Friday, June 2, 2023

Blood donation

 Consider this a PSA

..as a result of a Pretty Stupid Act of mine.

It doesn't matter if you're running through a major metropolitan city.

Like Kitchener, Ontario for example

That has wonderful paved trails

Like the Iron Horse Trail

It doesn't matter how nice the scent of phlox is on the air

Or how abundant it may be

If you find a bit of singletrack through some woods

There will be mosquitoes

If you try to run from them

Which is advisable, since they can apparently fly faster than I can walk

..then there is always the risk of going splat.

..and possibly landing in a pile of broken branches.

If you're lucky, there will be some fuzzy little ducklings on the way back to distract you

Because of course you'll hurt yourself at the furthest point from your end destination

..but there is a non-zero chance you'll have to debride your wounds with nothing but alcohol prep pads

..and patch yourself up with dollar store plasters.

If you're especially lucky, you'll get to explain it to all your coworkers, too.

The icing on the cake

Be safe out there, folks!


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