Novembrrr 28, 2006

45 minute walk in 31 degree weather with 10 frost bit digits and 1 frozen me.

Technically, there is an advantage to walking in freezing weather which is that there's usually no one out on the streets, because god forbid I actually have to interact with other human beings, but there were a surprising number of people out in the cold tonight. Ironically, as I sped through my walk, moving as fast as possible in order to keep warm, I kept wondering what all these crazy people were doing out in the cold, then had to laugh when I realized I was one of the crazy people and that the others were probably wondering the same thing about me. But I think I won top honors for being nuttiest seeing as the other folks were doing essential things, like taking their dogs out to pee or heading home with groceries, whereas I was just out for a walk.

Of course, as Ross tried to wrestle me into a pair of mittens before I left tonight, he informed me that I don't have to walk every single night and that I should feel free to occasionally be sane enough to skip it - like when it's cold enough that I get snot icicles on my nose - but I could not be persuaded. Skip my walk? Nay, I don't think so, not with how much I've been eating lately. The phrase "and her belly shook when she laughed like a bowl full of jelly" is starting to become a little too personal so walka, walka, walka I shall, indeed, if only in the vain, unreasonable hope that my new found gelatinous bumps and bulges will actually freeze and fall off. Literally freezing my ass off, that's what I'm shooting for and, in this weather, I just might actually achieve it.

listening: muse . reading: native sons

walk: 45 minutes . weight lost: 0 pounds

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