OK, I'm making that up, but it sure feels like it.

The Hubs went out golfing today, so I went for a hike. The weather here has been beautiful and I've been chomping at the bit to start my weekly weekend hikes. I usually don't leave the house with a plan as to where I'm going to hike because there are a LOT of wonderful recreational areas around here. I usually just tell The Hubs which way I'm headed (N-S-E-W) and then send him a text message once I've found the place. As an aside- oops, I forgot to do that today. Bad girl. Nobody knew where I was.

I found a new place today and eagerly started down the hill. The very steep trail, I might add. That's usually a bad omen for me, because it's better if I hike UP hill first, then go down hill when I'm tired. But just look at what was waiting for me at the bottom of the trail:




Once I arrived at the bottom of the trail, I wandered around the beach for a bit because the tide was way out. It's always fun to see what sort of sea life you'll find when the tide is momentarily out. After about a half an hour of that, I decided that I'd better head back up. I was about an hour away from home and still needed to go to the grocery store.

Let's just say, going up was MUCH harder than going down. I stopped several times and it took me almost three times as long to hike back up as it did to go down.

Right as I got to the top of the trail, there was a very fit looking couple getting ready to go down. Although my red face was probably enough to convince them that I wasn't exactly in tip-top form, I tried to hide the heavy breathing as I answered their question about where the trail went.

After answering their question, I wanted to prove what good shape I was in, so I turned and took a very quick and hard step right into a concrete post. It was about as high as my belly button and I ran into it so hard that I almost toppled over it. So hard that it nearly took my breath away. I'm sure they heard that loud UUH sound that came out of my mouth, but I'll be darned if I was going to witness them laughing at me. I kept RIGHT.ON.WALKING.

I'm already sporting a nice bruise the size of a soft ball, so I'm going to claim whining rights today.

whine....