ode to walking

if i've never mentioned it before, i live in the perfect neighborhood for walking.

and today was perfect weather.

and here it was 9pm, and i had energy but didn't know what to do with it.

.... sooooooooooooooooo, i went for a walk.

where i grew up in memphis, there's not a sidewalk on my stretch of the street and it's kinda not well lit either... down the road there's a subdivision, but every time i'd ever ridden a bike through there i ended up being chased by strange dogs... in valpo there was campus, or my apartment complex, but it was also full of lots of younger people too (not necessarily a bad thing)... but here... lots of houses and families, but nice and quiet and decently lit... i just spent 40 minutes wandering my neighborhood, and it was *wonderful*...

i need to make more of a habit of this :-P