After not eating well this week and not walking either I was bound and determined to walk today. First I had to drive my Daddy to work and then take Grace to gymnastics. By the time I got home I was starving and had to eat. So I enjoys some soup while watching The Ellen Show and gave my food time to digest.
The sun was starting to go down so I quickly dressed and started for the door. Only to be stopped by my lovely teenage daughter who was frantically trying to complete her homework and print something. Being the good mother that I am I stopped to help her as I watched twilight decend out the window.
Giving in to frustration I told her I had to go and stomped out the door. By this time the street lights were on.
It didn't take long after I left my street for the willies to set in. Every dog that barked, car that passed me or person taking the garbage out was coming to get me. The newspaper headlines kept running through my mind, "Parkville Mother of Two Abducted on an Evening Stroll." or "Grisley Remains of Local Jogger Found in the Fields behind School." The further I went the more I was convinced I wouldn't make it home.
I turned around and picked up my pace to just make it back to my street alive. Now I am not an overly suspicious person by nature. I don't like horror movies, not because I get scared but because I just don't enjoy the feelings of watching them. It isn't pleasant or fun to me.
I was more terrified of the unfortunate world in which we live in that share these unpleasant realities all too often. So here I sit on my beloved porch typing out my tale on my phone thankful that I made it home but completely discouraged that I didn't get my usual 2miles in (I barely made it a mile).
Oh well I have to say. I just have to have at it again tomorrow and hope that I can get back on track this week. I am completely worried about this getting dark early thing now because I know I won't walk in the dark again and even with the best intentions I won't get out of bed in the morning to walk. So I am going to have to find a walking or exercise program on TV to keep me going and I am not at all happy about that. But I have learned since I started this that nothing comes easy or without pain and challenge and sacrifice and I must learn to adapt. I may gain some weight back or not lose any for a few weeks but my resolve to finish this will set me back on the right path. As I have said before, I am keeping my eye on that prize and oh what a prize it will be!!
So until then,
Enjoy the lyrics to Thriller
It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl!
But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a
Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow!
(I'm gonna thrill ya tonight)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin'
Thriller night, baby, ooh!
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
Now I have Thriller in my head, which is a good thing. When I run in the dark I bring pepper spray and lights and wear bright clothes, the pepper spray really helps me feel safer, and it's super cheap on amazon. It even straps around my wrist. I also make sure my headphones are only in one ear and the volume is low, although I rarely bring headphones in the dark. That was your sponsored comment on products to buy to help you stay safe in the dark. You're welcome.
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