Right, Left, Right, Left

You wouldn't believe what it takes to get me out the door in the morning to walk. Every excuse in the book from, "Wait, I want to see the next item on the Today Show, " to "Maybe I'll just skip today."

One day I had decided to skip the walking...I am old, after all...when my husband said, "When are you leaving on your walk?" I couldn't tell him I was being a lazy bum, so I said, "In just a couple of minutes," and then I left! (You just never know what a little comment can accomplish!)

Today, the weather radar (on, you guessed it, the Today Show) showed we were the next target of a big rain storm. So, did I hurry? No, just piddled around a little longer knowing that the path of these storms is unpredictable, after all, and the weather man was saying we likely wouldn't get much rain anyway. Piddle, wait, stall...but I did leave...though with a zip bag for my iPod in case the dark clouds insisted on unloading on me.

Walk went fine...until the last .3 mile. Drip, drip, drip. Drop, stream, drop...I put away the iPod about here. Honest downpour started a little too far from my sheltered driveway....a gusher. So, I got wet...dripping wet before I got to the house.

Maybe if I had eliminated the "piddle, wait, stall" section of my personal fitness program I could have come home dry!