Rainy Days and Mondays

It’s Monday and it’s rainy, windy, cold and just horribly dismal outside. Not a good day for a walk but I’ve GOT to exercise. I lose too much hard won recovery ground when I take a day or two off. Today would be good for mall walking except…except I’m not in a people mood. Nope, this is hermit weather.

In another reality, I live in a thick, dark forest near the top of a mountain along with a few clowder or more of cats. (one clowder = three cats). You know, I'd be like Hansel and Gretel's archenemy only I wouldn't eat the kiddles—I don't cook. In this alt life I’m perfectly healthy so I don’t need to be right near MGH. I go into town just to pick up food, art supplies and the occasional cake. SOMEtimes I even chit chat with the locals.

Just to be absolutely clear—being home with Ten, Jen and Oni totally counts as alone time. We can all be together and hermitical at the same time. Yeah, we’re talented like that.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
~ Albert Einstein

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
~ George Carlin

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
~ Aristotle