The year 2022? Humbug! On top of all the loss and pain in my personal life this year, winter storm Elliott made travel ill-advised when we planned to drive to Ohio for a long holiday weekend. Mr. Scrooge was set to appear among perfect strangers on a community center indoor track in Westerville. Then all was bescumbered* with a positive COVID test among the Ohio family. So, just like that, we had to stay in frozen-over KC. I couldn’t gather courage enough to go to an indoor gym in town where people might recognize me, and even at the day’s high, the wind chill was in single digits. I made it all of 15 minutes before I despaired of keeping all my fingers when I layered up and tried to run at the downtown airport. “The Treadmill… (was) in full vigour,” albeit covered in laundry like everyone’s, so I got in a couple more miles at home. Humbug, I say. At least I got to listen through the soundtrack and most of the score of “Spirited,” a fun take on the classic tale.
Playlist (Spotify)
Playlist (Apple Music)
*bescumbered = covered in ?