His True Love Obsession, Her Never Ending Nightmare

I had made a promise to myself that I was going to try this year to make myself presentable and focus on my health and personal life. I am 32 years old, in decent shape, no boyfriend, no life, and a workaholic. It is now May and I am still struggling with this New Year’s resolution. Now in my defense, I had been trying real hard on concentrate and finish some of my certifications for work and closing some major projects. Now that those items are done, I had no real excuse not to refocus on myself.  But this morning something was nagging me not to get up. Not to work out. Not to do my hair and makeup. I rolled over on my nice memory foam bed, looked at the clock, and saw that it was 4:30 am. I was awake 30 minutes earlier than scheduled. I could other go back to bed, with my nice comfy comforter however that choice would result in me over sleeping for sure. That has been my typical habit so far this year, or I could take advantage and seize the day. I had went to bed in my gym clothes so that all I had to do was get up. Making it easy for myself. If I want to make an impact and reach my goals, I need to just grin and bear it. Like my mom used to say, “No pain no gain sweet heart”. Man do I miss her, she was my world, my only family. Her memory always pushed me to move forward and do better. Well, here goes nothing. I yank the covers off, inviting the cold the consume my body. I started to wake up instantly as I felt a chill on my legs and arms causing goosebumps to form. Quickly, I jump out of bed to only suddenly feel something furry and sharp attach my feet. Then I feel the piercing pain run from the side of my foot and shoot up my leg. I ram my body into the wall scared out of my wits. I am sure I feel blood trickling from my foot and hear a hissing noise. Only then do I realize I probably flattened my cat Midnight. I quickly crawl on the ground towards the bright yellow eyes staring at me. ‘I am so sorry Midnight, you poor baby are you ok?’ I start to rub her head and hear her meow letting me know she is ok and no longer angry. I sigh and hope this is not a sign on how my day will be.  I head towards my closet and grab my running shoes and socks then off to the bathroom. I turn on the switch to have the bright lights pierce my eyes. I look in the mirror and realize I look like hell. My hair is all over the place and I have dark circles under my eyes from not sleeping well. I was always a light sleeper and woke up to any noise. I take this opportunity to look at my foot and see Midnight really got me good. "Thanks Midnight, every time I take a step I am sure to think twice before jumping out of bed". I had claw marks and teeth bites from her defending herself. I really couldn’t be that mad at her. I mean I am the one who jumped on her. I wrapped my foot up carefully, put on my sneakers, and prepared myself for a good run. I was in luck this morning. It wasn't muggy out and had a light cool crisp to it. It is Florida and wouldn’t live anywhere else. I didn’t do well in cold weather, it always bothered my asthma. I selected my play list and prepared myself for a good run. I took this time to go over my major plans for today. We had a potential customer stopping by. He originally is from Bulgaria but immigrated here during his high school years. Worked hard and succeeded in developing luxury hotels themed around places he had visited. Bringing a vacation getaway to people on vacation. I appreciate a hard working man who came from nothing and really built an empire. From what I read he seems down to earth and I was looking forward to this potential partnership. Now I just need to make sure I make a good impression.