She is relocating finally

Just as this life isn't a permanent one because we all are strangers on earth while we would return home someday to meet our creator. The same thing with my Aunt, as she is finally relocating from a state to her state of origin but she isn't returning to her hometown.

This would take place this Saturday as she has packed everything and gotten a big truck that would occupy her and her properties to the new house in the North Central Part of Nigeria in Ilorin.

My Aunt had stayed in Ibadan for over 30 years and she has been living all her life alone till today. Though she is a nice woman, I have been through a hard time staying with her and out of many children who stayed with her, I was the one who stayed longer than 10 years and still counting even though it isn't like before. I only visit her and return to my place.

I knew when she packed into this house in the year 2012 because we both went together. Relocating from one house to another is not easy because of the stress of arranging things in the right order at the new house.

She had a misunderstanding with the landlord and was given a quit notice. I know it was her fault but the man has refused her pleadings even when she sent people to him but he declined, asking her to pack out before August.

I got to know of this when I travelled home in April and since then, I have been worried because my Aunt only has her family and no husband or children of her own. We are her children and no matter what she has done to us in the past, we can't ignore her as she is still our family and at this moment, we don't want her to feel as if she doesn't have children, so we aren't far away from her.

At this point, I realized the importance of having a man in your life because you won't have to do things on your own but both of you would join hands together. At her age, it is difficult relocating all alone to another house.

Thank God for the properties she has. She is selling most of them now to have money to foot many things. Though the family supported her, she needs money of her own too. No savings but she depended on her properties and that has saved her this time.

She got a house in Ilorin which cost her $600 including the agent fee. So, this means from next year, she would only be paying less than that. The house is big and I wonder how she would cope, all by herself with no one around her. She is 58 years already and should be 59 or 60 this coming December, I can't remember though.

She called me some weeks ago pleading I should come over to stay with her for a few weeks since I am not doing anything for now and I felt for her and decided to go to her new rented apartment.

My brother has travelled to Ibadan as he would be helping her with the loads to Ilorin while I will only go to meet them there instead of travelling back to Ibadan.

My brother is also at home due to the ASUU STRIKE and once it is called off, he would return to school and once my NYSC is opened, I would leave too and it would remain her in the house, but for now, she should enjoy our companies around her. Thank God the house is a student area and she only has one tenant upstairs and they are students. At least she won't feel bored with them.

She will be missed in Ibadan because she has stayed longer there and she is used to everyone. Her customers would miss her too because according to people, she is the best dry-cleaner as she drycleans for lawyers, judges, bankers and big personnel.

Finally, she would be in her state and wouldn't be far from her grandma. From her place to our hometown should only take less than two hours and that's fine than spending over 5-6 hours from Ibadan and when there is traffic, it becomes longer.

I am preparing to travel soon to help her with arranging her stuff and another way to change the environment for myself too.

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