24 Hour Bug

Saturday morning, I woke bright and early for grappling practice. Walking out to my car at 7 a.m., I noticed my throat was a little scratchy. “It’s early,” I told myself.

On the way to the gym, I coughed (occasionally) and sniffed (a lot).

“I’m fine.”

Of course, I thought, it’s not really fair to grapple with a bunch of guys spreading my germs all over them. “Maybe I’ll just do drills. I won’t grapple; I won’t get anyone sick.”

I pulled into the parking lot of the gym, parked and laid my head against the steering wheel. It felt wonderfully cool against my head. See, I thought, you have a fever.

“I don’t have a fever,” I sniffed. “I’ve had the heat on high all the way over here.”

I stayed in the car. The next ten minutes were spent arguing with myself. Giving myself convincing reasons to turn around and go home. I also provided equally convincing reasons why I should just go in and muscle it out. (If you’ll pardon the pun.)

“Come on,” I told myself. “You go in and try to work out. What’s the worst that could happen?”

Just then my lower abdomen gave an urgent gurgle. “Oh,” I said. “Yes, that could be embarrassing.”

I texted my apologies to Craig and the guys, pulled out of the parking lot, and drove (much more quickly) back toward home.

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