Saturdays

Sometimes, thinking hard about what to write is the true bringer of writer’s block, next in line is being too critical on one’s self on the right topic or the right introductory sentence.

Before I wrote this first paragraph, I had thought hard on what to write, typed a few lines and erased it, then I tried again until I gave caution to the wind.

It’s Saturday morning here, if you know what I mean. Maybe I should just give you a rundown of what we do on Saturdays here where I stay, in Nigeria.

• Nigerians wake up late on Saturdays unless there is a close family function that requires them to hit the road early or help with preparations which is a kind of contribution as a family member.

• Our cultural traditional day for celebration is Saturday and Friday, but everybody goes to work on Friday living a room of excuse for Non-attendees, leaving Saturday as the default days for wedding and funerals (funeral is a kind of celebration here too, a kind of celebration of life well lived)

• Nigerians like to clean their homes on Saturdays, it’s customary to find them watching heaps of clothes, watching their home drainages and much more.

• We also make visits on Saturdays although that is more of a Sunday thing.

What else do we do?

The Children find time to play more on Saturday, it is their true Sabbath day, Sunday is church and preparation for Monday.

That is Saturday for us.

Some go to work though but that is rare except for the traders and shop owners.

For me, today has been planned already but I ain’t revealing what I have to do.

What seems good about today is the aura of rest it brings, the way it makes you feel.

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