It was unusual for me to get tired of a party, but it happened that day. I was there sitting on a chair, observing everything at the naming ceremony, but I wasn't flowing with the party despite the good music, food, and the presence of other family members; I just wanted to go home.

My most fulfilling experience this year started last week Friday, and having the holiday extended throughout this week is a blessing because it will give me more time to have fun and also prepare myself for resumption next week. I am the type who loves having fun, but there isn't much to talk about this year because I am currently serving my country in a state I am not familiar with, so I choose to tread gently.

Living without my smartphone or the internet is not something I imagine often, but whenever I do, I feel like it would be one of the worst memories I will have. I thought about it again and said, It won't be the end of the world. Our addiction to phones these days doesn't seem real because when I plan to put my phone away, I always have one reason to use my phone.

"Honey, how much data do we still have on the MiFi?" Jide, the Banjoko family's first child asked his wife, Christina, while he was preparing for the family virtual meeting."Really? Don't tell me that you are having a meeting today again," Christina muttered.

When I told my fellow corpers that I was going home for Eid Mubarak, they all convinced me to wait in Ibadan, where I am currently observing my National Youth Service Corps, just because it's not a long holiday. Luckily for me, I have the weekend included in the holiday, so it bought me more time to travel back home.

I have this rich kid as a friend, and visiting her was one of the things that made me consider having too many possessions as unnecessary. She lives with her parents, and her bedroom is bigger than my parents' parlor and dining room combined.