I Pray For You

I dont know why I didnt mention this little story before... but I think some of you might get a kick out of it. So to start the story off.... I met this guy Tyson back in September. He is a pretty cool guy, he is into sports and the outdoors, he is kind of a canadian cowboy actually. We met in my Range class, we started out sharing gum and candy which one or both of us brought to help us stay awake, this class was an early morning class and I normally walked in right as the opening prayer was starting... not so lucky... it means everyone notices you walk in, even... epsecially the teacher. But this is how we started to get to know one another and eventually became friends. He taught me how to country dance, and we just kind of clicked... well we almost dated during the fall semester.. long story short it didnt happen. But we ran into eachother again this last winter and started going dancing together again and hanging out with friends and stuff. The semester ended and he told me he liked me, im not sure if he actually thought we would date or not, i mean he is in canada all summer, but anyways its was flattering. And i decided to invite him to come home with me for a week. Everything got planned out and it was going to work out perfectly... or so i thought. We both were going to be in boise at the beginning of the week and after my conference we would head to oregon. So i text him monday night and tell him that tuesday i should be able to leave at three. He says that sounds fine but he thought we were leaving Wednesday. I kind of brushed if off... a little misunderstanding ya know. The next day I text him and I say, it looks like we are going to get done a little early if you want to leave at two, if not thats fine we can still leave at three. Well i wait around all day waiting for a response from this guy and finally at two he texts me and says that he is at bullwinkles but we can still leave at three. This right here should have been red flag number one. Bullwinkles is on the other side of boise and he said he would be dropped off where i was at. But up until now i was fine because our originial plan was to leave at three which was still supposibly happening. Well three oclock rolls around and he is no where to be found. So i finally call him... he says that he thinks i should just pick him up at bullwinkles because its on the way. No big deal its on the way right ? So im thinking this is working out alright i can do that. I get to bullwinkles and i finally find him sitting with his two friends which by the way are girls and he is eating ice cream just chatting away. I guess i assumed that once i showed up he would say his goodbyes we would hop in my car and take off. I was so so wrong. After i sat and watched him eat his ice cream for a half hour and listened to him carry on a conversation which did not include me i started to get a little irratated. Red flag number two! So he finally decides he is ready to go once one of the girls asks me how long its takes to get home from where we were at and i guess a lightbulb came on in his head and he realized it would actually be a good idea to get on the road. We get up and start walking and i think we are going to go get his bags but once again i was so so wrong. He didnt even have his bags with him. Red flag number three!! Im seeing alot of red here. So then we go get into the cars, and he gets in with his friends leaving me to follow behind all alone. And its not just a couple blocks either... it takes twenty mintues to get to their house... back in the direction i had just came from. Meeting at bullwinkles was not very helpful. So during this drive i have the twenty minutes to just get more and more irritated. Then once we get to their house he takes his sweet little time gathering his stuff and getting ready to go. Finally we are on the road and im a little irritated and he says he is tired, so im thinking it would be a great idea for him to take a nap and for me to cool down a bit, because its five oclock before we even hit the highway. Which is two hours after i planned. But of course he has to know whats bothering me so i tell him. Which then he starts complaining how he doesnt feel good and maybe its not a great idea for him to come. and im totally agreeing at this point. But really five minutes later i'm fine and ready to have some fun and get the road trip started. So im singing along to some music and i look over and he is sulking like the world is coming to an end. So i ask him what is wrong and he says that he doesnt want to spend a week with someone who is mad at him. But i was already over it so i tell him im not mad anymore and im ready to have fun if he is. But he starts complaining about being sick again... which by the way is bull. Another red flag! Because he is totally trying to come up with excuses now! So i ask him if he would rather stay in boise. he said , Dont make me make this decision right now i have a headache. But after hearing that i had already made the decision. It he really wanted to come and be with me he wouldnt have even had to think about it. So now im just thinking great what do i do.. he is in my car.. how do i get rid of him. So i decide it will be easier if he makes the decision himself to stay. So i wait it out a bit.... i tell him he needs to make the decision now because im not turning around and the longer i drive the further away i get from boise ya know. but he still isnt making the decision.... finally im about ten miles from oregon and i know that i dont want him coming with me anymore and i didnt want to make his friends drive for forever so i see a gas station and pull over and let him out. Nicely of course. but i tell him that i know he doesnt want to come and i dont want to spend my whole week at home trying to convince him to have fun and enjoy himself. and it would just be easier this way. So then he starts telling me how he may never see these girls again but he will see me in the fall.... See me in the fall ha ya rignt! then he starts talking like im over reacting... I really wasnt i promise! A little recap... he made plans with me, told me he liked me and was all excited to come spend time with me and see oregon. Then all day i have to convinve him to leave these other girls... I dont like feeling like the after thought. and then he tells me its all okay because he will see me in the fall!!! that totally did not make it okay... he should have definetly kept that thought to himself! and to top if off i could have been on the road and one! and its six before i finally drop him off and leave! thats a whole five hours of wasted time! i didnt think i was over reacting at all, if anything i was underreacting!! The whole time this is going on, im thinking he must have started liking the kayla girl he was staying with. Which really would have been totally fine with me, all he needed to do was tell me before all this went down that he changed his mind and couldnt come to oregon after all. How hard is that really??? So as i drive away he starts texting me and trying to apologize and make things right... im not sure if he really thought it was going to work or not. But eventually i didnt have cell service anymore anyways so i didnt text him back... i let him wonder a little bit. At the end of the week i finally texted him back and he texted me this song called Pray for you, by Jaron and the long road to love. He said he heard it on the radio and it made him think. Because he said he was sure this is how i felt about him and that he wouldnt blame me at all if this is how it was. So you all should watch the music video online for this song "Pray for you" ~ Jaron and the Long Road to Love.  All i said back was: ive been praying for you all week, but in reality in glad you made it back to canada safe. and he said i'm glad you made it safe too.  and i havent talked to him since. So now i can tell people i've left a boy on the side of the road. :) End of story....