Archive for February 27th, 2008

A funny thing happened on Monday that I forgot to mention.

I go to my old beat-up Saturn which had been parked a block from my home for over a week. A few days prior there’d been a snowstorm, so I knew I’d have to scrape some snow off before I got moving. I also feared there’d be a ticket on it, since it’d been sitting on this strange block outta my site for so long and in Philly, there seem to be lots of ways to get a ticket.

I walk up to the car and see something sticking out on the hood and as I get closer, I find that someone had taken half the snow from one side of the hood and packed it into a large, tall snowball, and in the center of that, they’d stuck a single red rose.

I have no idea who did it or when, and though I’m sure it was a completely random event not meant for me personally, it filled me with joy anyway. What’s not to love about a home-made snow vase with a perfect (ok, it was a little tired) rose?

But back to our favorite subject: I was going to take this windy day off to let my quads catch up a bit after 3 days back on the road, then come out swinging tomorrow with some fartleks since I’ve got that 10K this weekend and want to remind my legs what it feels like to move.

Tomorrow, however, is going to be really cold (for me), a windchill of 17 which is colder than the day that got me sick, plus I still have some chest crap, so today appears the lesser of two evils. Not sure if I want to push fartleks on them in their tender state, though.

Guess I’ll just have to get dressed, step outside and see how I feel once I’m there. At least the sun is shining and I’m in a great mood. Blame it on the after effects of a random rose.

Afternoon Addition: Yay, 6 w/fartlek and Flo Is Back! Quads are happy, pace was happy, I’m happy. Next week should find me back in the rockin’ mileage. Up With People, teddy bears and rainbows! (must look up Bi-Polar…)