SLOPPY!!!

Last night I was at the gym doing a 2hr bike ride on the stationary bike. I got off the bike and went right into a run outside. My nice little run quickly turned crazy as I began to get pelted with ice chunks that were coming down at fast speeds. As the ice poured down harder and harder, I felt as though I was getting jabbed with needles all over my face. It was sunny when I went into the gym so never did I think I would be getting hit with ice balls later. I had shorts on but luckily I had a coat. The plan was to hop on the #73 bus that would take me directly to my house. As I ran up the hill passing another bus that was churning its wheel stuck on the hill I reconsidered getting on the bus. I kept running as the ice balls kept picking up intensity and size. There was now ½-inch of sloppy slush covering the pavement. The ice to the face was blinding me more than normal and I was having trouble seeing the sidewalk below me. I kept going despite the unsafe conditions.

A mile up the road, I crossed an intersection and I heard someone ask, “Hey do you have a cigarette?” I replied, “No, I definitely don’t smoke.” The girl replied back, “Did it look like I was making eye contact with you? I wasn’t talking to you.” Chuckling to myself, I thought, “Well, I never make eye contact with anyone but I am still talking to them.” I decided not to explain the situation but rather kept trudging up the sloppy incline hoping that a bus would come because my feet were soaked. My face wasn’t bad at all because I couldn’t feel it. So many ice balls had hit me that my body had told itself to stop sending pain signals to my face.

Finally, after 41minutes of sloppiness I returned to my cozy apartment. The bus never passed. I don’t think I was running that fast. Maybe I should stop taking public transportation and just start running everywhere. We’ll have to see. I do know that my nice little run turned into a sloppy mess with slush flying everywhere and ice balls falling from the sky like we were back in the ice age. I am still alive though. Alive and kicking up here in crazy Seattle.