The Williamsburg Cougars

Who knew that my main man Rob would be the main focus of this blog.  I mean, I realize that he is dedicated to make this thing a success by taking one for the team last week in the below freezing temperatures, but for two weeks in a row he has come up big in providing me with excellent material to expand on.

This Saturday was a perfect Saturday for jogging, at least for the winter season.  The weather was great, and our presence happened to be graced by three great up and coming elementary education majors (Naomi, Kim, and Rachel) and a mile jogging machine (Nick).  We decided to take a tour of Dogstreet, the heart and soul of Colonial Williamsburg.  Finally, after five years of being a resident I was taking a tour of the beginnings of our great country.  Yea, that's pretty sad, but I never expected that there was so much action going down in the historic town, and boy do I mean historic.

Let me just get to the juice of the matter.  Last week, Rob's shoes, the Nike Trainer 1.2 Mid Hyperfuse, caught the eye of a young lady who unfortunately was too shy to attempt to meet the guy with the fire shoes.  This week, however, there was no shyness at all.  It all began with a tough decision to split our group up.  With the guys attempting to jog at a much faster pace than the ladies, an attempt that didn't last too long at all.  Last week, our decisions didn't place us perfectly to meet young ladies, but boy did this choice ever help us meet someone.  As the guys stopped to take a break the ladies caught up to us and informed us that some ladies thought we were cute.  And as this break ended up being for quite a minute, as we pondered on our next route, those ladies happened to catch up.

This is when it gets good!! They didn't think WE were cute.  They were only bedazzled by Rob and his bumbling yellow shoes.  The funny thing is, these weren't the kind of ladies you would hope to find pursuing yourself as a young college student taking a jog.  Let's just say they were...a little older.  Anyway, one lady in particular, with her orange walking stick and HD sunglasses, seemed to like young Robbie a little too much.  She said he looked like a nice bumble bee in his yellow sneaks and continued to inquire about other issues of colorful shoes.   Her and her friend left us after a couple minutes and we had our chance to giggle.  Fortunately we were able to meet up again, and Rob's friend assumed that he was chasing her.  I guess she was just trying to relive her glory days before the orange walking stick and HD glasses.  I'm sure she was a fine young lady.

On a much more serious note, we all met up at Aroma's once again for a snack and a chance to get to know each other a little more.  And once again I left disappointed, this time with a parfait, which I should have known I wouldn't enjoy.  In the meantime, we learned that nowadays people still have friendships that are unconditional.  It is nice to know that there is still enough hospitality to go around in the world to promise a couch and some comfort to a friend no matter what stage of life they're in.  Some friends are willing to follow a dream to California, even though the next turn may be unexpected.  Maybe not the best idea, but...

In conclusion, I want to give a shout out to one of my favorite people in the William and Mary elementary cohort, Kim Lincoln.  Who knew that someone I shared the smallest freshman dorm on campus with and never even talked to once would be one of my best friends now.  It is amazing the people that you pass up on meeting for whatever the reason during your lifetime.  Not because you choose to, but due to circumstances and scheduling.  I didn't even know I had met Kim before we started the program.  Now I'm sitting enjoying breakfast with her trying to convince her not to go teach in Maryland, just because I don't want to go back to that wretched state .  Anyway, take a chance and open up to someone who you wouldn't expect to be a great friend. You never know what may happen.  And it's easier to get out of something bad than it is something good.