An interesting hobbie...

I like walks. I particularly enjoy walking between the hours of 1am and 5am. I like to walk through a nice quiet neighborhood, down the middle of the street, and just enjoy the fresh air, and the silence. I sometimes try to sort out the day, or a current issue in my life…or even pray, but more often then not, I find that my mind really just empties out while I walk. It’s almost a relief not to have all the noise that is normally in my head…(and by noise, I’m not referring to creepy voices). It seems like there’s always something going on in my head, be it working out problems, re-playing past situations in my head to see what I could have done better, trying out different scenarios from every angle to see how I and other people would respond…even fantasizing about amazing adventures, full of danger and excitement. It’s nice, sometimes, just to get away from it all, and walk around in the dark, exploring, getting lost, and finding my way home again. I’ve covered 7 to 8 miles before, walking for 2-3 hours a night…I’ve run across very interesting animals; Scores of bunnies, a family of raccoons, a skunk, strange night birds, bats, beetles, and bullfrogs. The nature woven into a city is fascinating. I feel, often, after taking these walks, and coming home, and crashing in my bed, that I’m just walking to avoid thinking. I don’t want to think about what I feel I ought to be doing…
”ought”…what a strange word, from a strange world…

I’m afraid this won’t make much sense to the casual reader, but it is all I have to offer for now. Thanks for reading.

Until next time,

-Hudsonja