These days, my favorite part of the day is exercising with Mei. In the late afternoon when it's not too hot, we walk to the high school (about 2.5 miles), I run laps by myself, we walk laps together, and then we walk back home. Going outside with Mei is sort of like taking a hyper but very well-trained talking dog for a walk. She randomly bursts into running sprints, but as soon as she goes out of my line of vision, she'll stop and wait for me to catch up, and then walk with me till she feels like running again. She's attracted to fire hydrants (but she jumps over them instead of peeing on them, thank goodness) and shiny objects. And if I have to go in a store to use the restroom or something, she'll wait dutifully for me outside, totally reminding me of those cute obedient dogs you see waiting for their masters outside of restaurants.
Yesterday when we were leaving the track, she was complaining to me about how she doesn't like running into her classmates outside of school. "It's just so embarrassing!" she kept saying when I asked her why. "I mean, I associate those people with school, so if I see them outside of school, it's really weird. I don't know what to talk about, it's just really awkward, and I guess mostly if I see someone, I'll just try to avoid--HI JEFFREY!!!" And then she gives a huge wave to some guy in her grade who happens to be walking to the parking lot. He waves back and quickly escapes into his car.
Haha! Ridiculous girl.
The best song to make you want to run like the wind, or in Mei's case, shimmy: Krazy by Pitbull. It makes me SO happy!
