I woke up early this morning with a headache. My head felt like it was being held between a jackhammer and an anvil, and I had no idea why it should hurt so much. I swallowed a couple of aspirin before taking a shower and committed myself to actually getting up. Despite the pain behind my eyes, I was going to see Jackie today and the forced early start would give me an advantage.
I was ready to hit the road at just after seven o’clock in the morning. I had packed everything that I thought I would need for the weekend and changed into my gym clothes. My girlfriend, Jackie, and I were planning to head straight to the rock gym when I got to town for an early workout. I did not want to waste any of the time the two of us had together this weekend; being dressed for the gym when I got there would save the unnecessary minutes it would take to change in her apartment. That, and I wanted to use those extra minutes to make her a surprise breakfast when she woke up.
Jackie lives about a hundred and fifty miles north of me. She works at the local hospital and lives in one of the newer apartment complexes nearby. It is convenient for us because the athletic center with the rock gym completely takes up the first floor of the complex. It is one of those new space-saving architectural concepts you read about sometimes in the newspaper. I really think that should have made the rent for Jackie’s apartment more expensive, but she had negotiated a student discount with the manager. She was crafty like that.
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