Searching
I made up a new game this morning (When living in a state of flux, it is imperative to keep your mind occupied, or else succumb to the depths of despair).
Bored with the swanky suburb sidewalks of St. Helena, I decided to run through the vineyards. It reminded me of living at The Rock last summer (everything seems to lately…), except that the vegetation here is lush and alive, whereas the vegetation in Upstate NY in May is mostly the non-living sort. *SIDENOTE* I’m getting pretty good at making comparisons between Upstate NY viticulture and that of Napa Valley; maybe I should become a viticulturist!!
Anyways, the run was going quite well (let’s be honest, it was more of a brisk walk with random bursts of jogging), until I decided to take a detour. Motivated by this exciting burst of spontaneity, I began to “sprint” between two rows of Merlot. What a challenge! I mean, I know I’m not in Rocky V shape, but I was struggling to make my legs move at this pace! At every step I felt the earth swallowing my sneakers. Heading towards a serious reality check, I slowed down for a minute to do some self-reflection. How had I let myself get this unhealthy?! Hanging my head in shame I noticed that my feet really were sinking laces-deep into the ground. It wasn’t my lack of athletic prowess or gargantuum poundage that was holding me back, the field hands had just tilled the soil. (Thank God!!)
Feeling refreshed and dangerous (I was running on private property!!!), I took off, imagining I was “one of the guys” from The Great Escape–finally fleeing my captors after months of maltreatment. I (really) ran all the way home. Just because I could.
Playing Great Escape is one of the best outdoorish games ever I feel. Remember being amused by it for several hours in 3 feet of snow in high school? 🙂
I completely forgot about that little rendezvous!! (In the graveyard, right?) (Why do we always end up in the graveyard??) What fun we had in high school. I was watching one of those wretched home videos we made the other night and can’t believe how much (and how little) we’ve changed since then! Can you imagine doing something like that now without loads of alcohol? We were so…alive!! I think we still are, just in different ways now. I feel I need to make copies of that video and send it to all involved. LOL. What a surprise package that would be!!!
Oh, please no! Was it enough you had to show it to everyone at Heidi’s graduation party? I have a feeling that video will SO be blackmail or maybe on national television someday.
We were obviously high on our oppressed hormones. Remember we went to the high school basketball game that night? OH boy!