A Corper's worst nightmare

Every Corper's worst nightmare would be getting an extension on the already very long one year. You know how Nigerians like to start any kinda meeting with a prayer (even a meeting on how to embezzle other people's money)? During our orientation, the school officials and students that said the opening and closing prayers included this line "may we not get an extension during this service year" LOL. That's how serious it is.

Normally, school closes at 2pm except on Fridays when closing is 1pm. Let's just say that I have never heard the closing bell (and my punctuality deficiency has resurfaced again so I haven't witnessed the assembly after the first week). I work with my friend and we leave the school when we finish teaching the latest period. Whoever finishes first wastes time till the other is done and we'll go do something or go home after.

So, on this blessed day, we left a little after 12pm. I had an amala moment, so we went to the bank first, ate amala at our favorite amala place and went to the pharmacy to pick up a few items (this pharmacy has everything, even things I stocked up on from Toronto). Anyways, we parted ways because she gets off the bus shortly before I do. I got a BBM message from a colleague saying that a LG representative was in school. Apparently, they come around every now and then to have Corpers sign in as documentation to decipher who doesn't come regularly or who doesn't stay till 2pm.

I thought my colleague was lying till I started receiving calls from other people. Right when I got to my doorstep, I got that last call and I figured it wasn't a joke. The perks of living significantly close to the school. I carried my farmer looking legs(when I leave the school, I look like a farmer's kid because the school isn't tared, tones of sand and dust) and wanted to hop on a bike but I really try to avoid bikes plus I was wearing one helluva tight skirt. I hopped on the bus and met up with my friend at the school entrance. I had called her to rush back to school before the representative left. There was so much adrenaline in the air as Corpers we didn't see throughout last week suddenly arrived on scene to sign, a couple smelling like bathing soap. Everyone calling someone absent and others cooking up ways to help their colleagues sign. We eventually signed and headed
back on the street to go back home AGAIN! Lol.

I'm sure it won't be a big deal if you were absent for one or two of these things but seriously, I don't even wanna find out. However, that doesn't mean I'm staying in school till closing EVER! I'll just keep praying "may I not get an extension on my service year." lol. My threshold for Osogbo cannot extend beyond the one year commitment. It just cannot!

I found out why all schools in Osun state now have the same uniforms. I'll share in my next post along with the reasons why I haven't updated you all on the alleged agbaya and student issue I mentioned in my last post. This post is long enough and I'm roasting.

~kdamsel~