For The Love Of Coffee...

"Amie, If you had to run a mile each day to get your coffee fix, would you?" That question echoed in my head as I woke up immediately from my bed only to find Debra my cousin beside my bed with a mischievous grin.

During the COVID-19 era, I remember how I began to get chubby from eating and sleeping😆😆 I began to feel so lazy about taking my fitness goal seriously.

I am someone who loves to keep fit by engaging in all forms of exercise to look good, I brew my coffee every morning before engaging in such activities but everything changed when the lockdown came, I only cared about my coffee and not my fitness goal, maybe because I lacked the right motivation as to why I should run a mile every day.

One morning, Debra chatted me up on WhatsApp suggesting we began doing the early morning runs from 6 am -to 7 am every day and it seemed like a big deal to me because it's been a while since I engaged in any form of exercise since she knew how much I loved coffee, she wasn't going to back down so came to me on my bedside and asked?

"Amie, If you had to run a mile each day to get your coffee fix, would you?"

"Debra, yeah I will without a second thought," my eyes shone brightly as I began to suspect she was going to hide my instant coffee and even the natural coffee I had.

"Tell me why," Debra further demanded.

"How can you describe a door without a Key? Well, a day without coffee is a pretty useless day, Coffee is the fuel I need every day, without coffee I become unproductive, unhappy and unmotivated to start my day, coffee is something I can never do without because coffee is comfort and coffee is life."

"I and my coffee are just inseparable and running a mile each day to get it fixed will prove to you how much I love coffee and can't do without it, and how I can go the extra length just to enjoy the sweetly nutty and flowery aroma with some heavenly taste, this too can only be the motivation I need to get fit once again, I know that when I run every day I will be rewarding myself with my freshly brewed coffee, something I love and can never do without so why would I want to miss such a great opportunity?"

She smiled and responded, "Then you might have to run a mile every day from now henceforth to get it, actions speak louder than words,"

"I knew you were up to something Debra," I quickly replied, I began to tell her how I loved my coffee on the go.

"Well, this is how I enjoy my coffee on - the go! Debra."

I brought out a very fancy but handy cup that I love so much which can retain hotness, "I love my coffee hot on cold days."

"Being a very busy person, I sometimes have an instant coffee handy that I enjoy wherever I find myself and some ice to go with it as well which are all packed in my beautiful cup on extremely hot days, other days I just pour my freshly brewed coffee in my airtight cup ready to sip it at intervals anywhere I find myself but whichever way, I can't go a day without a coffee so please, can we begin the race?" I was too motivated to start already.

"Yes, we should," she replied and then I got dressed up ready to begin my fitness journey once again if that meant getting my coffee fixed as I cannot imagine what life without coffee would be.