About

The bathroom light is unforgiving this morning. You stepped on the scale half-asleep, expecting the usual number. What stares back at you is higher than it's ever been. You step off. Step back on. Same result. Your jeans have been sitting in the back of the drawer for weeks - you told yourself they just needed washing. Your work blazer pulls across the shoulders now. The snack drawer at the office, the lunch orders, the sitting for eight hours straight - it all adds up, and somehow you didn't notice until right now. Your coworker Darla will text any minute asking if you want the usual coffee order. And you're still standing here in your bathroom, staring at a number you can't unsee.