Tinubu, what is it?
Haven't you done enough? The pains.. the torments.. the torture?😫😭
It’s Wednesday today and I already said I wasn’t gonna drop a letter anymore. But thennn, I couldn’t afford to let all the gist of last week go, without letting you know.*All shades of o wrong nau.* So, here I am, rudely interrupting your busy week, beht at least, sending you warm regards that I actually mean😗😂😂.
Anyhoo, how have you beeeennnn??? I hope your steeze is intact even with Tinubu and his guys😂. Have you started memorizing the old new anthem or I should mind my business? Me sha, I’ve learnt the first stanza and I go soon sabi the remaining too. If you wan learn, gather, make I arrange class 😗😂.
Has your card ever been declined in a shop before? More importantly, when hunger was strangling you? This exact thing happened to me a few days back😭. So, I bought snacks worth 1,500 from this lady by my office and when it was time to pay, her POS declined my card. Three times, fgs. Oh, Chim! My enemies wanted to embarrass meeee😣. And I was hungryyy😭. Luckily enough, the woman knows me, so she let me go🤲🏽. I just started eating immediately I got to the office. Na who dey alive fit dey sort debts abeg🤲🏽😂😂. My bank messed up the whole day, so I couldn’t even transfer to her🤦🏽♀️.
Big shoutout to Abdullah for coming through with the transfer. You saved me from hot embarrassment o. You’re the real MVP icl. 💋!
I remember I mentioned in my last letter that I’d be saying a couple of goodbyes in the coming weeks. Do you still remember? Well, I said my first set in the past week and mehn, I criedddd! Oh, hot fresh tears🤧😭. I was leaving the office🥺💃🏽, and it was soo emoshuna 🥹. I even cried in the bus homeeee. So much for big girl tings ehn😂😂
My team even gifted me sumn. It was sooo niiiice🤭🫂. Ola and Grace, I love you guys toooo muchhhhh😗😗.
On growth, I recently had flashbacks to when I first started going out in Lagos on my ownnn and omo, I laughed o! The Maryam then and now?! Two different personalities fr. I remember when I used to be so scared of asking the conductor for my change, so I always tried my best to have the exact fare😭. I was also so scared of shouting ‘owa’ for the longest time, that I used to silently pray that someone else would be coming down at my stop too, so they’d do the ‘owa’ honors😭😂😂. Mannnn😪. One time I even had to beg a passenger beside me for ₦50, cos the conductor didn’t have my exact change. Oh Chim!😭😭😂. Introversion be wan choke me that time o. After one or two factory resets sha, omo them no dey tell me before I shout owa o🤧😂😂.
What was your first experience like when you started going out alone in Lagos? I’d like to knowwww😗.
I was at Ikorodu again on Friday, this time for an outreach. The location was called ‘Butterfly estate.’ Omo, there was nothinggg butterfly about that placeeee😭. That aside sha, you won’t believe what I did! I climbed okadaaa😭. It’s been like 2019 since I last boarded okada. I mentioned that in one of my previous letters. It was the only means to the so-called estate and I was left with no other choice😪. If you see how I held on to the okada man tight eh,😂😂. At some point, I was scared that the aboki was going to kidnap me o, cos I was seeing only bush and uncompleted buildings. I just started praying, till we got to our destination o. It’s not my life aboki will use to play dice. Shebi na person wey dey alive go dey care about im steeze? 😂
At the outreach venue sef, for the first time in my life, I saw handcuffed thieves. Live! Omo, I was shocked o. Big time.
On the way home from Ikd was another whole drama. At the terminal in Oshodi, we had queued for over an hour and finally, the bus came by 7:30-ish. Everyone was already tired and our bodies were hot o. That’s how this silly girl in a crop top and baggy jeans burst out of nowhere and wanted to join the queue at the front. When the people at the front sha confronted her, she now started acting surprised, saying that she didn’t know there was a queue. Ah! Fine girl, o de n pa ro💔. One man just came from the back, with his umbrella and he pushed her away😂😂. He now started shouting at her. The fine girl was now like, ‘Sir, why are you pushing me? Stop being rude.’ Ah😂😂. See pesin wey been wan jump queue just now😂
Fast forward to when we entered the bus sha. The woman beside me offered me peanuts. She talk say make I join am. Me wey be say na only egg roll and nutrimilk I chow since morning. If I say yes, I for jus finish her peanuts😪😂😂.
How’s the light in your area? They’ve not restored it at my side o. And mumsy just did bulk cooking and her freezer’s been acting up. Afi NLC sha. God abeg o🤲🏽
Omo, ChatGPT worwor die😭! The thing jus dull abeg😭😭. I was lazy, so I told it to help me type this letter. Oh sheeetttt! It did utter rrruubishhh. I cudun even cry o. Eventually sha, I told him not to worry and I had to type myselfff🤧
They’re calling me to turn on the gen already, so I have to run off before mumsy projects her frustration.
Be good and kind y’all❤. We’re all going through a lot😭.
Signed..
Dami🌹
They just brought light as I was about to click on publish. Mumsy and I screammedddd!!!!💃🏽💃🏽😂😂