short and sweet

working backwards- like 240,000 other northern virginians who lost power tonight following a really huge storm that roared through earlier today, i had the flashlight thing going, and then boom, the power just came back on. ten after midnight now and i have to be up and out by 6:30 so this will be short and sweet as the title suggested.

back to this morning i got 90 minutes in on the trail and that was probably the last day for awhile i will be able to run on it as there were so many trees down and across the trail and the parkway later in the day, that it will be a few days for sure before it is near normal.

i thought they said the storm was coming tonight- figure i had time to do it all today- finished the run and then alex came by and brought breakfast and that was a nice treat. followed that by doing some more yard work, laundry and throwing out stuff. then ran to the store and got some food and bottled water.

finally i was ready to go to the driving range and maybe squeeze in 9 holes or at least practice, but nature had other plans. on the way there the storm broke quickly. by the time i was a few miles away trees were already down and traffic lights were out. the parkway was down to one lane and and police were directing everyone. an hour into this i had gone nowhere. just wanted to turn around and go home but could not where i was and had to crawl forward to find a place to go back. two hours later i was home- did stop and get a paper. lot of time to end up going almost 12 miles.

then home to darkness. it was still light out at first and the flashlight was working and there was food and it was ok. did i leave the tent in england for this?
i did 35 miles on the exercise bike and hit some putts on the family room rug while doing more laundry. wasn't too bad and i had a decent though cold dinner.

and off i go- not exciting but a glimpse of the day. in a nut shell- a run, a breakfast, house and garden work, laundry, bike ride, putting, dinner and reading. ok day- email from friends using their battery says they are still powerless. offered to bring them food.

will we golf tomorrow? only nature and nature know.

want to repeat one thing i have mentioned before-- people who say they will not vote for barack or hillary and will vote for mc cain instead don't seem to understand the usa's political system. the parties stand for different and specific things. would you vote against what you believed in to spite someone- of course people will. and to not vote at all- that is like giving one vote to the other side- just hard to believe that people would want the war to go on and all the rest of the crap mc cain will do because ----why again?????