Warming Up

After my usual Monday off, Banks and I headed out with no real plan tonight.  But after just a few blocks, I felt like we needed to push ourselves, so we walked to our frequent starting destination of St. Edward's Drive, took it all the way to I-35, and headed north on the access road, up quite a long and steep hill, to the next light.  Banks hates that route -- the 18-wheelers roaring down the freeway unnerve him -- but we walked it quickly, then turned at that red light, the southernmost border of St. Ed's. Rather than turn into St. Ed's we veered left and wove in and out of those neighborhoods -- some of them a little on the seedy side, especially after dark, but who worries with Banks at my side?  We dead-ended into South Congress -- another busy street Banks hates -- turned right, finally, into campus, and finished up around the soccer field.  It felt like we worked for our five tonight, especially since the weather, cold and wonderful just two days ago, is warming up again, and we're supposed to be back in the high 80s by the end of the week. 

Ryan Gosling was spotted about 10 blocks from my house, at Joe's Coffee on South Congress!  Some papparazzi published about 10 pictures of him there, but the link seems to be broken and I can't copy it here, so you'll just have to take my word for it. 

I'm hot and sweaty and just want to take a shower and delve back into my book, our next book club selection -- Gone Girl.  It started out a little slow, but I'm about halfway through and it's really picking up steam.