Just a Walk in the Park

Dear Reader,

I have been stuck in the house pretty much all week other than a short 2 hour outing on Tuesday and a thirty minute run to the store on Thursday. Normally this would make me extremely stir crazy, but to be honest I just feel very drained. Being sick does seem to zap your physical energy, but I think some of it went to my head. I decided that some fresh air would probably do me some good despite not even having the motivation to leave my bed.

After a rather disappointing breakfast at this Mexican Cafe with my Grandpa, I popped a few pills and headed downtown to do one of the things I do best. Buy clothes that I don't really need, but at a discounted price. Today for twenty bucks I scored a new shirt and a cardigan. I've always felt like I could be one of the spokespeople for a Burlington Coat Factory commercial (even though I don't think I've ever actually bought anything there) where I'm like "I got that outfit 80% off and with the extra money I got another pair of jeans and a parrott." I justify today's buy as that "I needed some neutrals to tone down some of the other bright pieces I have bought lately."

Anyways, on the way home I stopped in the park (not the Chinatown one) that I found on one of my runs; I took some pictures there a few weeks ago. I had only explored a little bit of the area, but to be honest I did not expect much "nature" since it is the city and all. Still I was surprised to find a little lake/cove area where a bunch of people were fishing. I spent about an hour there just people watching, taking pictures, enjoying the freak weather of Chicago (It was practically 30 degrees colder two days earlier), and just completely escaping my thoughts.

There was one group of boys, probably somewhere between eight or ten, that somehow reminded me of myself. They were so carefree as they ran around teasing each other, moving from spot to spot as they were too impatient to wait for a fish to bite. Well they reminded me of myself till they opened their mouths. After spotting a particularly large fish, one exclaimed "LOOK AT THAT BIG ASS FISH!!!" to which another replied "I"M GONNA CATCH THAT BITCH!!!". Maybe I am just old-fashioned, or maybe I was just sheltered, but I don't generally expect that type of ... vocabulary from people so young. I feel old now lol

I think today was just what I need though. New clothes, exercise, relaxation, reflection, and a good laugh. Tomorrow I have something special planned so we will see how that goes.

Signing out,

Gonzalo

Welcome

Pathway

I agree, fishing is kind of boring

Birds Eye

:D