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December 05, 2005
Bird Abuse?
I think that my bird, Toby's, joy at being able to spend lots and lots of time with me as I study for finals is strongly tempered by the negative implications of the privilege. Which is to say that when my brain needs a short break, I usually amuse myself by irritating her in some fashion (can you blame me? She is beyond adorable when she's mad!). For example, this afternoon she was sitting on my shoulder preening and basically minding her own business. In the course of her preening, she pulled out a large-ish feather (she's moulting right now... feathers everywhere!). I immediately seized the feather from her and started teasing her with it which, to my delight, elicited shrieks of annoyance to accompany her bobbing and weaving. I've also engaged her in numerous wrestling matches (which she, somehow, generally manages to win, despite being about 1/500th of my size). Poor, beleagured Toby.
I'm sure it was something of a relief to her to get rid of me for a couple of hours this afternoon while I did my long run. I did 15 miles, outside despite the fact that it was supposed to be pretty cold (I've gotten soft -- need to get tough... or tough-er, anyway). It actually wasn't that bad -- I bundled up and was perfectly comfortable. The cold isn't so terrible as long as there isn't much wind, and the wind gods decided to smile on me today. The run felt really good. There was a stretch of a couple of miles starting somewhere around mile 10 where I got that feeling that this was what my body was made to do, this is what I'm built for. I didn't feel particularly fit or fast, but it felt so good just to be moving. I love those stretches.
Posted by alweiss at December 5, 2005 11:04 PM
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It's about time that little rascal got some of what she's been asking for all these years!!!
Posted by: elizabeth at December 6, 2005 02:50 PM