November writing challenge Day 1.

Foreshadowing:

I waked up at 5:30 am in the morning and am in major pain. The first thought I have is to decide on whether to cancel my date tonight or not. I woke up not feeling well. My rheumatoid arthritis is acting up on me today. I quickly call my doctor because this is not normal. My feet, left knee, right back, elbows, and wrists hurt the worst but is feels like my whole body. I am also worried if my left knee does not quit swelling I will have to go to the doctor and get it drained again. The doctor say I may need to come in to get a steroid injection. Uggh. I decide to just let my date know I don’t feel well and see if I feel better later. I send him a text “Good Morning! It was a very rough night with my body and I’ve been in contact with my doctor already today. Sometimes by end of day I’m better… sometimes I’m ready to collapse in bed. Just want to keep you in the loop in case it’s the latter”

My date replies about 15 minutes later with “Good morning. I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you are feeling better by tonight. I am looking forward to our date tonight. No worries though if you need to take care of yourself. Just let me know how you are feeling later today.” he added a Tin man gif where Dorothy is oiling the tin man to lubricate him up. That is a nice call back from our first date when I was describing my rheumatoid arthritis. I really like this guy but for some reason I am not turned on by him – no spark. I replied to his message and gif with “Laughed at an image” “Yes exactly!” “Thank you” all before I head into work at 9 AM.

I work at a facility that specializes in stretching athletes and I get to interact with attractive guys all day long. Sometimes, I imagine my date will be some of the people I stretch. The location is right next to a group of gyms and yoga studios so we have a lot of clients. I also just started my own massage studio that advocates for keeping people in constant motion and giving off positive energy. The combination keeps me busy most of the time. How do I have time to date?

I decide at just before 5 PM to text my date and call off the date. I text him “I’m going to need to go home after I finish work today. I have been hanging on a thread. Doctor put me back on steroids so I should feel some relief here soon. I’m so sorry” Hopefully he does not react poorly, this man has been the best person to date so far. He sets up a date, time, and place. All I have to do is show up and be pretty. It is refreshing.

He replies about 10 minutes later with “Ok no problem. What is causing you issues today?” I am glad he is not mad. I explain my issues and where it hurts. He replied with a funny gif of daffy duck saying everything hurts and asks if there is anything he can do to help. I reply “Yesssssssss it does. You’re already being so understanding and supportive. That’s more than enough”

I decide to never text this man again. What is wrong with me?