get your ducks in a row

this post is dedicated to my friend/trainer Rianne - I'm running again. . .whoo-ho!

I decided to "tweak" my summer study schedule by getting up 45 minutes earlier so that I could add some sort of physical activity in my daily 16-hour schedule. This morning Jez & I made it to the park around 7:30a and began. I meet three interesting groups of people.

1. The lady who is on chemotherapy was back - she hasn't regained any of her hair. . .but I can tell that she's stronger. . .she walked longer & faster than I did!

2. An older Chineseman - he had stopped and put something on the park bench; when he saw Jez & I running around the corner, he came over to me and explained that his dog died yesterday - so he was putting the extra food there on the bench...he told me I could have it. (I'm almost out of Jez's food. . .and her "daddy" always bought her the most expensive kind - so this was one of God's little blessings.)

3. Three "friends" who waddled all the way around the track. . .they didn't have a care in the world - Jez & I had to go around them twice. . .they took up the entire width of the track and just walked around once. . .I guess it was their morning routine. . .they were ducks!!