You see how people out here are so eager to move out??? Imagine I don’t have that typa energy 😂. If I actually had an option I would stay under my parents’ roof till infinity and priss don’t give me those eyes 👀.

Unfortunately tho’ I got admitted to a campus miles away from home and I had to move out. Sikuwa na option.

So January 2018 I find myself in a totally new environment. I just knew my roommate because we’d been in the same high school. I actually didn’t KNOW her I just knew her; she used to be a “hey…hi…nice day” friend. You get me??? So it was very hard for me to settle in my hostel and actually by the end of the first week I was ready to just go back home and call it quits with Nairobi life.

Right now I’m settled in my hostel but si you know one can never be 100% comfortable. So today I write the perks of living in a hostel; the good times and the bad ones.

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In my parents’ house I cannot sleep past 0700hrs on a normal day. Yees my parents,especially dad mean the best for me, but come on we all need a chill break once in a while. Being in the hostel allows me to sleep as much as I want without anyone disturbing my peace. I can recall several days that I’ve spent the whole day sleeping and binge watching because what is life???

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Curfew 🙄. This is a down specific to my hostel’s residents only. I honestly have never understood why one would have a 10PM curfew for adults(this is one of the very few instances I accept that I am an adult🤣).

Ok it’s not like if there wasn’t a curfew my night life would be any different from how it is now😂. But there are mid-nights I crave grilled chicken and since I can’t go out then, I have to starve my cravings😫.

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Cooking and laundry is done for us. Honestly this is one thing I’m very grateful to God for, because my ancestors know how much I dislike household chores; cooking, cleaning, laundry…name them. Sigh!!!

However tho’ there are times the food cooked is so off. Actually there are days I don’t eat dinner at the hostel because aargh 🙄.

I’ve also been forced to re-wash some of my clothes after picking them from the hostel laundry and I’m left wondering “what was the point of me bringing the clothes???”

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The biggest plus for me during my stay at the hostel has been spiritual growth. I am not close to where I’d want to be, but I am definitely a littu bit better than I was before I joined the hostel’s fellowship.

I find young people who are passionate about God more attractive than they actually are. There is this kaglow one gets when they are in Christ. That glow is what I was looking for while joining the fellowship and mmmmh I see it coming.

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And of course I’ve made friends that have played a big part in making my campus life colourful. I’ve done road trips, dates, movies and random walks with them and we are bracing ourselves for more in 2020✨.

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I almost forgot this last one😂. While out here in the hostel, my dad will send me money without questioning me. That guy is tough when it comes to money issues so the joy of getting money from him so easily is inexplicable.

~Bible Vibes~

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Psalms 119:105