Beg and Barter

In general, I have to admit that I’m a little opposed to the practice of getting in your car and driving somewhere else like, say, a park to go on a jog. (Given you don’t live in downtown Detroit or something, I’m speaking from the perspective of someone who’s lived in the South all of his life.) But the weather has been so amazing these last couple of days and it just seems wasteful to not head over to the park and run amongst the trees and still waters of a man-made lake. I could just as easily do what I normally do in the warm weather season, and run through nearby neighborhoods with their half-million dollar homes and beautifully manicured, yet barely alive in the dead of winter lawns. And I’d even be saving the environment some if I did. But, and I know this sounds selfish, what good is saving the environment if I don’t actually enjoy it every once in a while? In an ideal world, I’d jog to the park, run on the trails and then jog back home, but I haven’t quite built up the stamina for a 10 mile run just yet. So, Mother Nature, I know my inefficient little 4-cylinder suffocates and stifles you, but please forgive me for these brief moments of spring breeze bliss during your chilling winter months, and I promise you when I get job I’ll buy a hybrid car.