A breath of fresh air

Will and I made our run into an "errand run."  We stopped at the store to buy cheese.  I did have an impulse buy--four oranges.

Will and I completed errand on our run again today.  We mailed my sister's birthday card at the post office.  It wasn't easy.  First off, we had to take a long detour.  The bike path we were going to go on was covered by a few inches of water as far as I could see (at least thirty yards and then the path disappeared around a bend).  On the detour, there was a stretch of road with no sidewalk.

"No big deal," I thought.  "We'll just run on this strip of nicely mowed grass."  Of course the jogging stroller did fine; it's such an all terrain vehicle.  However, I failed to mention this stretch of road is next to the woods.  I hadn't gone twenty yards when I look down and see a SNAKE!!

I screamed!  The snake was brown with dark brown diamonds and was at least an inch think!  This wasn't one of those dinky blank snakes that at first you think it’s a worm.  This was the real deal!  But it didn't seem to be lying in a coil.  I didn't hand around long enough to find out why or to notice anything else about the snake--like where its head was.  Will and I high-tailed it out of there and got off the grass.

Thankfully...

We didn't get eaten by a snake.

We didn't have to run home the way we came.

We got my sister's birthday card in the mail.

And we didn't see another snake or any other surprises during the rest of the run.

At one point during nap time, I didn't think Will's new seat could attach to my bike. But, I stuck with it and found a different place to attach the U-bracket. Is there a better feeling than deciphering directions (aren't the easy to follow pictures impossible sometimes?), using a crescent wrech or two, and seeing the finished product as it should look?

Our first bike trip was great. Will was very willing to wear his helmet. (I think seeing an Elmo's World about bikes helped. Will wanted nothing to do with the helmet when we first bought it.) We rode on the same a bike path that we usually run on. Will made his normal requests to go on the bridges and through the tunnel. We did not go through the tunnel. The path to the tunnel was still covered with a few inches of water for at least forty yards. I couldn't see beyond the bend in the bike path. Will handled the disappointment very well.

Super windy!  I thought it was going to be the toughest five miles of my life.  It wasn't.  After a while, we (Will and I ) finally got a tail wind.

Erin and I ran the seven together.  I enjoyed it.  She is fun to talk to.  We talked mostly about books.  I just finished reading The Hollow Kingdom by Clare Dunkle.  It was very fun to read, especially after finishing Jane Eyre.  I am not saying I didn't like Jane Eyre.  It's just not a fun book.  Jane Eyre did make for an excellent Book Club book.