Bob Eats Ohio Powder

Skiing IS a contact sport. Friend Bob sent this picture apparently taken soon after his skiing accident Sunday evening. Frightening! Not to split hairs but I didn’t quite wake at my normal time of 530am this morning. Instead, I woke at 550am, a good twenty minutes later than desired. Not only did the clouds return this morning but rain too. And judging by the forecast, we were gonna get plenty of it all day long. I went about my usual routine of exercise and such, wasting little time on any one particular area. For the most part, I recaptured the twenty minutes without too hurried of a pace. I left for work around 745am and arrived right before 8am. Bravo! The morning went well and passed quickly. I managed to escape for my run at my new run time of 1230pm. I like running 15 minutes later. It makes the afternoon go that much faster. Again, today I listened to WOSU 89.7 FM Classical radio on my MP3 player. It’s a nice change-up listening to symphonies, sonatas, and concertos instead of rock n’ roll. I like how they share a little about the composers life before each piece, giving the listener perhaps a glimpse into the life and times and the motivation behind the music. Fascinating! The run went well. And I know I’m living right because the heavy rain ended 5 minutes before my run and picked-up again once I made it back inside. Cool! The afternoon went pretty quickly too. Before I knew it, it was 500pm and time to go. I had an aggressive agenda for the evening which included a stop at the grocery, home, and ultimately Mindy’s. I told Mindy that I’d likely be there around 7pm allowing myself enough time to address some personal needs without rushing. At home I walked Ykraps, washed my lunch containers, blogged, then groomed for an evening out. I left the house at 605pm. I did all of that in 35 minutes. My first stop was Wal-mart to fetch some fruits and vegetables along with a couple greeting cards, one for Mindy and one for Lindsey. Before leaving Wal-Mart I had the where with all to call Minelli’s and order a pizza to take to Mindy’s for our dinner. It was now looking like my 7pm arrival time was a bit too zealous. Sure enough, upon leaving Wal-Mart I encountered a traffic snarl at the intersection of Renner and Rome-Hilliard (what a shocker). I simply needed to get over the over pass where Minelli’s sits ticked quietly beside the Marathon station. Unfortunately, that was about a ten minute ordeal. I was almost struck twice by over zealous drivers likely as frustrated as I trying to get somewhere faster than the traffic would allow. I disappointingly flipped-off a driver for their arrogant driving that almost caused an accident between the two of us. Thankfully, the traffic jam broke up just the other side of the over pass. At Minelli’s my pizza was just coming out of the oven. I guess it was either wait in traffic or wait in the pizza shop. After picking up the pie I headed to Mindy’s with little additional fanfare. Admittedly, I was still a little tense form the traffic and from hurrying, which I absolutely hate to do. You see, I get up about as early as one could expect (530am) I work hard. And I go out of my way to avoid being lazy. So, when time becomes of essence and no matter what I do I remain pressed for time, I get so frustrated – loss of control. Yuck!! At Mindy’s I arrived around 720pm. Truth be told, I wasn’t in the most loving of moods, but I was hungry, however, and probably more than I realized. We pretty much devoured the entire pizza. Because of my late arrival, it was already time for Mindy’s kids to go to bed. I helped make that happen as I often do. That act itself makes me tired too! Once we had gotten them to bed we laid on Mindy’s big comfy sofa for about an hour before rose to head home. Once home I made quick work of a few minor chores then found my way to my personal stack of pillows and went to sleep.