Tuesday thoughts

Hello Everyone:

It would seem that I on injury time out.  Remember I told you that I injured myself running.  I think I might have sprained a muscle where my left leg connects to my gluteal region.  I've been taking tylenol and resting it as much as I can and it seems to be helping because I was actually able to run a bit more today before I almost twisted my ankle and tweaked the injured muscle.  Ouch.  Talk about adding injury to more injury.  Once again I had to walk the rest of the way.  I decided that instead of getting upset and letting it ruin my whole day, just to go with the fact that I need to slow down for a few days and let the muscle heal.  In slowing down I was able to observe my surroundings.  In this case the stately homes in Hancock Park.  Hancock Park is old money Los Angeles.  Homes are more like mini-palaces that date back to the late nineteenth, early twentieth centuries.  Some of the homes were designed by well-known architects.  When I run by them I don't always appreciate the architecture.  They're more than just someone's house, they signifiers of an era gone by, where wealth and glamour actually meant something and was not an affectation.  The other byproduct of slowing down is that I have the time to really sit with my thoughts.  Lately, my thoughts have been all over the place.  Mostly, I've been spending time in my head, a very cluttered place to be.  When I go there, I start to make everything about myself and stage pity parties.  I usually use my running time to organize myself.  Now I have to use the injury time out to do that.  I've been walking, which is easier on the muscle.  Walking is a slower activity so I've had to slow my thinking down as well.  I'm a quick thinker, making decisions pretty fast and not always for the good.  Thus slowing down means I have more time to really develop and focus my thoughts for the day.  This may be a good thing but I'm anxious to pick up the pace again.