We always have a date day on Friday evening with my fiance, so you can imagine how full of life I usually am on Fridays and of course I make sure I finish all pending work assignments on time so I leave the office at exactly 4:30 pm....so this day was no different.
I left on time and passed by his work place at 5:00 pm sharp and I imagined how I would get there with him having a big smile, I would be blushing and we would hug and catch up a bit and walk out of the office with hands interlocked, all happy and stealing glances of each other as we walked to our date spot. aaaawwww.....but when I got there(add sound effects)....he had a visitor in the office and I said hi and waited for them to finish, I sat outside his office returning calls that I had missed that day and 10 minutes passed and they were not done....so I logged into Facebook, and killed another 10 minutes and they were still not done, .. I logged into Instagram and safaricom were kind enough to notify me that I am running out of bundles after 2.5 minutes..sigh...so I started checking my whatsapp messages and even read the long group messages that I avoid......yaaaaawwwwn...I looked at my watch and it was 5:45pm....
I started getting frustrated at this point and I texted him ;.."yawa! You are not done?" He replied 1.567 minutes later( Yes I was counting ) that he is done and to my relief the door opened and I faked a smile for the visitor as they said goodbye.....
Remember how I imagined us hugging and catching up and me blushing? Lol this is what went down.....
He walked out of the office looking exhausted and I immediately asked him..."Now why did you keep me this long? I should have waited in town for you" He went on to apologize, my response was..Ok...
He locked up the office and we walked down to the main entrance to leave the Cathedral and as we walk down two teenagers call him and he excuses himself to go greet them. So I stood there waiting for him....4.25 minutes later he was still not done....
At this point I was outright mad and walked away,thinking "This guy, nkt! He does not even value our time together...and he does not value my time...it is already 6:00pm and I got here at 5:00 pm what is wrong with him?" I walked quite a distance then I saw him running after me and caught up with me..then I increased my pace..lol.......
So when he caught up with me..this is what went down..
Grey: Why aren't you picking my phonecalls?
Me: (I honestly did not hear it ring...but instead of saying this I go ahead and say...)..Oh you called?
Grey: What is wrong? I even thought you decided to go home
Me: (The thought crossed my mind but thought that would be cruel) My answer: Yes I want to go home
Grey: What is wrong? (as we cross the road)
Me: Nothing!
Grey: Clearly there is something wrong...
Me: I said nothing!
So we went into the supermarket, and he had to leave his bag at the luggage place so instead of waiting for him, I get into the supermarket at the speed of 20km/hr...., I was so mad, I forgot what I was coming for so we walked through the supermarket for like 5 minutes.before I remembered....lol and after paying for my goods we walk out and head out to our date spot...
We got to the spot and the waitress comes over....(am still mad by the way) I gave her the biggest smile ever and we ordered then immediately she left I went back to my 'angry face'. Our order was served and the first 10 minutes of that date was him asking me what is wrong and me telling him...Nothing!!
That night, God convicted me and showed me to myself.....He showed me, how impatient I am....and because I was so angry I failed to see that Grey already had a long day and the last thing he needed was me acting up, he was counselling the guest on some heavy stuff and...the teenagers had an appointment with him which he cancelled because of our date......
I was also reminded of the countless times Grey had to wait for me when I am late( usually I never have any solid reasons) and he always does this with so much patience and never complains...I was humbled and I ended up apologizing to him that night.....
......so the next time I had to wait for him I went out to eat biscuits and enjoy the sun and patiently waited and fought through my emotions...
Point is, God taught me how to be patient and considerate with Grey, and He still is teaching me.....I must say that with every disagreement we have, my character gets refined....and this is just courtship..I just wonder how much more marriage will teach me....oh boy!
Love is patient........
