Punishment for doing right
April 8, 2008
I’ve been pretty lax about running in the last few weeks ever since Hanne and I joined the Portland Rock Gym. In fact, I’ve been running exactly once in that time, and that was on a treadmill at the gym, so I’m not sure if that really counts. Hanne was getting back later than usual today, I had time to kill until I came to the “Meet the Brewer” night here at the Green Dragon, and so I thought why not?
Literally a block and a half from the apartment, it started to rain. And not just that lightish spitting rain, but it started pouring. I thought to myself “Hey, I still see blue sky, I think I’ll weather this out and see if it lets up.” Turned out the blue sky was going away and not towards me, and so five miles later I was soaked to the bone and frickin’ cold, even after a five mile run. That, my friends, is determination.
And naturally, once I got home and hopped in the shower, I looked out the window and saw nothing but clear blue skies. Did…did I imagine the whole thing? Oh no, I still feel kind of wet, and I’ve showered, dried, and I’m in bone dry clothes. You just don’t lose that feeling for awhile. I figure the whole thing was just punishment for…something. I clearly did something or didn’t do something and offended some higher powered who took offense to me running this afternoon.
So, now I’m doing pennance of sorts and I’m drinking a mug of Highway to Ale beer from Beer Valley Brewing out of Ontario, OR. I love this beer. I really do. It’s not quite a barleywine, but it’s not quite an ale. The brewer is here at the Green Dragon tonight, so I’ll make sure that I wander over and give my praise.
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