Cars may be useful, I won’t argue with that. In this day and age, most people really can’t go by without their own private means of transportation – especially those who live in suburban areas. But all the while, cars are terribly addictive. Most people seem to altogether stop walking when they get a car. You may argue you’re different from everyone else, but when you get into the habit of sitting behind a wheel, you’ll easily find yourself too lazy to walk anywhere. And you know what’s the big problem about that? Once you lose the habit of walking, your health really starts going downhill.

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So, what happened (you got that right, something did happen to bring about this rant) was that today my car went out of gas (not my fault, really – the meter seems to be broken), and I found myself in stuck way out the middle of a desolate road. Filled with bravado, I decided I’d simply walk to the nearest gas station… which happen to be about 5 miles back. Then I hoped I would get a ride back to the car, but it just didn’t happen.

I pretty much spent all morning walking around, and now I need a really good foot bath. And I really need to start losing the habit of driving around all the time! To think that I mashed up my feet so bad by walking about 10 miles… that’s just lame. When I was younger (and full of grace) I ran much longer than that and I never felt this tired.