Tuesday, June 3, 2008

latitude and longitude

I found it. I found the exact position of happiness today, on planet Earth and it just happened to be Owensboro at the very moment I arrived there.
Let me back up. The day started gray and threatening rain all morning. Everyone at work asked each person walking in if it was raining yet. When I left my dungeon, to my surprise, it was sunny, warm, and the wind was blowing enough to completely muss your hair. Perfect.
I raced home in the car, ate the top of a blueberry muffin, and my ass hit the gel-cushion seat of my bike. I started in the direction of the Greenbelt, a paved path through Owensboro. After a brief time on the trail I realized today was one of those days that I did not need a given path. I was following some other sense. I found myself going out Carter Road, which has a steady incline that peaks at the overpass. I was tired so I stopped. And there it was. It was maybe 6 P.M. at the sun was burning it's way home for bed. On either side of me were countless cars speeding at approximately 70 mph. The wind was vortexing me. My hair blew across my scalp in all directions. This warmth overwhelmed me. It was like when you open an oven and the heat hits your face. This heat was just the right temperature, though. The clouds were spread across the sky like pulled cotton. My shirt was unbuttoned and the breeze sneaked in and cooled the sweat across my back. I was exactly where I was supposed to be at that moment. I sat there on my bike thanking someone. I biked for another half an hour, but nothing close to the feeling of being at the latitude and longitude of a perfect day.