I have a meeting/training for 8:30am and here I am still ‘toasting’ my daughter to get up at 6:30am. Sometimes I wonder if my life would have been different if I were a full time housewife. Definitely!!!! Who am I kidding? Although at the moment, it seems to me that all I would need will be a constant supply of gossip and some money to keep body and soul together.
There was no power supply too, the inverter gave up around 5am and I was really hoping and praying that PHCN will be nice enough to restore the power supply. If only they (PHCN) realize how depressing and annoying it is to move about with no power supply. Sighs! I staggered down the stairs and proceeded to switch on the generator. However, the kick start refused to come up – how perfect!!!. I willed the generator to come up and even made a couple of promises to God, if the generator would just work for about 30mins. After a couple of attempts to jump start the generator to no avail, I gave up and resorted to using the torchlight on my mobile phone to move about. One would have thought that with all the noise in the media about the proposed generation of 40000MW since 2005 and the on-going privatization of the electricity sector, there would be constant electricity supply now. I made a mental note to call the generator mechanic as I cannot rely on PHCN to perform their duties.
My disappearance for a couple of minutes had made sleep to clear off DD’s eyes. “Maman, there is no light” she said. “Yes dear, the sky will soon be bright” I replied. We proceeded to get ready for the office and school respectively. Apart from my 8:30meeting, I had another scheduled meeting for 12pm. I heaved a huge sigh as I realized that I was not even prepared for any of the activities. It was however a surprise that despite my clouded mind, all I could do was hum a nursery rhyme. I stared out of the car throughout the journey from the house to the office. You would be surprised at how much one thinks just by staring into space. I think I am just a bit fatigue and needed some more sleep and a time off.
Luckily, the journey to work was within 45minutes. I had totally forgotten that most schools were on holiday, thus the roads were free. That was such a relief, as I made it to the office before 8:30am. I was supposed to scan through the training materials but honestly; I just wanted a clear head as my brain was saturated. Funny enough, the training went well and I was not required to attend the meeting for 12pm. You can imagine the how elated I was when the news was broken to me . I think I am just a little tired and need some time to re-evaluate, rejuvenate and re-strategize. If truth be told, the thought of resigning crossed my mind a few times, I was really fagged out.
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