Chapter 19 – Lazy
January 2
This is it. This is going to be the year I start exercising and become fit. I can feel it. I've been promising this every New Years' but being the lazy ass I am, I always come up with excuses not to do it. Last year, I literally pretended that I was sick with a terrible cold just to escape running with some friends. I'm sure they knew I was faking, that is why they never invited me again.
But this year it is going to be different! I just need to get mentalized and ask someone to exercise with me. It is always easier to have another person around, you feel more motivated.
I woke up the sun was already up, which I found strange since it's January and normally we never see the sun around this time of the year. It can only be a sign that today is a great day to start my exercise plan.
I got up and looked for some appropriated clothes. I open my wardrobe and I didn't find any. Went looking in every drawer in my room and no sign of it. This is a good start, I thought sarcastically.
I decided to go have breakfast and look for them after, maybe my mum was already up and I could ask her if she knew where the clothes are. When I got to the kitchen there was a note stuck to the fridge.
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Dan, your father and me went to the doctor with your brother. He wasn't feeling well. Be back before lunch. X
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Great.
I grabbed a bowl of cereals and an apple and went to the living room to watch some TV while I ate. I did some zapping until I found a dumb reality show and stopped to watch it. Crappy TV has always been my guilty pleasure.
Without realizing I completely forgot about the exercise I was supposed to do this morning, and continued watching television. This fact only returned to my mind when I heard the front door opening telling me that my parents were home.
I checked the time only to realize that had been two hours since I woke up. Guess I won't be doing any exercise today.
January 3
I woke up to the worst rainy day ever. No running outside today, I guess. I could do some press ups in my room though.
Who am I kidding? I thought while I turned to the other side of the bed to get a few more minutes of sleep.
January 4
Last night I talked with some of my friends to know if they wanted to go jogging today and they agreed. We were supposed to meet in the park near the school, because it has a large area to run and not many people go there in the mornings.
I put on my sporty clothes (that my mum told me that were in my brother's room) and left the house towards the park. On my way there I passed through the shopping area and noticed that the video game shop was having a sales day and most of the games were 50% off. How could I lose this opportunity?
I quickly entered the shop and browsed all the shelves looking for any interesting games. After twenty minutes of being there my phone began to ring.
"Dan, where are you?" Asked a slightly annoyed voice on the other side of the line, when I picked up.
"Errr…" Well done Dan, let's see the excuse that you have this time. " Sorry guys, my mum wanted me to do some shopping with her, so I'm afraid I won't be able to be there on time."
My lame excuse made the other person sigh.
"Okay, see you at school then."
"Yeah… Sorry." And the call was over.
No exercise today too I presume. Well, but looking on the bright side, I have plenty of new games to try!
January 5
School started today and when I got home after my lectures I was really not feeling like doing exercise. At all.
Anyway, it still is the beginning of the year, I'm sure there would be plenty of opportunities for me to exercise. But for now, I'm just going to sit on the couch and eat this entire box of chocolates.
a/n: Thank you for your reviews, it's always nice to know what you think about my story! :] Sorry if there are some days in the future that I won't be able to upload, my exams started this Monday and I have them until July, but I will try to upload whenever I can. Thanks for reading, xx
- Mariana