I like humans again. (but only those who stop and look before crossing roads)
I was massively dedicated and went to the gym this fine and foggy sat night. I picked up my 'gym crew' and we went for a very satisfying hour - where i beat my previous calorie burning amount!!
While power walking away with my hand weights, i saw the most absolutely heart warming thing ever...
There was a guy on a treadmill in a pink tshirt, sort of diagonally to my right and before he started, i noticed that he had downs syndrome. I was quite taken aback but mainly because (from my little experience) for a gym, thats a fairly unusual sight. Anyway - before i had started on the treadmill, i had gone to get the handweights and noticed a guy fully dressed in normal clothes sort of loitering... i obviously thought he was just being a bit strange and pervy! anyhoo - it all emerged that this downs syndrome guy was his brother or some relation (they looked a bit similar in some aspects) and he was there to make sure everything was ok and kept walking up behind him to check the screen on the treadmill to make sure he wasnt pushing himself etc... and when he started running he came and stood by his side - and also at one point the guy in the pink tshirt turned around to see his bro who promptly rushed straight over. It was so nice of the brother to give up his sat night for it. It just sort of restored my faith in the niceness of human beings!!!
It was so loverly!!!!
It all turned out to be quite an eventful trip to the gym really because not only did i beat my calories burnt amount, saw the sweetest brotherly relationship, drove surrounded by fog outside... BUT, on the way back as we were turning right across some crossroads, a guy jumped out of nowhere and ran across my path. As its foggy, i spotted him later than i would have but managed to stopped in time.
Yael has now experienced this same thing with me being the driver and her the passenger about 3 times and made me stop the car - she wound down her window and me and hannah sat rather amused as she yelled some obsceneties at them along the lines of 'you Fing Wnker' after which i swiftly sped off.
It felt very satisfying because im sick and tired of having thoughtless pedestrians step out and walk leisurely across my car thats travelling at around 35/40miles an hour giving me hardly any time to stop.
Doesnt anyone remember the hedgehog advert!?!?!??!!?! Look right and left then right again and then...only then... cross.
STOP THINK AND GO.
Time to have a warm bath now methinks.
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