- Sunset at Lake Hefner, January 24, 2010
I
went to Lake Hefner around 4pm to walk for a while. I pulled out my old
running shoes, still a little dusty from being worn for a hike or
camping trip, and tied them on. I get started walking, not in the
power-walk way or too slow of a stroll either, just fast enough to keep
beat to some of the faster paced songs on my music player. Then I
started getting bothered by the upper heel of both shoes, the part that
rubs against the back of my ankle. I stop at a bench, take off the
shoes, and tug and pull to stretch the shoe some and bend back the upper
heel. This doesn't really make much of a difference. I'm already a good
way in, so it's okay to turn back now. I'd been walking for about 30
minutes. Plus, I had stopped to take a few pictures until the battery in
my camera died. I just knew it would before I left home!
So I
finally get all the way back to my car, realize I have a couple of
batteries that work, but I don't know for how long. I just want to
capture the sunset again. So I sit by this solitary tree for another
30-40 minutes, thinking, exploring ideas for the next poetry book,
thinking about people, and listening to the songs on my music player. I
realize my left ankle feels stiff, so I check it out. Apparently it did
blister and bleed. The little elastic pull loop at the upper heel of
the shoes had worn through and had rubbed at my ankle until it bled. Oh
great. Ouch.
But at least I got some pretty sunset pictures (look at the
Lake Hefner set on flickr) and I did manage to walk around an hour total. :)
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