True to Form

I was hard pressed to get up & out of bed before 6am. Tommy’s late visit kept us up until after midnight. I’m definitely not used to that, especially on a work night. Dragging I was. I worked my way through morning calisthenics and finally made my way out of doors with Ykraps. It was 73 degrees and ridiculously humid even at 6:15am. They’re predicting strong storms later in the morning.

After our return I went through my usual morning paces. I packed food, ate breakfast, and watered the flowers front & back. The rear beds were still nice and wet from last evening’s lawn sprinkling, but I resoaked them anyhow.

I left for work around 8am in my impeccably shiny Trooper. During my short commute to the office I encountered giant dust clouds caused by freeway mowers cutting grass along the Hilliard exit. With little to no rain for over two weeks that stirred up quite a mess. So much for my clean Trooper. I didn’t go another half mile before I encountered mis-directed sprinkler heads shooting water into the road along Trueman Blvd. By the time I made it to work my once clean Trooper was no longer. Unbelievable. But fact is, the only reason I washed it on a work night was because of the appointment I had at True2Form for the hail damage estimate.

The first half of my work day went well. We were busy, of course, but when aren’t we. I left for a run at 12:40pm. It had rained like three times and was still raining when I left out the door. And for the first time in over a month, I wore a shirt on my run, albeit a sleeveless one. However, I didn’t get a mile before the sun busted out and turned my trail into a sauna. Granted, the temperature was no where near yesterday’s 96, but the humidity was the great equalizer. I was boiling in my skin tight wicking shirt. I didn’t bother stopping to remove the shirt. Instead, I just toughed out the run.

After a shower I headed to True2Form on Shier Rings Rd. I had a 2:30pm appointment. It was just before 2pm when I arrived. It’s not too far from my office. Dave, the estimator, greeted me and walked to my vehicle. Staring at it for a minute he looked at me and said, uh…hail damage? Yes, I replied. Tripping over a few of his words he apologized and said that they don’t do hail estimates until next Monday, and that they should’ve told me as much. Funny thing is my insurance company set this up with them - not me. He took a few minutes to explain how they’d go about the repair and all but guaranteed they’d have it back to me by Friday if I drop it off on Monday. I headed back to work.

Along my way back to work I stopped by Saturday’s Hair Salon to get a quick haircut. It’s been about four or five weeks. There was no wait. I got a ‘long’ cut in about ten minutes.

The afternoon blew by. I spent a little time chatting with my boss. I left for home around 5:10pm. This was a Mindy Tuesday. The kids were with their dad. I called Mindy on my way home. To my surprise, Bella answered. She wasn’t feeling well and decided to stay home with mom. Mindy and I discussed our dinner options. We opted for picking up carryout at Chipotle’s. I stopped at the Mill Run Chipotle and was in and out of there in five minutes. I was home by 5:40pm. Mindy & Bella were walking Ykraps when I pulled up.
We sat and ate our dinner soon after they got settled. After eating a giant burrito I was suddenly overcome with sleepiness. I launched myself onto the floor along with a sofa pillow. I’ll bet I was out in less than three minutes. I slept for almost an hour. When I woke Mindy & the kids were upstairs readying for bed I assumed. After gaining a little energy I went out back and did some light weeding of the flower beds after a day of much needed rain showers.

When I went back in Mindy called for me to tuck in the kids. I obliged. Together we agreed to do an early bedtime along with watching a movie from bed, The Notebook. I managed to see it in its entirety. I fell asleep soon after it ended.