Finally, I've brought my butt back home. It wasn't easy leaving them (especially my 4 yr old nephew, Toby - the love of my life), but I did it. He kept asking me why I was going and where I was going to; I don't know why we must go thru this every time I have 2 leave. It's like he has selective amnesia. He remembers every time I promise 2 buy him stuff like cookies, pizza & chips, but he neva remembers when I say "Toby, I don't live here... I have my own house. I have 2 go home but I will Read More

I had 2 sit in the children's room with a cane to get them 2 go 2 bed. I sat there reading a novel, while they tried to play the playa. They tried 2 act like they were sleeping even though I knew they were not sleeping. Anyways, that's besides the point.When they finally slept, I left their room gracefully feeling like a winner. I was sashaying down the steps in my slippery slipass (don't ask why), and then next thing I knew, I slipped and slid down two steps and landed right on my ass. Read More

I woke up this morning and did the regular job of Ekaite the house gal. I cooked, I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. I know I have said it so many times, but I just wanna say it again that these kids are drivin me insane. I have more advils in the past three days than I take in a month. Nawa o, I really have 2 think well b4 having kids (especially since I want 5). Chei!My aunt's house usually has four people (my aunt, her 4-yr old son, my other aunt, and my grandma), but now it has eight Read More

My brothers and sisters wey dey 4 internet...see as them wan turn me into Ekaite o! (no offense 2 whoeva actually bears that name). I cooked, I cleaned, I washed, I swept, I moped, I did it all. I yelled @ the kids, I slept on a recliner last nite (my neck is still stiff), I screamed, I shouted, my head ached... it all happened. See as this small children wan carry my head do sme-sme oh! The lil 5 yr old boy from Naija musta thought I was the house girl. That's the only reason he was Read More

Hmmmmm... make I tell una how my day dey go dey go dey go...Like I told u b4, my uncle is moving here from Naija with his wife and two kids, right? Well, 2day is the day and I am at my aunt's house right now. My mother has gone 2 the airport wit my aunt 2 pick them up. When I came, my aunt told me to help them do some cleaning; according 2 her, they had done most of the work, so all I had 2 do was vacuum the basement...and her room... and Toby's room... and my grandma's room... and my other Read More