A Day With Jaiyeola - The Dainty African Girl With Big Guts (Episode 1A)

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The alarm went off by 5 am and Jaiyeola reached over to snooze it for 5 minutes, just 5 minutes. The next thing she heard was the sound of a rooster crowing, her eyes flew open and immediately focused on the clock. She sat up with a jump. "Shucks! 6 am! it was 5am just now, shucks!", Jaiye muttered under her breath as she hurriedly jumped out of bed and quickly gathered up her bathroom necessities. She prayed quickly under her breath as she stepped into the bathroom.

Jaiyeola never wasted time in the bathroom, she always told people that she had a small body so there was obviously little to wash. She liked to spend her grooming time on other things instead - like packing her braids into her signature up-do style and fixing her brows just right.  That was just about how much girl stuff she ever had time for though, lipstick or gloss usually came on her lips while she was on the road heading out already or in a bus. You don't get to have so much time for feminine frivolities when you are the vice president of the student union government and you are also a final year student after all.

It was 6.30 am already and Jaiye was just finishing up the bow she decided to wear in her up-do for the day. She threw on her jacket, picked up her bag and her keys and hurried out. She berated herself as she hurried along - "Jaiye love, you should have slept in the hostel last night instead of coming to town!". Her mind briefly went over her schedule for the day as she waved down a bus.

There was a lab class that was to start at 7.30 and she didn't want to have any issues with the lecturer in charge. She and Dr. Kuforiji had history together that she didn't care to revisit. After the lab, there were 4 other classes, and then she had a meeting with the social committee by 3 pm, after which,  fellowship by 5 pm.

Jaiye managed to get to the lab just in time, the rest of the day went smoothly and by 2.45 pm, she was sitting at her favorite ice cream joint on campus, waiting for her committee members to arrive (she preferred to hold small meetings outdoors than in the SUG secretariat most times). The meeting went well, her team was producing results that made her happy and by 4.30 when Jaiye was strolling to fellowship, she was thinking to herself how great the day had been.

The time at fellowship was awesome, it was a great way to end the day. It was a Wednesday and they had shared the holy communion. Jaiye had stayed back after the service ended to gist with friends, it was late already, but she had decided she would sleep in the hostel. As she strolled to her room, she fervently hoped her roommate wouldn't be entertaining any guests by the time she got in. She was tired and just wanted to get in, undress and stretch out on her bed. That was what was on her mind when when the call came in....

Please stay tuned for the continuation of this story.