The perils of early morning walking
March 22, 2007 – 2:49 pmYesterday, my sis and I decided it was a grand idea to meet up bright and early this AM to walk around the lake. We’d get our exercise in first thing… stop for coffee on our way back… and generally be fit and very on-top-of-it-all.
Fast-forward to 5:45 this morning.
It’s pitch-black outside. I am FAST asleep (possibly snoring), when I’m jolted awake by my darling husband’s horrified, “that was the door opening!”
I’m sure I mumbled something unintelligible, as Jay raced for the door… in. his. underwear.
(sorry honey, but this is too funny not to blog about)
Imagine my sister’s fear; she had quietly unlocked and opened the door so as not to wake anyone (thoughtful, really) when she sees a barely clad man lunging for her in a very menacing fashion.
“I didn’t know what to say!” she told me later… “I could tell he was in attack-mode… and all I could do was stand there.”
Fortunately he recognized her before inflicting any bodily harm.
My take-aways?
1) Anyone entering our house in the wee hours does so at their own risk (I recommend softly calling out “hellooo” or similar neutral greeting so as to alert of us to your non-bad-guyness)
2) My husband is most definitely NOT a wimp. It takes some kind of gumption to defend the household with such panache armed with only your bare hands…
3) that said… I’m thinking we need to work on the Protector scenario. Some sort of a weapon (or shirt) might be useful in this situation if it ever occurs again.
Oh, and the walk? It went ok… although we did get rained on. The excitement level was maintained when we were stopped and asked for an interview (?!) by a reporter who was accosting early-morning dog walkers about the dog-food issue (You know… the one where dogs are dying from dog food.)
Fortunately, my sis had some very enlightening statements to make “Horrible! My dog is my BABY!” while I lurked in the background trying to avoid the bright light.
All in all, a very thrilling start to my Thursday.
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By Jennifer on Mar 22, 2007 | Reply
Ha, ha! At least he didn’t go out all nekkid!
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By Anonymous on Mar 22, 2007 | Reply
You make me sound soo intelligent. That was pretty hilarious, see- I didn’t need coffee before the walk with a jolt like that.
: )
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By Anonymous on Mar 23, 2007 | Reply
I’m going anonymous here for obvious reasons.
Years ago I used to sleep nude. One night we heard our neighbors’ sis coming home from a date. I got out of bed out of curiosity to see if they kissed or whatever. I was behind the window shade.
Well, a few seconds of peeping later, the window shade went up in a torrent of flapping and I had to dive for the floor.
I thought my wife would never stop laughing.
Oh yeah, she did stop laughing and divorced me years later.
You do know who I am Jenny, but not for now.
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By Jenny on Mar 23, 2007 | Reply
Anonymous commens are NOT ALLOWED on this blog. Now, reveal yourself! (well… metaphorically speaking, anyway)
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By The Queen of Shake-Shake on Mar 23, 2007 | Reply
Very funny! I too have witnessed my BIL in his underwear bright and early in the morning. The image is seared in my brain forever.
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By shizzknits on Mar 31, 2007 | Reply
I’m late to the party with this comment, but I lost a little iced tea thru my nose when I read this post. Too funny! I’m glad all turned out well in the long run. Your poor sister! LOL
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