morning musing.

I woke up exceptionally early this morning, it probably relates to going to bed at 9pm last night with my pregnant wife.  She loves to go to bed early these days and begs me to come with her so she is not alone.  Of course she is usually asleep before I can even walk to the bedroom and get ready for bed.  So I lay there and watch television and usually doze off shortly thereafter.  Last night was no exception, there was nothing of value on so I lay there watching reruns of Family Guy.  It was a cool evening and the rain was gently tapping on the roof.  A mild breeze occasionally ruffled the blinds.  It was perfect weather for a heavy drool inducing sleep and also made for some rather interesting and freaky dreams. 

I awoke at 4:47am and peeled my face from the pillow wiping my scruffy playoff bearded face of the drool.  I know I know its a really attractive image but I always laugh to myself when I wake up like that.   I need to duct tape my mouth shut when I sleep because this is ridiculous. 

I stumbled out to the living room and put on an episode of River Monsters that I had not yet seen.  I started the coffee and patiently waited for it to finish brewing.  In the meantime I went back to the couch and laid down.  The house was painfully quiet aside from the drip coming from the gutter on the deck that has a small leak in one of the seams.  (I really need to get around to plugging that hole because it really is annoying).  I started thinking like I usually do when I have time to kill in the morning before the rest of the world wakes up.  I was thinking about going for a run in the rain.  Today was supposed to be a day off so that I could recover after 2 days of running but the appeal to run was drawing me out.  I went to the kitchen and fixed myself a cup of coffee.  I sat on the couch thinking about the run and then the overwhelming pull from the couch told me to hold steady.  That, and the temperature reading on the tv telling me that it was only 47 degrees outside.  Yesterday was in the 70's and beautiful so I guess I had it in my head that it would still be moderately warm outside.  I opted to stay in and just relax before heading off to work for my first of back to back 11 hour shifts. I cannot wait for Penguins playoff hockey on Wednesday night and am really looking forward to a long run on Thursday.  Depending on the weather (and it looks nice as of now) I should be able to strap on the Garmin and hit the trails. 

Hope you have a great week, thanks for reading.