Monday, Monday...(shortstory)

Well, it is Monday morning...again. I always have a hard time getting started on Mondays b/c I have been taking the weekends off. I did drink one too many beers on Friday night and one too many White Russians on Saturday night (along w/ the good snacks) but my mental health is better for it and I am looking forward to this week of exercise. My body was dragging yesterday and is dragging a little today so I decided to skip the treadmill and head outside for my daily walk for a change of scene and because it is so beautiful out there.
According to my pedometer, I covered a little over three miles. I did take my walkman and my favorite exercise cd, and I did find myself walking to the beat of the music and not really caring who saw me. There may be rumors!
I am always of two minds when walking outside. I walk with the same purpose as I do on the treadmill and listen to my music to keep me motivated; but, I really enjoy listening to the sounds of town, the birds and squirrels, even the barking dogs. I like to look around me and see what I can discover in the places that are familiar, yet never really looked at. Then I catch myself. I am strolling and sight-seeing rather than exercising. Nothing wrong with that, except it defeats the goal I started out with.
A couple things did catch my eye today. They made me feel renewed, the way Spring makes us all feel.
I was delighted to spot three deer playing on the edge of the vineyard on 72nd St. and Nursery. Some brilliant yellow crocus have forced their heads through the cold ground near a fence on Union St.
Enjoy your life today. Eat good food, do some exercise. Love yourself. Do something kind for someone else. Think Spring.