mini-incest:unfinished

in the days before the tale of the markets, i had a few years of growing up at my Aunty's - My dad's younger sister. It was all kinda contrived by my Dad after he found out he'd be taking the job in Saudi. I was ceremoniously shipped off to a boarding house in Enugu in the then Anambra State. It was initially an adventure to look forward to for me until I realized it was really a mis-adventure. It was bad enough that I was a misfit, I was joining the school in the middle of the academic year as a Senior student. Still i couldn't stay on as a boarder because the school facilities had been signed and sealed for the academic year. I had to commute everyday to school with the rest of the less popular day students. I hated it! I'd always been a boarder, this adjustment was a hell of a trial.

The darned merry-go-round shuttle bus was running late again. It was the cheaper means of getting to school, not really the only means. I'd be double damned if i'd take the taxi after making the 20mins walk from new haven b/stop to the main junction this early morning - it was almost 7:20am. The only reason i was running later than usual today-asides the obvious conspiracy by the bus drivers- was because we had a something different for breakfast this morning - all because Aunty had an emergency call last night and was not back yet. My Aunt was a matron and in every sense of the word too. Anyways, Ebi psyched me to make fries for breakfast instead of the usual beans we had everyday. I obliged happily because I was not much of a beans fan either, and it cost me! At last, there was the bus heading towards me. One thing was for sure, I was late for school today. It takes the bus a full 40mins to make the rounds, that is why it was nick-named merry-go-round- I'd have to use the 'apian' way. I just hope today is not my unlucky day! Enugu was still a quiet city, lovely scenery with  natural landscape - landscape that was also our undoing. The gullys here were second to none-huge, huge gullys caused by erosion and (you took it right out of my moutn!) bad drainage. Unfortunately, since i was late, chioma had gone on without me so i was really on my own. Chioma lived about 10mins away from the main busstop. Another reason i liked going on the merry-go-round was that it gave me time to day dream and generally contemplate. Today's musing was for my mom - today was her birthday and i was generally feeling home sick.