blade/walk

I was going to go to the gym today, but then I took one look outside and decided it was much too nice to tether myself inside. So, I decided to take the dog for a walk again. My brother had lent me some rollerblades to try out, and see if my feet could take it.

I started out on the rollerblades, but got a block away from home and fell on my butt. I turned right back around and changed into my sneakers. Soooo much better. I also hadn't realized how much the rollerblades were constricting my ankles. :( They're still a bit sore.

I walked the dog for an hour, on a somewhat different route. It wasn't even my intention to do a different route, but it just happened that way. It was quite eventful. I'll recap it as succinctly as possible.

1. After changing into my sneakers, I was ninja'd by a bum whom I can only assume suffers some kind of brain damage. You'll understand in a minute. He kept repeating several different aspects of the same stories. First it was that my dog looked like his brother's dog, then transition into how many brothers and sisters he had (9 and 3, respectively), then transition into where he was in birth order (second youngest), then transition to his birthday (in June), then transition into a car crash he was in (1991), then transition into his scars on his head, then transition into how many times he had "died completely" as a result of the car crash (3). Like I said, it would not surprise me that he had some kind of brain damage from his car crash injuries.
2. On two occasions I had to pick Mayhem up because of dogs not on a leash, chain or tether. Once was a dog in a field with two boys, which promptly bounded across the field toward Mayhem. It stopped short at the fence. I don't know if it was as a result of the fence or of the fact I had literally just scooped Mayhem up away from it. The second was a set of two dogs, one doberman pinscer, the other I couldn't tell, but looked like your typical mutt, but just a huge as the doberman. I think they got out of their house without permission, because they were out of sight soon afterward and I heard voices from a house admonishing some pets.
3. I stopped in a little hole-in-the-wall pet store to check out the price of their dog food. It's several dollars less than I pay now, and it's closer. I may start supporting the small business owner.
4. I got honked at. Not like wooo-hooo pretty lady, but watch out. It startled me and I am really still unsure why they honked in the first place, since I was on the sidewalk, Mayhem was nowhere near the road and therefore was not posing a risk to ourselves or them.

I think that's it. I'd be willing to bet I did well over two miles, but less than three. Maybe in the next couple of days I'll have the time and patience to map it out. Until then, that's all you get.