My friend once said that there's no enjoyment without freedom. A few months ago, I had this period of complete freedom and I wished I could slow time to extend the enjoyment. I had the whole house to myself and got the little taste of the life I had always wished for. It was a period of my life I wouldn't forget.
Currently, I live with my brother who's married with kids. There's always this limit to certain actions at home. During this special period of my life, an event came up in my hometown and my brother together with his family had to travel back to my hometown. I couldn't go with them because I was still having exams then. This made them travel without me, I had the house all to myself.
Since the kids were still having school activities to attend to, my brother decided to plan his trip to be on a weekend so the kids won't miss classes. They left home on Friday evening planning to return on Monday night after the burial.
Some of the things I'm often denied at home were; making popcorn with lots of sugar and milk, cooking with many eggs, inviting friends and watching movies overnight(then sleeping during the daytime).
As soon as they left home, the first thing I did was to begin my popcorn making process. After leaving the corn pop, I mixed them with milk and sugar twice the fixed quantity to meet the long lost taste of popcorn I've been denied.
That same night, I stayed in the sitting room munching my popcorn and watching movies till 4 AM the next day. I could feel the freedom but I knew it wouldn't last.
The next day being Saturday, I woke up so tired and without specific plans. While still sitting on the couch, I received a text from one of my homegirls asking me if I'd be free to go for a swim. I almost said “yes” before I recalled that I was alone at home and can now invite “all” my friends, lol.
Rather than going for a swim, I invited my homegirl home for some “Netflix and chill.”
My homegirl and I have always had this argument of who's a better cook, so before she arrived, I already made them some food. I made white rice and egg stew. While making this egg stew, I used as many eggs as I wished without restrictions - what I feel is freedom, lol.
A few minutes after making the food and taking a cool shower, I had a call from my homegirl informing me she was at the bus/taxi stop. I had to go walk her down and surprisingly when I got there, I realized she brought her friend along(that didn't ruin the Netflix and chill though).
We had a great time together, played games and also had some moments of argument.
It was the best weekend I've ever had. My homegirl and her friend enjoyed the visit and asked when next they could stop by.
Knowing fully well that my brother and his family would be returning on Monday, I had no choice but only wished I could slow time and extend that moment of enjoyment and freedom.
It seemed like time ran so fast that weekend. I didn't really take a full bite of freedom on Sunday because I had to go to church in the morning and visit the library in the evening for my Monday exams. Even while enjoying the freedom, I couldn't sacrifice my academics, it's far more important.
This remains my entry for the Weekend-Engagement week 289.
Do well to engage guys, enjoy your weekend as well.
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