You swing those arms! You go, girl!

As I was running this evening, thinking about life, my future, my present, my goals, my dreams, and various other unimportant running thoughts, something awesome happened.

Now keep in mind, this is all happening at the end of my very long week, the evening of a very long Friday.  I am tired from work, tired of work, tired from life, tired of life in Thailand, and just plain tired.  And then it happened.

As my iPod played the same 8 songs I run to every day through my right ear, my left ear pod is broken, "California Gurls" came on.  For those of you that don't know, "California Gurls" is by Katy Perry and features Snoop Dogg.  I have learned every word by heart, and no, I'm not entirely proud of it.  But tonight, as the song went in one ear and out the other, and my thoughts floated somewhere in between, the whole world clicked.

I was running with pep in my step, my back wasn't hurting, and as the song hit the chorus...

California girls

We're unforgettable

Daisy Dukes

Bikinis on top

Sun-kissed skin

So hot

Will melt your popsicle

Oooooh Oh Oooooh

California girls

We're undeniable

Fine, fresh, fierce

We got it on lock

West coast represent

Now put your hands up

Oooooh Oh Oooooh

 ..... the woman walking in front of me on the path started swaying her arms.  As in perfect Thai style, swaying arms and swinging hips is considered fitness.  And walking while doing both is supahhh fitness.  So, as the Thai woman swung her hips and flung her arms about, I continued to run, watching in amazement as she did it all in perfect sync with the song.  It was all too amazing.

And this was no in-sync-turn-signal-situation.  You know what I mean, when you are stopped at a light, and the person in front of you has his blinker on that is perfectly in time with yours, but after a few clicks you are out of sync again?  No way, Jose.  She just kept swinging and swaying, and she stayed in perfect rhythm.  I slowed down my run just to see how long it would last!

Pretty lame story, I know.  But it sure did put a smile on my face.

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