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It Stings So Good
The time is approximately 6:50 am. Honestly, I’m tired and can feel my body slowing down. So I turn up the music a little louder. No…wait. Switch the song. Now I’m listening to “Give It Away” by Red Hot Chili Peppers. I’m in the zone now. But not for long, before I get interrupted. “Hey what’s up man?” I respond and say, “I’m cool….you?” I’m trying to keep the conversation short when he starts to motion with a two hand open gesture, looks at me with a confused expression and says “What happened!?” I respond, just as confused, and say, “Huh?” And here’s the kicker….”Man, you didn’t used to have that stomach, what happened?” WTH?! My mind is racing through several thoughts at once as I stare like a deer caught in headlights at this guy who’s got to be a good 50 pounds (and not muscle) larger than me. Is he serious? Does he know who he’s talking too? I quickly pull my private moment of enraged mental chaos together and say, “Yeah the holidays can really get you, can’t they?”
