 am, and I started working in the house. First thing I washed my clothes before starting the customer's clothes. I drew some water from the well inside because I calculated that by the time we finished everything, I would have been so tired and wouldn't be able to fetch water inside, which is important.

We stopped washing around 2 pm and by this time, I couldn't lift my body again. I couldn't bend down to pick something because I was the one going up and down, to fetch water more for washing, spreading the clothes on the rope, pouring water away while Aunt was only sitting but she didn't know I was doing the huge work. I would have loved to sit down too like her but I couldn't. You would feel my pains if you had seen me yesterday.

I went inside and sat down on a chair but I was still feeling pain, I lay down on the bed and slept off. By the time I woke up, Aunt was still working. Sincerely, she is a workaholic but she doesn't give herself rest ever since I knew her many years ago.

You can't preach to her about taking rest. She is really a strong woman but she wants others to be like her. Me? No! I can't overwork myself to such an extent.

She asked me to prepare some food, I told her I needed more rest because of the pain as I still couldn't bend down to pick something. She has drained the hell out of me since last week. She was scared yesterday when she saw me and thought I wanted to feel sick. Why won't I? When I have done more than what I shouldn't do daily, it has really affected me and I can't wait to leave this week.

After a while, I managed to prepare lunch and we ate. That was the only time she got to rest and immediately after eating, she resumed back to more work. Really? That woman is something else 😁😁

I didn't even mind her, I was on my phone watching some videos on YouTube as I was not in the mood to engage with some articles. The pain was still there but I managed to fake some smiles while watching those funny videos.

I quickly forced myself to do my Dreemport tasks, submit a post on Blurt and replied to comments on my previous article here. Aunt was still working by then. She was only calling me to pick something for her and other things she remembered.

Later in the evening, I checked Hive and I saw a post by Eco Alex, the admin for the EcoTrain community titled "Last Post"

I was curious to read it and when I did, I was shocked that the guy is leaving Hive for good reasons best known to him. I started being a moderator in March and just a few months later, he is finally leaving Hive, which means QOTW (Question of the week) activities will stop and I will cease to be a moderator again.

I felt something in my heart and was already missing him. According to him, he has spent almost five years on Steemit and Hive together and he is also over 50 years old and wants to stop blogging and focus on his personal life to enjoy more adventures.

A guy even commented if he can just delegate some people to the community so EcoTrain would continue but he refused and wanted to put a stop to everything on his accounts (his personal account and EcoTrain account) though he is not powering down for now.

I went to Discord to check if he left a message for the team and he did even before writing the post. I felt emotional but he has his reasons. Besides, someone who already spent almost five years needs to focus more on his life as he spent all his moments in Hive. He took it as his job but he was missing other things, the decision was hard for him but he had to go with it.

I can't believe I would stop being a moderator but it's alright, I will be fine without one.

I continued with visiting articles here and when I touched 20 posts, though my body was willing to do more, my spirit was weak and we would still be up early again to continue working. I know I won't rest until I leave her place. So, I just need to keep managing myself while I endure the pain.

This has really affected my activeness here. Please, just give me a few days till I leave, I will make sure to be active as before.

Thanks for reading

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