All my hexes live in Texas

I woke up this morning just in time to get ready for my part-time job..so of course I didn't run this morning. After I got done, I came home and decided the weather was nice enough to run outside, plus I didn't want to chance a 10 year old being on the treadmill again. So I mapped out my 3.1 mile run, walked to the front of my apartment complex, and started running.

Now let me say that I love the state of Texas, I was born and bred here, and I plan on staying here for a very long time (don't worry Belle...Florida is still an open door!). This morning when I got up, it was about 45 degrees out, sun was shining...felt pretty nice. By the time I started running, it had probably warmed up to about 55 or 60, so I wore a shirt and yoga pants. So I take off running, and the wind decides to start blowing like nobody's business. I thought "Did I just transport myself to Chicago? It must suck to run in Chicago....this sucks!" My hair was blowing in my face, out of my face, and sideways. Great....where was this wind this morning? I would have chanced the "broken" treadmill had I known I was going to be running in place! So I turn down a street, thinking "Finally...the wind will be at my back." Nope, wind turns directions...and guess which way? That's right - AGAINST ME! Not only against me, but gusting at probably 30 mph....(could be slightly exaggerating...)

Then what to my surprise is ahead of me on my run? A hill. Are there supposed to be hills in Texas? Where the crap am I? So I start up the hill....

[cue gusting wind in my face]

I make it up the hill, and turn around to run back down the hill. All the sudden, the wind stops and now it's like 80 degrees outside. I am in black pants! I'm thinking, "What just happened here? Does Mother Nature hate me? I swear I don't litter...and I scoop the poop!" So I continue on, now sweating like crazy and thinking the black pants were a bad choice. Then I feel a knot start to form in my shoulder blade....

[cue wind, cue pain]

I am thinking "I'm almost done, about a mile left to go...I can do this!" So I press on, feeling pain and practically running in place. I turn down the last street and I am on the homestretch, but wait...now what?

[cue ridiculous heat, wind exits, cue pain in neck and shoulder]

I am now experiencing pain in a weird region, right between your neck and shoulder in the front...right above your collarbone. Ya, that's me, the weird one with all the weird ailments...ask Belle, she'll tell you ALL about my weird illnesses....

I finally finish my run - look at my stopwatch, and.....

[cue excitement]

I ran 3.18 miles in 28:51....sweet! Maybe pain is gain...and wind is my friend!

~Pocahontas~