I've never been lucky with managers. Yho, Pearl. How does Lydia sleep with this woman's man? She is so vicious. That's probably why she doesn't have kids. She is the type that can make a baby cry by just saying "thula nana". Ngeke! But hey, it's this or being fired. Mr Ramaru made that very clear. Mr Msomi is still on leave since his daughter's passing. But he will be back tomorrow and I think I'll have a nicer time working with him than...
"Mfundo, are you coming to eat?" I yell for him. I'd call him “boy boy”, but he is taller than me. I am up to his shoulder in height. He is tall like his father and he looks a lot like Mthunzi. He reminds me of how much Mohavi looked like Thabiso. I thought that over time, he would start looking like me. But Thabiso’s family had annoyingly strong genes. Everyone looked like someone whose umbilical cord is buried in Botswana. To think that...
"Why would you deny me, Thomas? Why would you deny me? I thought I meant something to you", I ask him as we sit outside a doctor's room. "I panicked. Your parents are powerful people, Lydia. They could ruin me. Why would you tell them without speaking to me?" Is he being serious right now?"They are my parents. Who else was I supposed to talk to? You had disappeared on me for me weeks. I was alone. Unlike you, I couldn't just walk...
I am getting better. My son is healed. My daughter is dead. I am exhausted. I am hurting. I am grieving. I thought Mthunzi and I would have had sex by now, him supporting me and me just being vulnerable. But, I'm the unlucky woman in all of this. Whoever he has chosen to give his heart to, she is the one who has bagged the gold that is my husband's heart. Zelda has been such great help. She has been handling the tenders for...
My husband has Covid-19. My kids do too. We all live in this small house and cannot exactly self-isolated. We have one back room. That's where I'm staying with my youngest baby, Khetha. We trying to be strong, but yho, it is a lot. Miles still expects me to come into work. Apparently working in the warehouse makes me an essential worker. Yesterday, I took my child with me because I have no one to leave her with. Miles lost his mind. He shouted at me...
I haven't been going into work for the past week. Mrs Msomi has had to self-isolate as she is showing symptoms of Covid-19. She stays in the cottage that we work in so she can protect the kids and the other helpers who are in the house. This Covid-19 thing is scary. Nobody knows where it's coming from and nobody understands where it's going. Mthunzi has been worried about his kids. Mbali has just taken a turn for the worst. She doesn’t sleep at home anymore. She...
LydiaWorking from home is tiring, stressful and without boundaries. My day starts at 7am and ends when the work is done. I did not have an issue with this when I was going into the office. But now, I feel as if there is no difference between my home and my workplace. I just sleep in my bedroom. Every other place in my apartment is an office space. My domestic worker has temporarily moved in with me while we are on...
Sindi George got me a brilliant tender with the government for this Covid-19situation. Zelda has been absolutely amazing. She is honestly a gem in my life. She comes in much earlier than normal now to get my kids up, make sure that they have bathed, eaten and ready for home-schooling. She sets up their laptops in the study and packs their lunch and snacks for the day. Zelda manages their days so well. She even has 2 hours everyday for physical activity in the...
Zelda Since the lockdown started, I have been knocking off earlier to abide by the curfew rules. Mrs Msomi has just been on a war path. I'm in mourning, I cannot engage in conflict or find myself in the middle of heated arguments. It frustrates Mrs Msomi that sometimes, I'll just look at her and not respond to her yelling. That woman can yell! And she is damn rude. Mthunzi fetches me every morning then takes me home every afternoon- as per...
Portia So the president has announced that the country is officially under lockdown. My child has been sick all night. I asked Lydia to come and help me, but she hung up on me. Now, it is 7am. My husband and I are taking our 5month old daughter to the public hospital and we are walking because there are no taxis available. We are walking as fast as our legs will carry us. Miles will not stop phoning me. I told him that my...
