"I Should Walk to School Today"

The title of this post are the words of a crazy person. If someone you love and care for mutters these words, you must keep them under close supervision until this wild notion flees their minds. Believe me, I'm speaking from experience.

I decided to walk to school on the 18th of November, year 2011. It was a gloomy Friday, seemingly on the brink of rain at any moment. This should have been a tip-off that this was not my best idea, but my mind was already set. I couldn't turn back now.

 The journey to school wasn't too bad. By the time I got to the first downhill slope, I was feeling pretty happy with myself both for navigating my way along back roads and for my steady pace. This pace was soon to be my downfall because as we all know, where there is a downhill, there is also an uphill. So I'm slowly making my way up the modest incline, when I begin to feel extremely hot all over. You wouldn't think this is particularly odd if it were a summer's day in June but no, we are talking about a brisk, fall day in November. I soon roll my sleeves up, even contemplated taking the sweater off altogether, but I thought that would look odd seeing as all of the people passing me are wearing jackets and long sleeves. I didn't want to be singled out as the newbie to walking, you see?

So, about twenty five minutes or so have probably passed since I embarked on my quest. I can see my destination on the horizon. As I am passing some residential buildings, I smell the unmistakable scent of illegal drugs being consumed. I turn my head to see the front of the house I'm passing and I lock eyes with this rather haggard looking lady on the porch. At that moment I knew that she knew that I knew what she was doing. (Did that make sense?)

So skip forward a bit, and I am on campus approximately fifteen minutes or so before my class starts. This is perfect timing because I am, quite literally, a hot mess. I needed to collect myself in the bathroom, do a little maintenance work and whatnot. Here is when I even shocked even myself with my cleverness. Arrogant, I know, but wait til you hear what I did.
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I dried my shirt under the hand dryers! Clever, right?! Don't get me wrong, I looked like a nutcase crouching under the dryer against the wall, but it was effective. I was just lucky no one walked in at that exact moment because I can safely say that that would have been equally awkward for both of us.  Anyway, I was able to make myself somewhat presentable for society and went on my way. Needless to say, this was quite the adventure for me. Overall, it went well. I was pretty proud of myself for accomplishing this feat and conquering these hills.

 More to the point, I am stoked that one day I can tell my children that yes, I did walk to school, uphill-------in a blizzard!! Little exaggeration doesn't hurt.
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