Run in the rain

I was out of bed just before 5:30am feeling 90% better than I did the night prior. It’s funny how even though the night before was by far the worst of it, I knew I’d feel better come morning. Lucky for me I whizzed though all the phases/symptoms quickly. I even had enough energy to do my exercise routine with a smile and some left over for my walk with Ykraps. When I returned to the house I made some coffee for Mindy, took it upstairs, and paid her wake-up visit. Next, I found my way to the deck to meditate under a dark, cloudy, cool sky. It was nice. After ten minutes outside in total peace, I went back inside to begin food prep. First I made my lunch then began making our breakfast. It took all the spare time I had to complete lunch and breakfast. I am always thankful for it later though. Thankful for eating a healthy, nutritious breakfast, and thankful for taking the time to pack a healthy fulfilling lunch. I went through the rest of my usual steps in preparation for a day at work. At work my progressed at a typical pace. I left for a run later than usual. It was almost 1:30pm. The weather was cloudy and about 70 degrees - definitely not summery and more like spring. At about the halfway point the sky opened up and began to dump buckets of rain. It rained so hard that one couldn't see ten feet in front of their face. But I was already warm from 2.5 miles of running so the rain did little to -pardon the pun - dampen my run. I got drenched. About the only ill affects of a rainy run like this are wet running shoes, but like anything else, they eventually dry. My afternoon whizzed by. I had thought about stopping at Echo Park to finish the drywall patch job, but because I wasn't leaving until almost 6pm, I didn't. Instead I headed straight home. At home, Mindy had already walked Ykraps and had dinner all but ready. We were having- you guessed it - wings. They were good. It took until almost 7:40pm to get the house back in order. About that same time Mindy got the kids ready for bed. I watched Glenn Beck until the Browns final preseason game came on. After watching about 15 minutes of the Browns game I logged onto ESPN.com to check on the Vikings game against the Cowboys via gamecast. They were ahead 7-3 and driving to score again. I ended up spending the next two hours observing the game via the gamecast. And just like kissing your sister, the game ended in a 10-10 tie after one overtime period. I headed to bed after that.