Steve v4.9

The gym was closed again this morning due to travel safety issues or some such thing. It seems a little puny to be slave to a foot or so of snow. The roads around Portland do get a little treacherous mainly because, out where I am, it’s kind of hilly and the streets meander like plate of spaghetti. I don’t want to get started on the whole street planning issue around here but I think it’s weird that the main street outside our little cul de sac curves around like Forrest Gump’s juvenile spine and changes names three times from head to tail- and it isn’t a very long street.

This has been kind of a freak storm and sharing the road with a bunch of folks who may not be all that familiar  with winter driving really squelches any desire to unbury the car.  Normally I’d be out riding my bike or walking Karma but most often I find myself venturing outside only to replenish the fireplace wood.  Yesterday though, my wife coaxed me into a hike out to several friends’ homes- about three miles of trudging through the snow and around the daftly arranged streets I mentioned previously.

Well, it was cold and snowy and a long hike…  and I could not have possibly had a better time.

Being together with my family in activities I would most definitely have passed on previously due to my being an obese malcontent has become nothing short of wonderful.  I can’t believe I had let myself go so far and denied myself these simple, joyful experiences.

Bring on the snow!  I’ll take whatever comes my way- motivated to make myself healthier so that I can do more silly little things and have more activities with my family.

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