The Diary Game: [11/06/2026] Finding Grace in an Unfinished Day

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Greetings fam! I woke up very early this morning with one major goal in mind which was to finally complete all my signings, submit my course forms, and proceed with my departmental screening as I mentioned from my last diary. After finishing my morning chores and getting myself ready, I left for school feeling hopeful that everything would go smoothly. Little did I know that the day had other plans.

When I got to school, students were already gathered around, waiting anxiously for our HOD to arrive so that the remaining course forms could be signed. Since today was screening day, everyone was eager to get everything sorted out and avoid unnecessary complications.

While on the wait

Hours passed and morning slowly turned into afternoon, and the waiting became more exhausting than we had anticipated. Eventually, our HOD arrived, and there was a sigh of relief among the crowd. But that relief was short-lived. He only managed to sign a few forms before another obstacle surfaced. Unfortunately, mine wasn't among them. To make matters worse, some of the forms that were submitted late yesterday happened to be the ones he attended to first. I stood there staring at the growing pile of unsigned forms, hoping my name would eventually come up. We waited and waited, but before much progress could be made, a departmental meeting took him away. From morning until about 3 p.m, many of us remained there, standing under the sun, moving from one side to another, checking repeatedly to see if there was any update. Hunger started setting in, frustration became obvious on everyone's faces, and the excitement we had left home with slowly faded away. After what felt like an endless day of waiting, we were informed that most of the forms would not be signed that day. At that point, there was nothing else to do but accept the situation and hope for the supplementary screening exercise. I headed home all disappointed and completely drained.

My stomach was protesting loudly because I hadn't had anything substantial to eat all day. I hurried back with food dancing in my mind. But as soon as I got home, reality reminded me that I was already running late for church. Since I had few cubes of sugar with groundnut, I decided to sip garri and wait till evening.

My sweet garri

Surprisingly, church gave me a moment of peace after such a stressful day. Sitting there helped me release some of the tension and reminded me that not every delayed plan is a denied one. Sometimes, things simply don't go according to our schedule, and all we can do is trust that everything will eventually work out.

At the church

After church, I returned home to one of the sweetest sights after a long day. Mum was in the kitchen deciding to prepare catfish soup, and it's been a while I had that delicacy. The aroma alone was amazing. After helping out and waiting on the food to be ready, we finally sat down to eat properly.

This soup felt like heaven

My body had completely given up on productivity and I was too tired to do anything else. Honestly, all I wanted was my bed and uninterrupted sleep. But before disappearing into dreamland, I remembered that I had promised you all an update on how my screening would go. Even though it wasn't the success story I had imagined sharing, I still wanted to keep that promise and let you know how the day unfolded. ‎Tomorrow is a holiday, and I fully intend to take advantage of it. I'll probably spend most of the night and tomorrow morning catching up on all the rest my body has been begging for. Today didn't go the way I planned cus I didn't complete my screening. But I've still found reasons to be grateful, for church, for family, for Mum's delicious soup, for making it home safely, and for the hope that another opportunity still awaits during the supplementary screening. Life doesn't always follow our carefully arranged schedules, but somehow, even in the chaos, there are small moments of love and comfort that remind us to keep going. ‎I hope you all had a beautiful day. As for me, I'll be sleeping like someone who truly earned it.