Thursday, March 16, 2006
Even GOD doesn't get up this early.
This morning completes week one of my plan to let go and follow the road to a healthier me. I've lost 5 pounds and feel spectacular. Ben is a little groggy getting up with me at the butt crack of dawn (6 AM!! I know some of you may scoff at this, but we're night owls and this is WAY too early for us) but he's been a real sport about it. Our cats, not so much. Chewie takes to biting us (this is NEW behavior, you say?) as we try to don our sweats and Fizzgig just gives us the stink-eye by having the lights on so early.
I have a really good workout DVD that I've done in the past but the host is REALLY annoying and I just don't like working out in my house. I like to get outside in the fresh air because we spend so much time indoors working as it is. So we started going to this park that's close to our house to do our morning jog. At 6 AM the park is virtually empty, so Ben and I can enjoy a nice jog with no one else to bother us, because we're really anti-social in the morning. At 6:45 AM when we're almost done with our jog, this park becomes a DOG PARK. Which would be fine, we like dogs, but we get the feeling that we're not really wanted at this park when these doggy dayrunners show up because they kind of give us dirty looks when they see that we have no dogs.
I can just feel them thinking, "Hey you new kids, where's your pint-size pooch? Don't have one, then get the hell out of here!", all the while smiling at us with their mouths but not with their eyes. Oh they say "Morning" to us as we go bye, but only AFTER we say it first. We usually leave the park by 7 AM anyway, so its not a big deal, but they are all usually meandering around their cars in the parking lot at that time so we kind of just tuck our tails and run to our car as fast as we can and high tail it out of there before the mob mentality can REALLY kick in.
My other secret desire to get outside and go to a park stems from my love of all the wildlife we get to see on our jog. This park has a large duck pond that makes me giggle like a school girl every time we pass it, come on, you KNOW you love ducks. One morning I AM going to come equipped with some bread to feed them, I swear. There's also rabbits, squirrels, skunks and raccoons roaming the woods (or so the signs say), not to mention tons of different birds besides the ducks.
This morning turned out to be a 3 rabbit, 1 (super pissed off and ready to rumble) squirrel, 1 large crane-type bird, 2 cardinal and many ducks day. Not a bad way to start off the work day, if you ask me.
I have a really good workout DVD that I've done in the past but the host is REALLY annoying and I just don't like working out in my house. I like to get outside in the fresh air because we spend so much time indoors working as it is. So we started going to this park that's close to our house to do our morning jog. At 6 AM the park is virtually empty, so Ben and I can enjoy a nice jog with no one else to bother us, because we're really anti-social in the morning. At 6:45 AM when we're almost done with our jog, this park becomes a DOG PARK. Which would be fine, we like dogs, but we get the feeling that we're not really wanted at this park when these doggy dayrunners show up because they kind of give us dirty looks when they see that we have no dogs.
I can just feel them thinking, "Hey you new kids, where's your pint-size pooch? Don't have one, then get the hell out of here!", all the while smiling at us with their mouths but not with their eyes. Oh they say "Morning" to us as we go bye, but only AFTER we say it first. We usually leave the park by 7 AM anyway, so its not a big deal, but they are all usually meandering around their cars in the parking lot at that time so we kind of just tuck our tails and run to our car as fast as we can and high tail it out of there before the mob mentality can REALLY kick in.
My other secret desire to get outside and go to a park stems from my love of all the wildlife we get to see on our jog. This park has a large duck pond that makes me giggle like a school girl every time we pass it, come on, you KNOW you love ducks. One morning I AM going to come equipped with some bread to feed them, I swear. There's also rabbits, squirrels, skunks and raccoons roaming the woods (or so the signs say), not to mention tons of different birds besides the ducks.
This morning turned out to be a 3 rabbit, 1 (super pissed off and ready to rumble) squirrel, 1 large crane-type bird, 2 cardinal and many ducks day. Not a bad way to start off the work day, if you ask me.
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You can borrow one of mine if you need a dog to "fit in." Biko could use the excercise too, since his Mama walks Mandy instead.
I'm proud of you! Keep it up!
I'm proud of you! Keep it up!
You can borrow one of mine if you need a dog to "fit in." Biko could use the excercise too, since his Mama walks Mandy instead.
I'm proud of you! Keep it up!
I'm proud of you! Keep it up!
HAHA that squirrel was super pissed, and I'm sure he beats up all the other squirrels in the park.
If you lived closer to us I would borrow one of your dogs.
I think that's definitely Lori-ism worthy.
If you lived closer to us I would borrow one of your dogs.
I think that's definitely Lori-ism worthy.
You said nothing of the uberpissed squirrel. You should try and hire him to be your ninja body guard to keep the dog walkers at bay.
That...would be some kung fu sweetness.
Helz yeah.
That...would be some kung fu sweetness.
Helz yeah.
Oh sorry, that squirrel was FUNNEEEE. I think we startled him because he was rooting around in the grass and then he turned around real fast and made a "bulldog" stance at us and didn't flinch as we got near him.
I think if he wouldn't have clawed our eyes out I would have enlisted his help with the dog walkers...
I think if he wouldn't have clawed our eyes out I would have enlisted his help with the dog walkers...
SCREW THOSE "ELITIST'S"...
You and Ben have every right to go for your walks if you want to... I Love dogs as much as the next person (Hell, this is my Chinese New Year of the DOG) , but you should get a dog whistle and ruin those Owners' mornin'... At least then they'll have an actual reason to give you a mean look... SCREW'EM!!!
And, I'm proud of You and Ben for goin' for early mornin' walks... Jen and I are doin' evenin' walks...
Here's to Good Health,
Tony
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You and Ben have every right to go for your walks if you want to... I Love dogs as much as the next person (Hell, this is my Chinese New Year of the DOG) , but you should get a dog whistle and ruin those Owners' mornin'... At least then they'll have an actual reason to give you a mean look... SCREW'EM!!!
And, I'm proud of You and Ben for goin' for early mornin' walks... Jen and I are doin' evenin' walks...
Here's to Good Health,
Tony
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