I have been feeling pissed off all this while, but today felt so overwhelming. Not a great day, though, and instead of having it all feel so heavy in my heart, I feel like venting them out here.
Sometimes, I wonder how we got here. Is electricity supply not one of the basic amenities our government should provide us with? Why are they making us experience what our forefathers experienced? The year began with a total blackout. Like a joke, it has lingered without any reason but yet, no power supply.
For me to preserve my food in the freezer, I have to buy petrol and turn on my generator. Every day I spend #5,000 on fuel, yet the light on the gen won't last longer because of how expensive petrol is, so I get little with the money . It's getting more annoying spending on petrol daily just to keep up with the needful at home, charge my gadgets too, and get away from the hot weather.
Most things in this part of my world are just getting soured. The climate change turned upside down, and instead of the harmattan season we should experience from December to February, it's been a heat wave. Then no power supply to add up with the suffering , we are suffocating, sweating, and feeling so uncomfortable.
I don't have a solar system yet, so I rely only on a generator as an alternative, and keeping up with buying petrol daily is no longer funny with the current harsh economy. Spending on petrol shouldn't be an added burden this time, but it is what it is, and we are gradually dealing with it.
So today, I went to the village market and shopped for a lot of perishables for family consumption. I spend hours shopping for a lot that could last longer for my family and me. On getting home, I checked my freezer and brought out soup to take for my lunch; behold, the soup was already sour. I was surprised; I brought another kind of stew for white rice, and yet, it's soured again. Like how? I have been buying petrol, using my generator, although the fuel doesn't last for many hours, but the freezer feels so cold, yet it couldn't preserve my food.
I am worried not only because of my soured soups but also because of lots of perishables I shopped for today again with the hope of getting them preserved in my freezer. Why on earth are we on total blackout? Constant power supply should have saved my soup, but no, we suffer for virtually everything in this part of my world.
I feel sad, I feel pained, and I don't even know who to descend on with this anger, thus, this rant here , hopefully I find a way out.