It was Wednesday evening, and I was in my dark room with only the thing giving light to the room being the light coming from my computer screen. I sat on my chair, not caring if there was someone in the room with me or if I was in another world; all I wanted was to complete the task on my desk before the following morning.
I work from home, yet I had been so consumed by the frustrating task on my laptop that I had completely tuned out my surroundings. The issue was not working from home but balancing the two jobs I work, which always clash with each other.
I am Fash Tioluwa, and last, I remember, my birthday was the following day, but I wasn't too worried about it because I had two jobs I was running from my closed room. I sat in front of my computer with my gray spec, which has a blue lens. The specs were sitting on my nose like an old man struggling to read a new paper even when it was right in front of him.
"Damn it. Why do the two of them have to ask me to get a job done at the same time?" I scream out of annoyance with my hands on my head, like I was going to cast a spell to calm my nerves for the rush hour I found myself.
"Ring," my phone rang, and my heart almost jumped out of my mouth. I hesitated to check who was calling me because I wasn't done with the job I was doing. I turned the screen of my phone to see who was calling, and the caller made me take a breath of relief.
"Hello, love, don't tell me you are not done with your work," Arewa said on the other side of the phone, not even minding if I was struggling with the job or I was almost done. I kept quiet for a while, and as I was about to give my response, she said. "You know you promised to go to the market with me this evening. Can you stop what you are doing and let's get doing?"
At that point, I wanted to hang up the call, but that would make her sad, so I told her in a cold voice, which she understood very well, "Babe, I know I promise you, but can we do this another time, please?" She understood me so well that she said, "Okay."
I continued to work; the "tap tap tap" from my keyboard and "click click click" from my wall clock were the only things keeping me sane at that moment. After I was done with the job, I raised my head to see what the time was because I was exhausted already.
"What!! It's 1 am already?" I thought to myself. How did I get lost in time? This has never happened before. At that same moment, I felt a soft, smooth breeze behind me, and it was then that I realized someone had been standing behind me. I turned around to see who it was. I saw a short figure standing in the darkness. I was about to shout, but then I saw it was my girlfriend, who had been behind me for a long time without realizing it.
As my girlfriend stood there beaming at me, I felt a wave of relief again because she was a source of joy to me. Before I could say anything, she started singing.
"Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Happy birthday to you! Hip Hip Hip, Hurray."
"My birthday? I completely forgot!" I exclaimed, my eyes darting around her because she had her hand behind her all that while. I stood up and put on a brighter light, and there she was holding a beautiful cake adorned with candles in her hands, and on the table, there were wrapped gifts. How had I missed that?
"Yes, silly! I've been trying to get your attention all morning," my girlfriend said with a laugh, guiding me over to the table. "Come now, blow out the candles, and make a wish!"
I couldn't express the amount of joy I felt that night as I smiled from cheek to cheek with all my teeth out in the open. I made a wish, showered, and we both went to sleep.
That's one of the duties of our loved ones, they are always there to cheer and make every moment a special one regardless of the situation. It's awesome how your girlfriend made it to your place and prepared a small surprise while you were busy with work.
Happy birthday in arrears... 🤗
Yeah
That part of her making those surprise she marvel me because I never saw it coming.
The things we do for love and thanks for the wishes
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Two Jobs, that can be hectic on you, but at least you were shown love that helped to reduce your mental and physical stress.
Yeah
I. Work two jobs but they are both technically, nothing too complicated but sometimes it gets complicated at times
Exactly, sometimes it will choke
I know how it feels having a deadline and working to complete it. I swear I can also forget my birthday if it was to be me.
By the way, do I also wish you a happy birthday? 😁
😀
It wasn’t really easy that day
I was even scared to check who was calling me and I left my phone just to focus on the job until I saw my cake and a happy birthday call behind me😭😭😭😭
My babyyyyy just made my head swell😊😊😊
Yes, tell me happy birthday it’s not too late
After hard work comes the reward. The people who are really worth it are always there waiting for the moment to make us feel good.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Excellent Monday.
Thank you for reading 🥹🥹
This comment just put a big smile on my face 🫶🏽🫶🏽
The mental stress that comes from juggling two jobs together can't be quantified.
It's a good thing that your girlfriend made up for the bad day you had before your birthday.
😭😭😭
Working two jobs isn’t easy and I’ll be dropping one soon but it’s not like they are both too demanding. I just have to plan myself well but right now
I think my health needs me more now
Yeah, if she’s not there now, who will take care of me 😌😌
Smiles.
Your health should take precedence before any other thing.
Na who dey in good health dey do two jobs together o
Good for you!
M regards to her.
😅😅😅
Yes o
And I’ll tell her
Two job, wow! That's stressful, how do you handle your screen time. I guess is a remote job. How do you handle your time?
Well, planning is all that matters
One is in US
While the other is in Nigeria. Both remote
Wake up 6am to pray
6:30
Cleaning and all
7am I start with the Nigeria job so it doesn’t take too long to finish. Not a big kind of work 😅😅
Then I job to the other one by 10am try to finish before 2pm once I’m done
I do a review of all of my job and that’s all
But sometimes trying to figure things out takes a lot of time so I do finish my 5pm or 6pm
What kind of remote job is that?
😪😪😪details are restricted online
Ok, how about you tell me privately, I would love to know.
😏
Nothing gives us joy more than when our loved ones remember to celebrate us
Very true
God when!! Am I a stick or a wood? Now, which one would I pick? I think a stick is better, at least it isn't as strong as a wood. "What am I saying?" Now that is the best girlfriend of the year; I've given her the award already.
I know that feeling of being surprised in a situation like that; you will never forget things like this early, though.
For real I always thought you’re oyinbo until I saw that “God when”
I just Dey smile since thinking of the perfect hive I’ll give her for December. I don’t even know what to get her. 🫠🫠
I don’t know how to pick gift
Maybe I’ll just take her shopping
I am happy to know the way she wished you at your birthday and made you realize how important you are to her.
Yeah
It was a moment of bliss
Suffocate single pringles 😂.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a wonderful surprise it must have been for you. Such kind of friends are rare to find nowadays
Friend keh 👀👀