DAILY WRITING (5)

 THURSDAY 21ST OCTOBER, 2021

On my way out today, I took along boiled potatoes and oil with me as brunch (I won’t call it breakfast exactly, you get, abi?). Aunty Nike kept asking, “Why are you taking oil along? Go and take stew. What kind of girl are you? Who eats with oil in the place you’re going to? What if the oil stains your dress? That’s how you’ll be carrying oil stain around.”

Did I do what she said? No. I sincerely prefer to use oil to using stew in this situation. So, my stubborn head did not budge. Anybody that has never used oil to eat before should keep looking at me.

Guess what? I don’t know the forces that came upon me but yeah, oil stained my top like she prophesied. Did I stop eating? No. Did I feel ashamed? Not at all. Thankfully, what I wore is those kind of clothes that can disguise stain and make it look like it’s part of the design. 😂😂 All I did was finish eating, carry myself with my two shoulder pads  to the restroom, clean the best that I could and life continued 😂😂😂. I am a bit upset though because of I was home, oil would never had spilled. So, why outside in  ita gbangban? It is well ooo.

Less than two months from now, I will be taking a major step of my life. One I have been pushing back for a loooooooong time. I feel it’s long overdue. I was thinking of waiting till next year before I do this but on a second thought, I’d love to have this sorted out before this year ends. Long before my birthday (which is February 2nd, for those of you who don’t know.) Now I know some of you would come asking me questions about this. I cannot tell you until I am done. But know this; it is not life threatening. If I make the right decision, that area would be settled but if I don’t decide correctly, I’ll be struggling with it for another year or months. So, whenever you think of me, pray I make the right decision, okay?

Now, some of you may be like, “If you know you won’t tell us and you don’t want us to ask you, why did you put it here?” Well, it is more to myself. I have been writing this in my private journal for over two years now. That’s long, abi? Yeah. So, this is me giving you the power to call me and ask me if I have settled it. Since private matter did not work, let’s try a different approach. Amen, somebody?

When people talk about racism, I don’t think I have ever experienced it per se. Well, maybe if I think back wella, I might have. But I got one recently. I’ll talk more about it on my podcast this weekend. It left me dazed at first, then, I smiled and told myself. “I am more than this”, flipped my long hair that the ordinary eye cannot see and moved on.

I am staying back where I am today because I want to record for the podcast. For those of you who do not know, I have a podcast titled Gist with Melody (Listen here). And I know I have mentioned it a number of times that I do not have a microphone yet neither do I go to any studio……at least, for now. I just make sure that everywhere is quiet as much as possible and record with my phone. I do the best editing (or what I think is editing) and send for you all to listen. One of the reasons why I keep asking for feedback is not only for the hype (even though I love them) but to know how well or not I am doing, how the sound is at your end etc.

5:26pm Abeg, I’m going home jare. The noise from outside is not of this world. Keeps affecting the recording. I’ll wait. When everyone is asleep at night, I’ll record as usual. See ya tomorrow.

Below is a picture of what I wore. Can you see any stain? No. I am that good. 😂😜