My heart thumped in my chest as I approached the door. Entering, everything seemed different. The color of the light made me wonder if the walls were repainted. I had to do a double and even triple look to reassure myself that things had not been rearranged.
A place once familiar, now foreign and frightening. My palms were sweaty and I nervously glanced first here, then there. People once friendly, now looked through me as if they didn't know me.
Humiliated on the inside, I held my head up high, sucked in my now paunchier belly and walked proudly down the main aisle.
This is what I get for taking 5 months off from the gym. Time to pay my dues in sweat and pain.
What's funny is I think we have all gone through this at one time whether as a beginner or just returning! Still reassuring as I felt the same way after being away quite awhile due to injury/illness...
ReplyDeleteYou got me right at the end though! lol
great.... keep it up
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