Sweatband

Cheese popcorn
Diet Coke
David Sedaris
No housework done
820 steps
11:00 AM
Wasted morning (except for reading Sedaris)
 
Up since 4:30 AM
Throat brutally sore
Really needed sleep
Horrible dream: my 89-year-old mom standing alone with a suitcase
forlornly asking
 "Where am I going?"
 
106 degrees
Not even noon
Air quality alert
Just like every day this summer
Crying off and on
Mostly on
Have to do something
 
Excuses to not go to the basketball court:
sore throat
lack of sleep
air quality alert
106 degrees and rising
 
Reasons to go to the basketball court:
Sanity
 
Best valid excuse for not going:
no sweatband
 
Running on an unshaded court
in fierce heat (yep, even if it's dry heat)
Sweat gets in my eyes
Continuously
Forcing me to stop
 
What gets me out the door:
a choice of pink, gray, or purple sweatbands
 
I put on the purple one
and for 40 sweaty minutes
I love life.