Two Days Ago triumph

I’ve been waiting to use this one for a long time. Today I figure, I have pink eye, swollen lymph nodes (still not sure why), and can’t sleep. It’s too cold to take a cold shower and there’s no gas to heat water… my moment is here.

There’s no one on the road at 6am on a Sunday, and it’s relaxing to cruise along with little need for rear-view mirrors. I park, proceed into the Jogjakarta Plaza Hotel and down the stairs to the Kirana Health Club—my gym. The attendant greets me with the usual: Selamat pagi! Good morning! Fitness? But before he can hand me the small-size sweat towel, I say, Sebetulnya, airnya kosku mati, jadi saya hanya mau mandi. Actually, the water in my house is broken, so I just want to take a shower. Mutual laugh. These things happen.

And I stroll right on by the treadmills, weight room and scale, straight to a hot shower.