Today was a difficult and frustrating day. It's been a couple months since I've had one of *these* days at work... and today broke that stretch. Needless to say, I went to the park afterward. My trail was closed so I took off down the Millcreek trail. I love running the shortcut through the boyscout campground (love those hills!) and making the loop back and doing it again and again. Well, today while on my second loop, I came to a halt at the point where the gravel road meets up with the regular trail. If you don't know what I'm talking about, there's a point where the ground opens up before you and there are trees in the distance and this valley before you stretching out where the equestrian trail winds around. It's pretty.
Well, today when I stopped, it was one of those Hollywood moments that took my breath away. The sun was at 5:00 setting time and there were geese flying above the trees and not even 20 yards away was a young white tailed buck. He was casually walking across the lawn and he stopped and looked at me. He wagged his tail (seriously) as he contemplated me contemplating him. This lasted what seemed like forever. A minute. Two. A long time spent staring at a deer. He kept flicking his tail and looking away and looking back at me. Took a couple steps. Stopped. Looked at me. Flicked his tail.
Oh yeah, and I was listening to Linkin Park's 'Robot Boy' off their Thousand Suns album... which is freakin beautiful, by the way.
But I regress.
I'm not kidding, I sat down right there. Right in the grass. It was kinda muddy. I didn't care. I sat there for I don't know how long before I got really cold and it got a bit dark so I got up and brushed the dirt off my pants and hid this moment in my heart. The buck was still staring at me as I turned back up the boyscout trail. With a glance at the dipping sun, I flipped my ipod back to 'When They Come For Me' and cranked it. I crushed those hills. When I arrived at my car flushed and satisfied, I was equal parts peaceful and energized and rejuvenated.
Amazing what 45 minutes at the park can do.
It's November.
Fourth Quarter.
Oh yeah. Bring it on.
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