What does today bring...

Man I love Greenville, SC. The seasonal transition weather here is awesome. Spring to Summer and Summer to Fall. Just love sitting around soaking up the weather. Anyway, I come to you today to bring a very important issue that needs to be talked about. Old people at the gym....

Ok I love old people and the wisdom they bring to our world and what they offered in the past and just the great stories MOST of them have to tell. BUT at the gym they are, how do you say... IN THE WAY! I go to the gym pretty often, 3 or 4 times a week, and I enjoy just lifting and swimming and taking some of the spin classes, plus I get free baby sitting while the wife works. Anywho, I am going to the pool yesterday and I think it took me, maybe, 5 minutes to get changed from work clothes to swim gear. Hop, yes I hopped, into the shower and as I turn the corner there he is. He is Ed, or something, and he is a very nice old man and I have talked to him in the past. When I say talked I said hello. While I expected nothing different today, ED DID! Ed begin to talk about how he used to be a plumber and how much his speedos are chaffing him. AAAAWWWWWWWWWWW I tried to run but he blocked my door to leave and he talked with me jumping around like a caged deer trying to get by. (IF you have never seen a caged deer, it is pretty humorous until they start to get really pissed!) Anyway, he finished is story on broccoli and he shifted weight and then I WAS GONE! Man, I love stories like the next guy but when I have to go and do something and my mind is on that one thing, I can't stop to appreciate what is going on around me.

I know I am going to get all of the two readers emailing me today saying what a jerk and the other two asking me why I didn't punch him when he started talking about his speedo. I really wrote this because sometimes we can miss really important things,in other peoples lives, when we are focused some much on ourselves and where we want or "need" to be. Think about that today when you are grinding out miles or just in your car and you don't have time to help someone.

PEACE OUT...

Here is the little one and his buddy...