Thanks Chief Knight and my funky run

I went to a picnic this afternoon that was thrown to thank the people in Mason county districk 5 for supporting their firechief of 55 years.  I don't live in Mason County district 5, but I think it is fair to say that Chief Knight deserves their thanks.  He spent the last 55 years as their fire chief.  Like him or not, his devotion to Mason County is unquestionable.  He was the longest serving fire chief in the state of Washington.  He started in his early 20's and he was one of the first fire chiefs to fully integrate women into their workforce.  Think about it, very few people spend 55 years doing anything anymore, heck, most marriages don't even last that long.  Even though I don't live in that area I have family members that do, so for that I say THANKS!!!!

I went for a run later, I just didn't have any energy and I was sore, but I finished my run anyway, because that's what runners do, they run, no matter what, and I am a runner.  My pace may be a job for others, but for me it's a run.  Since I was so tired I was looking for ways to distract myself, Elton Johns Crocodille rock came on my I-pod, I usually skip that song, it's not really the right pace, but today it made me want to dance and heck, I need to give my arms a workout, so I cranked it up and tried to dance while I was running. People passing me must have thought I had some abnomral spastic muscle disease, because I am not nearly as coordinated as I would like to think I am.  In my head the arm movements and shadow boxing to a later song looked so cool  I was trying to channel rocky at that point.  I am sure that anyone passing me on the trail thought otherwise.  My arms were flailing randomly as I tried to keep up with the beat and do cool things with  my arms, since noone else could hear the music they were keeping their distance from me when they past, and most likely holding their kids a little closer.  My bizzare dance movements did serve their  pupose, because it distracted me and  I was able to bump up to my 3 mile distance again.

 I am excited that summer has finally arrived and I can run outside and extra thankful that I am feeling healthy again.  Good health is one of those things so many take for granted until they loose it for a while, which everyone needs to do once in a while, so they appreciate it and remember to be thankful for it.

During the barbecue today the song, lean on me came on, and it made me cry, it always does because it reminds me how many wonderful and awesome people I have been blessed with in my life that I can lean on, and that lean on me.  Some days life just seems awesome, and even though nothing spectacular happened, I count today as one of them. 

PS.  Training in PACU 1 next week, should be an interesting week!