THE D DAY😁🙂

Today was finally the D-day for the traditional marriage and honestly I was just praying nothing would go wrong. The plan was simple — start mass cooking by 5pm yesterday so we’d be done early and travel to the village that same night. But life had other plans. We couldn’t get chicken the previous day, so we had to run around and buy it that morning. Because of that the cooking dragged and we didn’t finish till around 11pm. We were all dead tired and annoyed because the whole point was to be in the village already by then. You know how it is, once one thing shifts, everything else follows.

Even with the late night, we still showed up. The wedding kicked off by 2pm and the place was already full. Aunties were everywhere giving orders, the drummers were on, and you could just feel the energy in the air. The traditional part took time — kola, the speeches, the family introductions, all of it. It wasn’t rushed at all. It finally ended around 6pm. Despite the stress from the night before, it was actually beautiful to watch. When both families sat down and did things properly, you forget about the wahala that happened earlier. That’s the thing about these traditional weddings, once it starts it carries you along.

After 6pm we couldn’t just leave. We had to pack up everything — chairs, canopies, pots, the leftover food. It took us about an hour to arrange things and make sure nothing was left behind. By then people were already heading out and the compound was emptying fast. We were all moving slowly because we were tired, but at least we finished. No drama, no missing plates, just everyone trying to get it over with.

I finally got home by 7:50pm. From town to our village is only about an hour drive so it’s not far, but today it felt longer because of how the day went. I just sat in the car and replayed everything in my head. The cooking delay messed up the timing, but the main thing happened and it went as planned. The marriage was done, families were happy, and that’s what counts. I’m just glad I was there to see it all through.
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