Thursday, September 25, 2008

The blonde goes running...

This morning I was feeling as if I needed to get out and exercise, so I went running. Did I completely FORGET that I HATE running? If I forgot, I rememberd real quick as I was pacing myself up a steep hill on Sunset Blvd. "Woah, I'm having a hard time breathing" I thought. "Am I supposed to feel like this"? There was no way I was going to continue running up that hill. "Who am I trying to impress"? I thought. As soon as my intuition kicked in and said "No one" I slowed down to a walk. Still trying to catch my breath, I finished the hill. Was there rejoicing? There may have been except I then realized that Sunset Blvd. did not connect as a block like the streets my VT home town. The dread of being lost came over me. *Sigh* "I'll just turn around" I thought. And so that's what I did. I made it home safely and drank lots of water to overcome the dehydration my brother said I had when I called him huffing and puffing. I'm fine now, but I learned a few lessons today- Lesson one: Don't RUN up the hill. Lesson two: Don't run dehydrated. Lesson three: Don't run in an area you don't know (unless you bring your GPS). And lesson four: Don't run.

Thanks for tuning in.

1 comment:

Rosemary said...

HA! HA! Valerie, this is SO Funny! You're a Riot! I actually Did wonder what your first "Walks" might be like til you get to know the area! Your writing had me in stitches!
Glad you could call Matt! And Happy you got "home" safe!
XO Mom

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