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May 22, 2006
Dear Mother Nature,
You may not know this, but when I am working, my life is very busy. Here is my daily schedule, barring any overtime for emergencies:
12am-6am. Working
6am- (hopefully) 2pm. Sleeping
2pm-2:30pm. Eating and drinking coffee
2:30pm-5pm. Any number of activities including running, hiking, biking, homework, chores around the house, socializing, etc.
5pm-6pm. Cooking and getting ready to work
6pm-12am. Working
You see? My life is truly simplified during my work weeks. And, do you also notice that the window in which I can run and/or otherwise workout is pretty limited, that 2:30pm-5pm window? So, I was wondering if you could refrain from doing that afternoon thunderstorm deluge thing you love to do in the summertime during my little window of opportunity? Not that I mind the rain, that feels kind of nice, but the lightning! Well, I live kind of high up there on the hill and don't much like to be all among the lightning and stuff.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Meghan
I got unmercifully caught in a thunderstorm today! I hate lightning. Hate it. With a passion. It stems back to a close encounter I had with lightning on a mountain called Crown Mountain in Texas years ago. I woke up at 2 pm and surmised that weather was coming, so I would wait to run. But the weather lingered and I lingered, and finally barrelled out there at a break in the action. And I still got caught in the weather. I just ran right through it, with the lightning and all. I was wigging out and my dog was wigging out and, in general, it wasn't a pleasant situation. But, alas, I ran 6 miles and avoided serving as Mother Nature's electrical conductor. I really wish I could make a deal with her, though.
Posted by Meghan at May 22, 2006 7:29 PM
Comments
hey meghan! welcome back - i just checked in and i am excited to see you blogging again. i just read through your entries, and your posts on life and your dad are absolutely beautiful. i hope you find this space a liberating space where you can wax philosophical more often. running is amazing and wonderful, but so is this gift that we call life.
i hate lightning too :)
Posted by: bridget at May 23, 2006 4:13 PM