A Young Widower's Tale
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Angry dreams and running in the cold Last night I dreamed that Marathon Girl was very upset with me. We were in Arizona visiting friends. We started to fight over something and the next thing I knew Marathon Girl was threatening to leave Aidan and I because we were being so unreasonable. (I don’t know what Aidan did to incur her wrath but that is the nature of dreams.) So in my dream I became very upset with her In the real world just as my dream was ending, Marathon Girl snuggled up close to me. I awoke and almost asked her why she was snuggling up next to me when just a moment ago she was threatening to leave me. Thankfully, right before I opened my mouth I realized it was all a dream. Even though it was a dream, it took me a good 20 minutes to fall back asleep and wash away the feelings of anger I had inside. *** The hardest thing about running in the cold is getting out of bed every morning. This week temperatures have been in the teens every morning. When it’s that cold outside it takes all of my mental energy to get out of bed. Admittedly, the cold has gotten the better of me this week. I’ve only run twice. That being said, I haven’t seen as many other pre-dawn joggers as I usually do. I managed to make it out of bed this morning though. As I ran, I realized that this is going to be my fourth year of running in frigid conditions. I wondered if it was just as hard to run in the cold in past years. Thinking back to past winters, I realized that the only winter where I didn’t let the cold bother me was the year after my first wife died. That winter running was the only way I could get away from the sad, empty space in my heart. Then I realized that it’s so hard now run these last two winters is because Marathon Girl wraps her slender arms around me and snuggles up close around the time I get up to run. No wonder I’d rather stay in bed! You Can Now Purchase Room for Two - 2007-08-31 |
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