While on my way back from school today, my friend made a passing comment on how the year is halfway gone and she isn’t yet rich and her new year resolutions hasn't been actualized. We both just laughed but deep down my stomach sank. In my mind I was wondering how she knew what I was thinking of.
It’s a bit surprising or maybe not, that just like that, in a twinkle of an eye , June is gone.
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The year may not be going exactly as I envisioned it would but every month is worth being grateful for. I have been surrounded by mishaps and it has affected my mood, plans and attitude towards this year and life at large.
My school recorded a number of deaths of final year students who just finished their last school examination. It happened week after week. Though I had no close relationship with the deceased ones, I saw how it affected the loved ones and it broke my heart. Life is just too fickle. I’ve always known but I’ve never felt so tired. I really questioned a lot of things due to the incidents but I’m trying to get over them.
In the midst of all the mishaps, I breathed through June. To everyone that asked how I’ve been, I kept saying I’m merely existing and if all I can do at the moment is breathe, then I’m grateful.
Does it mean I had no significant or happy moments in June?
Certainly not. Compared to other months, I tried a bit more to get out of my moodiness. The first day of June found me in a large hall, dressed and seated for the grand finale of the pageantry event of Mr & Miss UNN (my school), and I went with my friends.
The event lasted from 10pm to 7am and it was mostly shit !😂 Everything from the MCs to the guest performing artistes, was boring. The only exception was the pageantry walk, dances and cultural presentation. Good thing the contestant my friends were rooting for won so it was a worthy event.
I also happened to conclude my second and final teaching practice experience in June. It wasn’t an easy feat. Being an education student, it is a compulsory requirement that we practice how to teach before our graduation and for this reason, the University sends us to secondary schools in the community to teach for a period of 6 weeks.
Lecturers are sent from our school to supervise and grade us, twice.
It was difficult joggling actual school classes with Teaching Practice but I scaled through and my supervisor gave me a satisfying compliment. He said he was highly impressed by my composure, preparation and delivery. This was enough compensation for the stress.
Another eventful thing I did in June was try to upgrade my cooking skills. My business has been on hold for a while majorly because I had no time as I couldn’t joggle business with school and Teaching Practice. I’m in my final year so I have to prioritize academics and all its activities.
Although I didn’t cook for sale, I tried a couple of recipes and cooked some of my favourite dishes like Egusi soup and fried rice. I shared this with my friends to get their review and it was really good.
My classmate helped me get a beautiful, purple, knotless braids done and this was my look throughout the month of June. It's funny that I was going through so much in June yet everyone said I was glowing. I honestly just understand that life may be sending blows but beauty has be maintained with maximum composure😌
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