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The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

Sky: Mostly Sunny
Temperature: 76°F
Relative Humidity: 82%
Winds: S 9 MPH
Barometric Pressure: 30.03 Falling

My thoughts:

1.  I seriously thought about canceling this morning’s walk due to my cold (congestion) and sore throat. After slipping a zesty orange Airborne wafer into a cup of Zephyrhills water and then gulping it all down I decided that another good cure for the cold is exercise, so the walk commenced.

2.  With the sun shining brightly, an actual air temperature in the mid-70s, and a relative humidity in the lower-80 percentile it actually felt like it was in the lower-80s outside with the heat index – at 9 AM – in the middle of January !  The ‘sweatiness factour’ was in the high range.

3.  There were a lot of walkers out there this morning. Usually when I do these walks it’s an hour or two earlier than when I did so this morning. I actually slept in until nearly 9 AM this morning – an extreme rarity for me.

4.  A wise man once stated that even when you are enduring the worst of times you should react as if it were the best of times. That way when it gets better you’ll be living on top of the world. Actually I have no idea who said that, or if anyone said that for that matter. It’s what I was thinking while I was walking. I thanked God for restoring the strength to my lower back and right shoulder, and I prayed that He eject all of these nasty cold germs out of me as soon as possible. It’s been a rough two weeks for me and my health, but it’s been the best of times. Say what ?

5.  “Bounce” from Canadian Christian rapper Manafest came on my iPod Shuffle while I was walking, and I walked to its steady beat during the entire 3:10 song. Its lyrics represent what this walk is all about. It needs to be the official theme song of ‘The Major’s Walk-A-Thon’. It’s in the lyrics !

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Bad Things Come In Threes

1.  Two Sunday mornings ago at Life Pointe Church I sprained my lower-back muscles lifting an object that was much heavier than I anticpated. I was in moderate to severe pain for days after that.

2.  Last Saturday morning I injured myself … while sleeping !  My right arm and shoulder is just now starting to recover from that trauma. You know that you’re getting old when you get hurt while sleeping.

3.  This morning I felt fine and dandy when I embarked on my Dunkin Donuts / Saturn / The Living Word / Southland Mall / Regal Cinemas / Starbucks adventure. I returned home this afternoon with a cold and sore throat. I obviously touched something along the way that was infected with germs galore. My immune system is now being drowned with MASSIVE amounts of Vitamin C. Get to work Vitamin C. Get rid of these germs inside of me. I have more things to do during this long holiday weekend !

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The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

Sky: Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 68°F
Relative Humidity: 93%
Winds: Calm
Barometric Pressure: 29.99 Rising

My thoughts:

1.  If you like to eat turducken then my neighbourhood is a farm. We have hundreds of ducks and a few assorted chickens and turkeys wandering around amongst the humans, canines, and felines. Most of them are friendly, but I have been chased by an angry duck before.

2.  I encountered nice dogs (non-barking and non-growling) on my walk this morning. They were all being walked via their respective leashes by their nice owners. One lady who I shall refer to as ‘Nightgown Lady’ has become a recurring sight on my walk.

3.  Don’t you hate it when you walk right through an invisible-to-the-naked-eye spider web ?  While you’re pulling the web material off of you you’re also looking to ensure that there’s no spiders or any other bugs on you.

4.  I wonder what my neighbourhood looked like back in 1986 when it was brand new. For a 22-year-old neighbourhood that got destroyed by Hurricane Andrew everything still looks rather nice around here.

5.  I added another tenth-of-a-mile to my walk this morning and exceeded 1.4 miles in about 27 minutes. Maybe next week I’ll go for the gusto – 1.5 miles in 30 minutes.

The Major’s Walk-A-Thon
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The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

Sky: Mostly Cloudy With Peeks Of Sun
Temperature: 61°F
Relative Humidity: 94%
Winds: NW 9 MPH
Barometric Pressure: 30.33 STEADY

My thoughts:

1.  The ground was wet when I stepped outside this morning for my 1.3-mile walk around the perimeter of my neighbourhood. It was also chilly out there when the sun wasn’t out. (Wind chills were still in the 50s.) When the sun peeked through the clouds it felt a little more comfortable. I appreciate the South Florida sun !

2.  My neighbours have trickled back from vacation. There were more cars in the various parking lots this morning than on any other morning since I began this walk-a-thon on Christmas Eve.

3.  Dogs simply don’t like me. One little mean growling dog would have run up to me and bitten my legs if it weren’t for his / her owner holding on tightly to his / her leash. Two other little dogs that were actually loose saw me, and then ran back hurriedly to their owner. That same other little dog from last Saturday that was barking loudly and tapping violently on the front window of his / her home as I walked by was at it again !

4.  Virtually every single utility poll along the southern perimeter fence of my neighbourhood (and SW 336TH Street) is tilted towards my neighbourhood at a precarious angle instead of straight-up. It’s probably been like that since Hurricane Wilma in October 2005. I wonder how secure those poles are embedded into the ground ?

5.  Walking is a great time for praying. I prayed for the residents of Homestead, Florida City, Redland, Leisure City, Naranja Lakes, and Princeton to be blessed by the Glory of God. I prayed that the believers stay strong and unwavering with their personal relationship with Jesus. I prayed that the non-believers be guided onto the on-ramp of the fantastic journey by the believers. There’s plenty of room for everyone who truly believes in Him !