Tuesday, 13 April 2010 -- Day 114 (127)

Well, I started tonight's blog an hour ago, but I was having writer's block just staring at a white screen. After awhile the white screen reminded me of ice cream so we had to go to Dairy Queen. I had a twist cone b/c a vanilla one reminded me too much of the blank screen waiting for me at home. Then when we got home I was feeling guilty about the cone so I took Kea, the dog, for a walk to burn off the ice cream. I love to walk, and I love ice cream. I think that's a healthy, symbiotic relationship. When Mom was alive and healthy, she used to walk two miles every morning. She enjoyed the exercise as well as the solitude and time to think. Her dad loved to walk too for all the same reasons. Me too, but I also love to walk w/ others or w/ a dog. Walking outside is so much more exciting than walking on a treadmill or even an elliptical. Walking inside tonight wouldn't have allowed Kea to find the frog trying to cross the road. She didn't hurt it, but she did try to pounce on it w/ her front paws. This is why we tend to call her Kea the Cat. Don't worry no animals were harmed in the writing of this blog or on this walk. The ice cream and the walk worked........my writer's block is gone. I think it went straight to my hips.