To-Do List

‘I woke up one day and I realized that I simply despised the smallness that life here hoists on everyone. Small loves, big needs met by small resources, small hopes quashed by gigantic misdeeds, small joys flickering off with each new leaving.’

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• Call agent Akan, confirm flight tix.
• Collect passport from visa office.
• Buy a new jacket for the passport, something blue
  maybe also, black or grey.

• Call Adanna
• Go to Balogun market—prioritize travel bags, thick cardigans and sweaters.
• Go to mummy’s place, collect the bags she wants you to give Aunty Isioma when you get to Montreal.
• Weigh bags.
• GET PORTABLE WEIGHT CHECKER for luggage.
• Tell Mummy not to worry about the wrappers.
• Text Kadijah about the braids appointment.
• Get Xpression attachments. C: black and burgundy.
• Cancel tennis coaching lessons, see if a refund is possible.
• Call Adanna.
• Sort clothes to give away.
• Get a Ghana-must-go for sorted clothes.
• Call Halima to see if she is still interested in the chiffon gown or the maxi pleated skirt or the off-shoulder top.
• Arrange a courier to deliver them.
• Arrange a courier to send Diana the rattan globe lamp she said she liked when she slept over in June.
• Ask Uchechi if she is still buying the AC.
• Tell Udo that someone else has already paid for the couches.
• Ask her if she would like the bedside table and the movable wooden wardrobe instead. Otherwise, send the number of the carpenter...

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