What a day

Hello my amazing community, trust we are all good.
The weeks topic has reminded me of the worst experience that occurred one day when there was no power supply in my school.
I woke up thinking it was going to be a normal day. The kind where you hear your alarm ringing, you grab your phone, check the time, glance through it a little, and get ready for school or whatever it is that you need to get done in a day.

But no..... That morning was actually different. My phone remained black. There was no buzzing, no ringing, there was no light shining from the bulb I didn't turn off the previous night. This was when I realised that there was no light. I just lay back to the bed, blaming myself maybe I should've plugged my phone the previous night, and the worst part of the whole thing was that I left my data on. I just lay down blaming myself for all of this.

Getting ready that morning turned out to be a fight. No charging my phone. No hot water. Ironing? Forget it. So I chose the least wrinkled outfit and resigned myself to the fact it may not look so terrible.

Breakfast plans were affected too, initially I had plans to have toasted bread and tea for breakfast in the morning, but I couldn’t do that again. Anything that needed electricity or the use had to be abandoned. I just stood in the kitchen hungry and annoyed with myself.

As time went by, the room became soo hot. I opened the window, let fresh air inside, and sat there for a while, quietly. Life came to a standstill 'cos I didn't even know my next move, I had a class yeah... But I didn't know the venue and I couldn't call anyone at that point. It struck me how hurried my mornings are and how dependent I have become on this electricity to get me going.

When the power came back on later in the day, I was left with a joy almost to the point of embarrassment. The fan turned on, and my phone turned on. It was back to normal as if nothing happened. But this one experience always reminded me of how quickly everything can go away.

Living without power doesn't mean living in the dark, it means recognizing just how much our patience, productivity, and peace of mind are controlled by or dependent on electricity when almost everything we do in this world requires electricity.
I felt really bad that day because I missed a class.

What a day

SHALOM

I invite @soma18, @marsdave and @fashtioluwa to make their entry.