The Diary Game [08/08/2025] // Preparing for a Family Meeting.

Steem greetings guys from the motherland of Cameroon and welcome to my blog for another session of my diary game. It has been a busy week with both online and offline commitments. Today was one of the busiest days of my life trying to catch up with work and house chores.

My father-in-law was hosting a family meeting, and I was in charge of arranging the food for the day. I was busy from morning until late at night trying to put things together for the meeting the next day.

It was a rainy day but the rain could not stop me from carrying out my activities for the day. I had to go to a nearby firewood vendor to secure some dry firewood for he cooking. The food to be cooked was too much and could not be cooked using the cooker as it requires the use of a bigger pot.

^{Dry firewood I bought for the cooking of food for a family meeting.}

I returned home with the firewood and went to the local kitchen to start working. I started with the okonghombong leaves as I arranged them and sliced them. After the slicing, I had to wash it until I got the right texture of what was required. Then I had to mix the egusi and cook it overnight. With this meal, you need to cook the egusi for a long time to avoid the egusi from disturbing the stomach.

^{Sliced okonghombong ready to be washed and cooked.}

After slicing the vegetable leaves, I had to go on a walk to a nearby store to buy some ingredients to be used for the food. While at the store I realised that there was a blackout along the street and I had to buy quickly and return home to prepare the ingredients.

---

The next thing to do was to remove the feathers of the fowl and cut it into desirable slices. I grind some spices and marinated the chicken with them and later I boiled the chicken before frying it.

Frying the chicken was my last activity for the day and I was exhausted. I had to take a warm shower and be rest assured to get up the next day healthy and strong enough to handle the stress for the day. Until my next diary, it is goodnight from my end.