Intern Chick

We dated heavily during August and September, inseparable really.  I would always be making time for an hour to two to sneak off and visit my lover.  We really built our relationship in August, our first date was on a quiet summer night when no one was around.  We kept seeing each other after that.  Around September when the other residents started filing in, the gym started getting the wandering eye.  Sometimes I would visit and there wouldn't even be any room for me amid all the others, but the gym always stayed faithful to me, leaving a treadmill or a bike open with my name on it.

I've dated others like the gym before, but nothing ever lasted.  Its just a part of the game sometimes.  But this gym and I, we fell madly in love.  We tried new and exciting workouts together that I'd never done before, and the gym helped me get through it and kept wanting to come back for more everyday.  The gym was a little upset when I started working such long hours, but I always made time for it, even if I showed up a little late.  Visiting my lover was the highlight of my day, and it always gave me that extra boost to continue on into the night and get through my "paying" job.  The gym saved me from going crazy from all the stress, comforted me with a new workout when I was feeling restless, and most importantly, was always waiting for a visit from me.

But lately, the gym and I just haven't been on the same page.  Its not that the gym and I are no longer in love, we are, you can put that on everything.  But work lately has been so demanding, I just don't have time for the things I used to.  That doesn't mean we won't be seeing each other anymore, it just means we're taking a little break.  We haven't seen or spoken to each other in over a week, and my gym clothes are folded nicely in my drawer instead of in a pile in my laundry basket like they normally are, but the gym still has my heart.  

The gym doesn't have to know that I ate the most delectable red velvet cupcake today, or that I had a bag of M&M's for dinner, right?  Right.  After all, we're on a break.