20 DAYS OF BOREDOM

June 29, 2020

First of all, I need to apologize to everyone I've at one point or the other told I was bored during this lockdown before my phone waka the way it had chosen to go. Mehn! believe me, i just realized say na lie I dey lie all those period I had a phone and I kept saying "I'm bored", damn! As long as you have a smartphone (even without data), omo, you're not bored. You need to hear my story.

So, without much talk again on the journey of my phone (may it soul rest in peace 😂), one thing sha led to the other and I ended up in a compulsory self isolation (in my house) without corona virus. Well, if you know me well, you'll know not having a phone (a smartphone for that matter) is not really a problem (at least that's what I always say). Reason is because I always have an extra phone somewhere, even if na palasa (that's how stars do 😂😂😂😂), but this time the witches and wizards of social media finally caught me (tufiakwa, God pass them😒). First, I never saw it coming, that my phone will just waka jeje, and worse of all, that a day will come when I won't have an extra phone as backup (inside life, omo humble for this life o)

So, for the first two days, it was still doing me like a movie (although i no sabi who write am) and for my mind i was thinking; it can't be that hard naw. Omo! I still haven't realized what boredom I had signed up for, in fact the suspense pass Zee World Indian Series (those annoying set of people).

First Stage of Boredom

At the early stage, I was still of the opinion that I had the boredom under control (khafre, mafo you've got this 💪). So, I wake up every morning, do some workout and when I'm done, I turn on the radio set which plays throughout the rest of the day (well, at least till I fall asleep).

But believe me, when the boredom hits you proper, even movies Will get boring, and music will hurt your ears. So, I finally got tired of the radio (radio stations for here na something else).

Boredom Stage

During this period, things are beginning to go really wrong, I mean really wrong.

First, listening to radio annoys me (like hell) and I just know something is wrong, but believe me, I don't even know what it is. I just wake up every morning, listen to the national dailys on Rave FM and get back to sleep after the news updates. Workout? Na person wey normal dey do am, me I don stop that one since 😂😂😂.

The worst case at this stage was now that I just keep getting hungry (at least that's the lie I was telling myself). So, I eat like Five (5) to Six (6) times a day. Well, don't be surprised, I had foodstuffs and some money with me.

Advance Boredom Stage

So, I finally got bored of eating (well, I didn't tho, I got broke 😂) so I entered the final and worst stage of boredom; I started counting irrelevant things.

It was from the number of ceilings in my room, to the number of coils my bulb has. And then, I got to counting; number of spaghetti strands in a pack, number of beans in a De-rica cup, and number of rice in a peak tin (don't ask me, I no go tell you, you sef, go count your own 😂😂). Thank God it didn't get worse, I would have counted garri and number of stones in my compound 😂😂😂.

I finally realized; you guys around me have been the ones keeping my sanity and canceling my boredom😁😄. Thank you for always indulging me. And my biggest heart 💞❤️ to all those who were able to get through to me after I retrieved my line and those who checked up on me when they didn't see me online, you are wonderful 💋😘.

Now that I am back online, please talk to me o, don't let me go and start counting how many drop of water will fill my bowl or how many steps from my room to my bathroom and back 😂😂😂.