How We Roll

The kids and I have colds. Not enough to keep us from getting around, thankfully. However, there is enough green snot to keep us from going to the gym in good conscious. So, today I strapped on my jogging shoes, packed a bag full of books and snacks, filled our water bottles and drove to the closest park with trails. I had hopes of getting a good run in, then allowing the kids to run around some open space or play at the playground. I got my run, but as for the playground: no dice. The mosquitoes were thick... thick like they are in an 85 degree summer night in the Everglades.

I had just gotten the kids saddled-up in the stroller and only a dozen yards down the trail when the three cups of coffee I had for breakfast caught up with me and I REALLY had to pee. Apparently, all the other folks in Omaha knew about the mosquitos because the trail was devoid of other people. Thank goodness too. Since I hadn't seen another soul around I had the courage to drop-trou and do my business behind a bush while the kids happily ate dried cranberries. That's when the mosquitos swarmed. It seems I had been jogging just fast enough to out pace them, but when I stopped even for a minute, they found us. I got back to the buggy to find one sucking on Normy's forehead and a horrible cloud of others circling. I was so disgusted that I said out loud, "That's it! We're going back!" But, instead of heading towards the car I picked up my pace and dashed down the trail.

A few steps in I thought, "What the hell am I doing?"And then I answered, "Fuck those mosquitoes! They can't catch me!" (Just because I have finally quit cussing in front of my children doesn't mean I can't drop an F-bomb in my brain.)

So, down the trail I went.

Along with sand toys and balls for the kids to play with at the playground we never made it to, I also brought my camera. I am so tired of taking pictures in the dim light of my house that turn out like this:

or this:

I was really itching to snap some pictures without using the flash or at ISO 800. But, I thought considering the mosquitos, that I wouldn't be able to take a single shot. Luckily there were some places along the trail where they must have lost our sent. There were a couple of times I was so compelled to stop and take a picture that I couldn't resist.

The sound track in my ears was taking my mind on a looped and winding course, just as the path below my sneakers carried the buggy and I along.

I can sense it

something important

is about to happen

it's coming up

it takes courage to enjoy it

the hardcore & the gentle

BIG TIME SENSUALITY

Bjork : Big Time Sensuality

The music felt like it was pumping through my veins along with the blood. I felt the tingling sensation in my skin as the endorphins and adrenalin kicked in. The colors around me were bright and bold and I tried to drink it all up and make little stamps of the colors on my brain to access in a grey feeling moment.

Even though it was well after nine o'clock the moon was still sitting in the sky, getting a peek at at whats goes on during the day. It seems every few steps I would look up and see it, odd and out of place.

Wake up, so much you and I can be
Far beyond the face that we can see
Listen to the silent prayer as it goes up so, to the sky

Kaskade : Step One Two

It was as though every time I stopped to look a little closer I saw something surprising. These thistles kept catching my eye with their bright purple flowers. But, it was the little green bugs hard at work that I found the most amazing.

So, let go, let go
Jump in
Oh well, what you waiting for?
It's all right
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown

Frou Frou : Let Go

I brought you something close to me, 

Left for something you see though your here. 

You haunt my dreams There's nothing to do but believe, 

Just Believe. Just Breathe.

Telepopmusik : Breath

So, what got you movin' today? What song made you burst in to your own private dance part for one? Come on! I know you belted something out in the car today!