Day 5: Lost in your love
I like orange and mango smoothie…
I would blend them together and make a smoothie after my walk every morning, without fail. This was a ritual for me.
When I wanted to shower, I would connect my phone to my jbl speakers to play the ‘‘shower playlist’’.
You see, I had a playlist that I had created just for this daily occasion and it made showering much more interesting…and because I get bored easily, I created a new playlist every week that comprised of different genres and different sounds.
Sometimes it was gospel, other times it would be afrobeats. Next week I think I’ll try hip hop.
I liked the predictability of having a set routine for my daily lifestyle and I had never swayed from it, until I met Odun.
This boy has revolutionized my world as I know it and now my steady routine has been disrupted.
Love is weird…
That desire to adjust the workings of your life so as to accommodate another person, it’s weird.
Odun dislikes my orange and mango smoothie. Infact, he wrinkles his nose subconsciously when he watches me drink it.
So now I have succumbed to making his own special mixture for him- pineapple, banana and coconut. I wrinkle my nose while I make it, yet I continue to do so.
As a concession, we make each other’s smoothies now.
Love is weird…
I’m about to shower and I’m curating my shower playlist. I go through my songs and I see a couple of the music Odun sent me.
Perks of being in love is also sharing music with each other, music that you ordinarily might not be interested in.
Odun listens to french music. Considering the fact that I don’t understand french, I typically would not have a french song on my playlist but my lover likes it and it’s just one more thing to bond over, so I listen.
It’s interesting how you can see traces of either of us in each other’s lives now. His in my playlist section and mine in his fridge.
I’ve finished curating this playlist and it’s a blend of both our musical palate. And I quite like it.
I can hear him humming in the background as I’m doing my skincare- we are both on the phone as we get ready for bed; it’s become our ritual.
He’s lost in the music and it makes me smile that we’ve built this place where we can both experience one another even without being physical.
I think to myself “love is weird but I don’t mind it at all”
We are both lost in love and I like it here. 🫶🏾
