Today I discovered my son is the master of petty. I decided I needed to get out for a bit, so to lure him out I said we should go play football. He got his trainers and started putting them on “Woah buddy!!! Where are you socks?” “Mummy, please get my socks.” I stared at […]
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Every time someone, anyone walks into a room, they turn the Air Conditioning off and it is doing my head in. The nannies and the father have convinced Henry he is allergic to air conditioning. Eddie cannot stand the heat. My husband’s uncle keeps complaining that it is too hot for the baby while his
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Home: I spent the day sleeping. I mean literally all day just sleeping. I woke up twice in the afternoon to breast feed. On one of my breast feeding wake up calls, I was drawn into the torture of a Dove Media movie. Any movie that makes Mount Zion movies look like Oscar quality is
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Home: I am tired and agitated. When I woke up this morning I felt like a king. I was on schedule with my breast feeding. I and the children were bathed, dressed and fed all before 10 am, considering I didn’t go to bed till 2 am this morning. So it’s ‘Table Time’. That time
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We finally had our first health briefing at the National level today. I am not a political person but I found the minister to be highly irresponsible and combative. This man had journalists ask questions without microphones so the viewers could not hear the questions, then he would respond to the questions by saying things
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Home: I know I am my own worst critique and today, I judged the hell out of myself. I woke up this morning feeling anxious. I felt like I was missing something and I could not put my finger on it. I turned on my phone, checked my messages and then decided to find out
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I find watching Nigerian news more shocking than watching reality TV where black women fight and spit on each other for not getting invites to parties and false claims over net worth. The national budget for 2021 was released today. I really wonder if the people in charge are cursed with stupidity or if it’s
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