Good Morning Sunshine

Up early this morning as I like to be most days. Plan is to hydrate up with water/Gatorade then go out for a run around the area neighborhoods. I started the early morning jog on the weekend habit about five years ago and absolutely love it. Remember those scenes in Rocky IV where Balboa is running through the snow in Russia all by himself in the early morning? I love that. Those training montages are great. One of my fondest memories from Syracuse was recreating that during the winter time. If you've never been up to Syracuse it snows. A lot. And it is absolutely frigid in the winter. So while I was there I decided to "take advantage" of that environment and get myself into Rocky Balboa shape. I remember getting up on those weekend days in the dead of winter when it was even too cold to turn around in your bed stacked with about five blankets to keep warm. I'd get myself ready (minus the whole drinking the raw egg thing), don the multiple thin layers of clothes and a hat, and take out my iPod...queued up with the all of the Rocky soundtracks. Stepping outside of the front door of the house was exactly like the movie. It was just me, the sun, and the snow. I remember one time where it was so cold outside that my iPod stopped working because I guess the hard drive froze. It was really quite an exhilarating experience that I'd recommend if you're up to it. I'd like to if I ever get the chance (like so many others have) recreate the running up the library stairs in Philly scene. Other fond moments come from when I was at Virginia and I would run by all the frat houses early on a weekend morning. One time I ran by this house and actually stopped because I could smell the alcohol emanating from the porch. I stopped long enough to notice that there several drunk kids sleeping outside on the porch. Good stuff. On a side note, does any one else who works a standard desk job feel like sitting at a desk in front of a computer all day is actually more tiring than it should be? I feel like I need to take a nap most days I get home but realize that all I did during the day was sit.