Slow Learner

I may be a slow learner...

I had too much on my mind, so I went for a nice run, hoping to repeat the run I had sunday night where I caught the perfect sunset and dusk. But I was too late, and was running in the dark. I miss running at night, and have been a bit hesitant to run at night, but I am finding that it's actually pretty safe and running at dusk is fine.

I finished my run, and opened the gate to the house. There is an electrical fence surrounding the house. And where the gate opens, the electrical fence is within reach. I had this very odd temptation to reach out and touch it. I know this doesn't make sense, but just the thought of doing this made me think of my family back in Denver, and I had to laugh, out loud.

I didn't have thoughts of them in the sense that I expected if I touched the electrical fence I would fry, and I'd have visions of them as I went into burning convulsions. But rather, I had visions of you meeting my brothers and dad, and heaven forbid they let out all the family secrets (what family doesn't have them), and they decide to tell you about the time, when I was young, when I stuck a key in an electrical outlet.

There you have it. Yes, I did that. All I recall is lots of excitement and some spanking (it was the 70s, that was ok then). And, I have, on occasion, been humiliated by hearing this story told, often time in the company of somebody I would rather not know this about me.

So, as I was tempted to reach out and grab the electric fence, I was pleasantly shocked to relive these memories, and decided I didn't need to do it again.

--yes, the pun was intended--