Saturday I took a nice 3 mile walk. It was beautiful (albeit a little windy) and I got much farther than I was expecting. 3 miles in about an hour - not bad. It can be improved, but not bad.
Today it was gorgeous where I live. It was forty, the sun was shining and the snow was melting everywhere. You could see grass (and the inevitable mud) and it was like the world was waking up from a cold slumber. I had gotten out of work early and the telephone interview I thought I would have didn't happen. I had an hour to kill so I thought, "Hey, why don't I take a walk?"
So I did. I walked down to the edge of campus and then turned left - not something I've ever done walking or running. Then I turned down this street I've been on at the other end, but this end was new. It was beautiful. Some of the houses were dilapidated and desperately needed some window cleaner and a power wash, others perfectly pristine. There was one that looked like a white version of a Virginia Monticello home - columns and all. I really don't know why, but it was breathtaking to see such variety in houses on one street. Such variety in styles, in colors... even in the furniture I was able to glimpse through the windows.
I then turned back onto campus, catercorner from where I had turned away from it earlier. Stopping at the coffee shop for a meeting, I felt completely at peace. And also inspired. Inspired to walk to new places and not just to the state trail that's about a mile away. Walk all around this beautiful town. It makes sense, considering I only have a few months left on this campus before I'll be on to my summer internship and then Wales.
The past few days have been hellish for more than one reason. But I don't know how, but that walk today seemed to erase the miserableness.
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