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Yes, I was very dumb. We'll start with that statement.
It didn't start off dumb. I was going to go for a nice walk. It was cool, not yet raining, but they'd forecast rain for today; still, I wanted my walk. I decided I'd head up Boeckman, since I wanted to see it on foot before they finished building up the one side (which is becoming, sadly, quite developed - most of it has work going on if it's not already built-up). Then I'd turn around and come back. Depending on my stamina, it would be a half mile or a mile of walking, and I'd push myself on the last part of it if I still felt up to it (since obviously I could get more exercise in that case).
So, I get part way up Boeckman, and there's work going on. It's Saturday, with rain forecast, but they're working on digging out what will be the beds adjacent to the sidewalk (which is itself incomplete and ribboned off, still).
And this is where I got into 'stupid'. For some reason, my pride would not encompass turning around and walking back past these construction workers. Don't ask me why. I don't know. But I figured it wasn't much further up toward where Mentor Graphics is, at Boeckman and Parkway. I was feeling fine, so I'd go that far; heading left woudl take me toward several places I knew would be open today, as well as the Smart Park line. I could just ride home.
Okay, so far, still semi-sane, though pushing it. Reached Parkway, turned left. Still feeling decent, but thirsty and cold. See, I had not brought my hat, gloves, or anything to drink. (I also hadn't brought my umbrella, but it wasn't raining, so....) I hadn't expected to be out that long and, once more, hadn't thought about the hat, which was what I really felt dumb about as I should have had it, even for my originally-intended walk (although I didn't start missing it until almost to the shopping center). I'm just glad my coat is long and very warm, as I did pretty well with that.
Stopped into the hardware/"grocery" (read: mini-mart) that has sprung up on the corner there and got a Sprite. Debated that versus water, but I was feeling pretty good and wanted the sugar. Observed they had a store dog, very gentle, very nice, slightly aged, golden, very pretty. Made mental note not to buy anything food-related that didn't come out of a compartment with a door, just in case.
Debated, then headed for the park down by the shopping center. It's got a county welcome center, that I figured would be open and a good place to warm up. It was, and I did. The only problem I had was, after I was warm through, feeling good, and had acquired a Smart schedule, the nice lady who had been talking with me still wanted to talk. Quite a bit. Once I shoved the "I want to go home" out of my brain, however, it was fairly fun to talk with her.
(Mostly, I heard about how she liked trees, and her efforts to deal with them, both at her current residence, and trying to get them to grow at her last place, in Texas.)
Then I got out the door again. Now I regretted the umbrella: it was raining. I'd already determined from the Smart schedule that I'd missed the most recent bus by about 10 minutes when I went in the door of the visitor's center. I'd also determined that I wasn't going to wait for the next one. So I went down through the shopping center, and headed up the Wilsonville Road.
When I got to the Boulder Creek apartments that is the last stop for the Smart service out toward our place, I was glad I'd skipped waiting: it was 12:45, and I was four blocks from home. Had I wanted to take Smart, I would still have been waiting. On weekdays, that line runs every half hour from 6-10, then every hour until 2, then every half hour until 7. Very nice for a commuter line. On Saturdays, when there's a lot fewer riders, it runs every hour from 8:43 (time at the park where I originally was) through 3:43, except 12:43 at which time there is no ride (that is, go at 11:43 or 1:43, have your pick).
Now you know why I walked. Just very bad timing on my part.
I'm feeling pretty good, though. My ankle started to protest about the time I passed the end of the bus line, so I shifted my walk to favor it for a block or so and it stopped. My feet are only mildly sore; I had a nice stretch when I got home, and I feel fine. We'll see if I still do tomorrow when I've had a chance to stiffen up; I walked three miles doing this, which is more than I usually do by a fair amount. But I didn't push myself at the end, either, so....
We'll see. So, I'm stupid, but I feel good. ;)
It didn't start off dumb. I was going to go for a nice walk. It was cool, not yet raining, but they'd forecast rain for today; still, I wanted my walk. I decided I'd head up Boeckman, since I wanted to see it on foot before they finished building up the one side (which is becoming, sadly, quite developed - most of it has work going on if it's not already built-up). Then I'd turn around and come back. Depending on my stamina, it would be a half mile or a mile of walking, and I'd push myself on the last part of it if I still felt up to it (since obviously I could get more exercise in that case).
So, I get part way up Boeckman, and there's work going on. It's Saturday, with rain forecast, but they're working on digging out what will be the beds adjacent to the sidewalk (which is itself incomplete and ribboned off, still).
And this is where I got into 'stupid'. For some reason, my pride would not encompass turning around and walking back past these construction workers. Don't ask me why. I don't know. But I figured it wasn't much further up toward where Mentor Graphics is, at Boeckman and Parkway. I was feeling fine, so I'd go that far; heading left woudl take me toward several places I knew would be open today, as well as the Smart Park line. I could just ride home.
Okay, so far, still semi-sane, though pushing it. Reached Parkway, turned left. Still feeling decent, but thirsty and cold. See, I had not brought my hat, gloves, or anything to drink. (I also hadn't brought my umbrella, but it wasn't raining, so....) I hadn't expected to be out that long and, once more, hadn't thought about the hat, which was what I really felt dumb about as I should have had it, even for my originally-intended walk (although I didn't start missing it until almost to the shopping center). I'm just glad my coat is long and very warm, as I did pretty well with that.
Stopped into the hardware/"grocery" (read: mini-mart) that has sprung up on the corner there and got a Sprite. Debated that versus water, but I was feeling pretty good and wanted the sugar. Observed they had a store dog, very gentle, very nice, slightly aged, golden, very pretty. Made mental note not to buy anything food-related that didn't come out of a compartment with a door, just in case.
Debated, then headed for the park down by the shopping center. It's got a county welcome center, that I figured would be open and a good place to warm up. It was, and I did. The only problem I had was, after I was warm through, feeling good, and had acquired a Smart schedule, the nice lady who had been talking with me still wanted to talk. Quite a bit. Once I shoved the "I want to go home" out of my brain, however, it was fairly fun to talk with her.
(Mostly, I heard about how she liked trees, and her efforts to deal with them, both at her current residence, and trying to get them to grow at her last place, in Texas.)
Then I got out the door again. Now I regretted the umbrella: it was raining. I'd already determined from the Smart schedule that I'd missed the most recent bus by about 10 minutes when I went in the door of the visitor's center. I'd also determined that I wasn't going to wait for the next one. So I went down through the shopping center, and headed up the Wilsonville Road.
When I got to the Boulder Creek apartments that is the last stop for the Smart service out toward our place, I was glad I'd skipped waiting: it was 12:45, and I was four blocks from home. Had I wanted to take Smart, I would still have been waiting. On weekdays, that line runs every half hour from 6-10, then every hour until 2, then every half hour until 7. Very nice for a commuter line. On Saturdays, when there's a lot fewer riders, it runs every hour from 8:43 (time at the park where I originally was) through 3:43, except 12:43 at which time there is no ride (that is, go at 11:43 or 1:43, have your pick).
Now you know why I walked. Just very bad timing on my part.
I'm feeling pretty good, though. My ankle started to protest about the time I passed the end of the bus line, so I shifted my walk to favor it for a block or so and it stopped. My feet are only mildly sore; I had a nice stretch when I got home, and I feel fine. We'll see if I still do tomorrow when I've had a chance to stiffen up; I walked three miles doing this, which is more than I usually do by a fair amount. But I didn't push myself at the end, either, so....
We'll see. So, I'm stupid, but I feel good. ;)