A NATIONAL SERVICE TALE

My elder brother and most of people  i know, all had smooth transitions from tertiary education to seeing out their national service. Therefore,  I foolishly never thought I would encounter any problems, when my turn came.How wrong I was!

Well, during the events described in my last post I was  so distracted I only laughed at the screen that read Lemuel Michael Nortey, Dachio JHS, Bolga municipality.

That is the evidence people

Well my grandma was buried and then it all dawned on me finally, that If I really want to do my national service then I have to go to Bolgatanga.Please I'm not discriminating or something like that, but for someone like me who has stayed in Accra most of his life with intermittent visits only to as far as Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region and  a strong dislike for hot temperatures, the whole situation was like a haze.

Okay so that is when family came in, calling uncles and influential family members to pull strings However, with a every effort to change my posting failing, I've  increasingly become interested in the weather forecast for the upper West region,confirming my worst fears every single time with very high temperatures.I also searched out any information about he school, only to find out it was not any where near Bolgatanga but in a village at the outskirts of the city.

After all the stressing on this issue, I finally managed to psyche myself to leave, with a box of sunblock and bright  cloths, only for several assurances to start pouring in again of a reposting.

Time is running out and every time I see  this service posting on my phone, my heart skips a beat. There is at the time of writing this, no positive news regarding my reposting.

Thus when my mates start telling of their exploits during national service, I feel ermmm.... whats the word? FRUSTRATED AH!

Hey guys but,it seems not doing my service  is not such a  distressing thought anymore ...with each passing  second I'm beginning to feel at ease with deferring the service, to work and be done with my first degree.However, nothing is decided, promise you guys will be among  the first to know.

Till my next post I hope things turn out fine.However I do realise that life beyond university is all people ever say it is, full of disappointments and surprises.

Ones  i could not control, but hey, you know  what they say no condition is permanent .Thus I'll be waiting, patiently for smiles to hit my face again.Hope same happens to you too.