How I Spent My New Year's Day

Hello friends, Happy new week. We hope for an amazing and productive week ahead. It's another weekly prompt of the @hivelearners community. It feels good to participate in edition 1 of week 96.

It's 1 week today from the new year. I'm sure by this time last week many people were in their villages, with families celebrating and in the kitchen right now preparing delicious dishes😂.
Last week Monday being the 1st of 2024 wasn't a bad day for me. Ever since I came back from the break I haven't gone anywhere except attending Sunday service and I knew that day wouldn't be different either because I had no plans of going out.
On the 31st of December was Sunday so we went to church in the morning. We closed quite early around 11 am because we were few, many members have traveled. Also we will be having cross over service at night so we closed so people can rest and return by 10pm later that evening.

That same day we attended church and closed by a few minutes past 12 am at first. I would remember I dance so well and thank God for everything he had done for me last year and knowing fully well this year will be better makes me happier. After we closed church that morning, I didn't go home immediately. I sang and danced more for about 30 minutes and we stopped the music so everyone can go.

I went home and didn't sleep as I was texting people on WhatsApp, FB and calling to wish my friends happy new year. It was already 3 am that day and I decided to rest a little knowing we would wake early to prepare what to cook.
It was 6am in the morning when my mum woke us up all to start preparing food. It was fried rice and salad so the ingredients would take a long time to cut.

First I and my younger bro were asked to prepare the live chicken by killing , cleaning and cutting it. It was 2 we were asked to prepare so it took much time. After that we joined in chopping the ingredients for the salad and fried rice.
During that process my elder sister who stays in the same city of port harcourt with us called to say that she's coming with my nephew. I was so happy because I haven't seen them since I was back and I wasn't sure of visiting them before I go back.

Then my sister asked me to go buy everyone juice each, the one they liked and buy juice for my nephew. I took her Debit card and bought everyone a drink which I kept in the fridge so it would get cool before eating it really.
I was already so hungry since I hadn't eaten anything since last night and I was happy they were preparing salad which I have been craving over a while now. Rice is something I always eat in school so I didn't worry much about that.

After a while the food was ready and we were all dishes in our places with very big chicken. I took a little rice but a lot of salad that would quench that craving. After eating I went for another 😂 till I was over full. When I was done eating I just slept off because I didn't have much sleep at night. It was as if the food was drugged because everyone slept at the spot they finished eating 😂😂. We all woke up in the evening and since it was getting late my sister decided to leave so as to get home early because of her children.

We exported her outside to bid her bye. When I came back home I ate again but this time little then I slept off till the next day.

[Picture taken by me]

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