walking as an issue
walking. it's what we do. we walk from store to store... from bed to chair... from room to dining room. it's how we get around. and so when walking is causing us discomfort, i suppose it makes sense for us to not want to do it anymore. to sit. because that's what we do when we want to be comfortable. we sit, or we lay.
today was the day that randie and i had set aside to go on a great manhattan adventure. it wasn't built up to be an adventure, though. rather we planned on a day where we'd just do whatever we felt like and just be in new york.
being in new york started with taking the train, which was overcrowded, so we stood. by the time we got to grand central, i already wanted to sit down.
and hours of walking ensued. the thing is, i'm sitting now - and i keep thinking about how i really want to lay on my bed and watch tv, but doing so will involve using my feet.
but it's stupid, because body conditions can ruin perfectly good situations. i find that similar things happen at theme parks. when you think and dream about how fun it's going to be to finally be there -- and it is, until the hot temperatures and hurting feet kick in. it's like, once your body feels like it would rather be sitting in a temperature-controlled environment, your sentiments follow suit.
speaking of which, have you ever noticed that from the moment your mind acknowledges "gee, i'm kind of hungry"... your body can think of nothing but food? that happened today, too.
but i did find a cool thing to give my mom for christmas (i'm not going to write it here, just in case she googles me or something)... and i also bought myself a tank top. maybe i shouldn't have done that, but it's a pretty color.
also, on the train, i watched as a family became friends with this girl who was slightly [but not much] older than me, because their daughter had to sit in the seat with her. i thought it was cute, because i really enjoy when i'm traveling and i randomly strike up conversation with someone. it's a cool thing because you hear these interesting stories from these really intriguing people (well, i find most people fun to think about) and then you get to the train stop, or the plane lands, or whoever you're picking up from the train station arrives... and then you're no longer sitting next to them. you never see them again... but you'll probably think of them from time to time. i just think it's cool. that's what i loved about working in a resort in florida... people would come in and because it was their hotel, they wouldn't be in a rush... and sometimes they'd stand there and talk to me. i'd hear such interesting things from people -- people come from [quite literally] all over the world to come to disney world... so i'd hear such interesting things from all of them. a lot of them, i still remember really clearly. that's cool to me. they probably don't remember me, because i was just a part of the disney world cast as a whole. but then again, they might be somewhere thinking that i don't remember them, because they were just another guest.
today was the day that randie and i had set aside to go on a great manhattan adventure. it wasn't built up to be an adventure, though. rather we planned on a day where we'd just do whatever we felt like and just be in new york.
being in new york started with taking the train, which was overcrowded, so we stood. by the time we got to grand central, i already wanted to sit down.
and hours of walking ensued. the thing is, i'm sitting now - and i keep thinking about how i really want to lay on my bed and watch tv, but doing so will involve using my feet.
but it's stupid, because body conditions can ruin perfectly good situations. i find that similar things happen at theme parks. when you think and dream about how fun it's going to be to finally be there -- and it is, until the hot temperatures and hurting feet kick in. it's like, once your body feels like it would rather be sitting in a temperature-controlled environment, your sentiments follow suit.
speaking of which, have you ever noticed that from the moment your mind acknowledges "gee, i'm kind of hungry"... your body can think of nothing but food? that happened today, too.
but i did find a cool thing to give my mom for christmas (i'm not going to write it here, just in case she googles me or something)... and i also bought myself a tank top. maybe i shouldn't have done that, but it's a pretty color.
also, on the train, i watched as a family became friends with this girl who was slightly [but not much] older than me, because their daughter had to sit in the seat with her. i thought it was cute, because i really enjoy when i'm traveling and i randomly strike up conversation with someone. it's a cool thing because you hear these interesting stories from these really intriguing people (well, i find most people fun to think about) and then you get to the train stop, or the plane lands, or whoever you're picking up from the train station arrives... and then you're no longer sitting next to them. you never see them again... but you'll probably think of them from time to time. i just think it's cool. that's what i loved about working in a resort in florida... people would come in and because it was their hotel, they wouldn't be in a rush... and sometimes they'd stand there and talk to me. i'd hear such interesting things from people -- people come from [quite literally] all over the world to come to disney world... so i'd hear such interesting things from all of them. a lot of them, i still remember really clearly. that's cool to me. they probably don't remember me, because i was just a part of the disney world cast as a whole. but then again, they might be somewhere thinking that i don't remember them, because they were just another guest.