Amazing Things

I woke up to rain this morning.  RAIN!  Brian has to work this morning, so I made coffee and sat on the back porch with the dogs taking it all in.  The creek behind the house is full again...at least temporarily.  The birds were hopping about the branches of the trees.  Even a grasshopper didn't bother to hop to a dry place on the porch.  It was glorious. 

There is a commercial on television that asks, "What's the most amazing thing you've ever seen?"  It always makes me pause.  I'm not sure what I would count as THE most amazing thing I have ever seen, but this morning might count as one of them.  Too many days without rain and so much heat in a Texas summer will make a person think so.  It was almost disorienting. 

But another amazing thing this morning was my workout.  After sleeping through most of June (stupid anemia and ulcer), I am running again, and I am finally able to make it really count.  I am running better than I ever did.  It's hard for me to believe, but I was able to run for 15 minutes without stopping this morning.  Three days ago I was excited about 11 minutes without stopping.  I ran more than I walked today for the first time ever.  I'm not fast even when running, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter.  Fall and winter 5ks here I come!

One last amazing thing that I shall not be witnessing today, but am indirectly benefiting from is the opening of the In-N-Out Burger in Fort Worth.  Brian is directing traffic there this weekend from 7 am to 1 pm.  Now, I did call it amazing, but I mean it in the shaking my head kind of amazing.  In-N-Out Burger is paying the officers ridiculous amounts of money to keep traffic flowing as Fort Worth discovers this "new" fast food.  I have no doubt it's a tasty burger, but the frenzy over this seems a bit much.  Now, that hasn't stopped me from instructing Brian to bring home one of these magic burgers.  I refuse to wait for hours in a drive thru, but I probably should see what all the fuss is about.  He will already be there, after all. 

And I did burn all those calories on the treadmill already...