GET TO KNOW ME MORE, WEEK-DIARY

Hello once again, welcome back to my blog guys.I hope your week has been productive and peaceful, mine sure was. Today i decided to do some sorta a review about how my week has been rolling on, the joys, the adventures, work isshh, everything. So without further ado, let's jump right into it, shall we?

MONDAY
If there is one thing that i have failed to outgrow is dreading Monday mornings. For some reason, however much i endeavor to make thorough preparations, it's never enough to give me that relaxation on Sunday evenings. Maybe it's all in my head always but the weird fact is, my Mondays have some sort of complication in them, i'm yet to master the art of having stuff under control though.(Cheers to the new goal, proud of me) haha.
Basically, it was about work and finally, the joy of ending the day. Seated in a taxi heading home, being grateful about life and alerting my salivary glands about the ginger biscuits waiting at home for the lady of the house,(yeah, when you are staying alone, you are the boss, the lady, the princess and sadly the maid of the house)

When it's a Monday and it's 5:00PM,....

TUESDAY

Just like this dull color in the subheading, Tuesday was a rainy day. Drawing the pillow even closer and hearing a faint comforting sound outside the window, i knew nothing could have worked the magic other than the M-I-G-H-T-Y rain. Maybe it's not a big deal where you are reading this from but if i may be frank to my gut, here in Kampala-Uganda we have been waiting and hoping for the rain to come. I mean, the dust was much and the heat was getting uncomfortable.
There is sitting in a taxi 'on the wrong side' like i call it and 'kasana'(sunshine) hits your shoulder like you are some random nut abandoned by its reckless mother pod on the ground.
Okay, back to the script(i tend to meander sometimes) when i'm story telling, we all do sometimes, dont we?  I was able to make it to work at 9:20 am, thats 50 minutes late, settled in and enjoyed the cool weather, after all i love it that way. Minutes, hours and it's 6:00 pm, time to go back home! The epitome of this day was the conversation i was over-hearing  in the taxi all the way till i dropped off, unfortunately i didn't get the 'sorry ending.' Were you warming up for the story? Ohh, it was a sad one, like sad movies-they make me cry. I don't want to!




WEDNESDAY

Some days are so good that you actually realize just when you wake up. Unlike those mornings when the alarm rings and i feel like someone is dragging me to hell, this particular morning was jovial, didn't have to try on 3 tops before deciding on which one to wear, my neighbor with whom i share a bathroom(he takes 30 minutes to get done with a damn shower) left before i woke up so i wasn't late for work like its the norm. Got a taxi that didn't have to 'stop and load' for ages, and the taxi conductor was nice too. He said "olunaku olulungi" meaning good day, after i dropped off....well thats not to expect from them.
At work, i had a 'snap-break' with my colleagues and you can see in the photos down below the sweet smiles on our faces. Generally, it was a good day! The traffic back home was not that tight, went to the roadside "quick-bites" outlet and got me an egg-roll at 1500 shs,(usually its 1k) i don't know why Mama Brenda has 'hiked' the price! Anyways, i had a yummy dinner an egg-roll, noodles(prepared by yours truly, moi), gravy from the same eat out and a coffee.

Friends who smile together at work, progress together!

THURSDAY

Woke up to no sunshine but clear skies, took a lazy shower (usually i will have that faint scent of berries from my shower gel on me for an hour or so, reason,.....i don’t want to delay in the shower clearing it off and besides, i love it) we all have that gel scent we love more than the deodorant we wear,..... not debatable. Work was the usual kinda routine, happened to move out to run some errands and while i waited for one of the clients for some paperwork to be done, this little girl comes and sits next to me. A minute later, an ice cream vendor approaches the lobby and starts strategizing..... Baby girl looks at me, i look at the vendor, still undecided. In an instant, someone calls out, .."Noella?...oh, there you are, let’s go." I felt some sort of relief for some reason that i can't explain, does anyone else out there feel some kind of way when a 'kid stranger' is giving you 'that eye'?
(Five hours later)
Well, there is a meeting/talk i had hoped for to happen at 6pm but apparently the other 2 parties were tired from the day's work therefore,.....meeting councelled! Yeah, a flopped evening.

Smile, smile, it's good for your health!

FRIDAY

Okay guys, this post has to be up in a few minutes so i won’t spill any tea, the day has just started anyway so there is nothing much apart from the usual to put down. However, a little inspiration won't hurt! Yeah, it doesn't.

As i was walking up the stairs to office today, i noticed that there is this person i always bump into at the same stairs but i never say hello and neither do they! It's not been a bother because i thought..."well, i'm rushing, i don’t even know the name, she doesn't mind too, so let it be" but today was a different case altogether. I was on phone scrolling through some whatsapp feed and i bumped into this same person again, i said sorry minus looking straight into her face but something unusual happened; In a split second i realized i wasn't hearing any footsteps, so i turned back, guess what i saw! 

This lady stood still, focusing on nothing (or so i thought) but she had a warm smile across her face. Embarrassed as i was, i decided to wear some funny grin and extend a hand,.."i'm Patience,...sorry." She placed her hand in mine, never shaking it a bit and said,"hey, i love your hair!" Did you hear that guys? She wasn't rude at all, she is a sweet soul (as far as i know).

 Many times we miss taking the chances we have to make a new friend, go for that training, learn something important, help someone when we are actually able to, be better versions of ourselves just because we have lost the essence of being simple, social and lovable. We have made it difficult for people to even say hello to us, we don't even know the name of the security person down at the building where we work, we make ourselves so busy that we can't be social anymore! This is wrong because when danger strikes, when we encounter mishaps or have difficulties accomplishing our various assignments, we run to the people around us first! 

If i missed a stair step, tripped and fell, the lady i have never minded to say hello to would be the one whose hand i would reach out to. So lovely people, let's be human not robots. Let's not complicate ourselves and trivial issues that may come up because the real complications will emerge in life, some day, but until then be happy, be simple, solve what you can, don’t worry about tomorrow because we both know that tomorrow has its own worries too. 

Celebrate the smile you have on your face and let someone else have a cause to smile too. Don't be too proud to ignore the subtle signals alerting you on what you should do, change or work on. You have a chance to do what you want today because you are here and time is at your hands, don't push everything to tomorrow, you have no guarantee about anything.

Checking Out Which One Should Be Posted

Alright guys, i hope you pick a phrase that will better your day not because i'm good at this but because i'm also learning each day to be a better person. On this long yet short journey, we should learn something new each day, just like we dont stay in one place all day, being flexible enough to adopt to new changes, lifestyles and people should be a point to ponder over!

A lovely day and joyous weekend my esteemed readers, your comments, shares and 'Take' on Patie Polly's Take mean a whole lot to me. Enjoy!