Brian and the kids were still in bed. The morning rain was sharp and cold. I had a lot on my mind and this was my opportunity to get some alone time. I put Rosie (our Golden Retriever) on the leash, grabbed my IPOD and left my phone behind. I didn’t want any texts, emails or calls. A morning run seemed like the perfect remedy.

We headed for the dog park. After a few laps, I decided to do one of my favorite Cross Fit workouts that I did in Thailand. After your warmed up, you run as fast as you can for two minutes. Then you do 25 lunges. And last but not least, you do 25 push ups. (anyone see where this is going? Push ups at a dog park?) You cycle this routine through four or five times for the whole workout.

Well, the first three times Rosie was next to me when I did my push ups. I told her to “SIT”, and she did every time. The last set…that time she was playing with another dog out in the field.

I dropped and started my last set of 25 push ups. I saw Rosie in the distance. She spotted me. I saw her running toward me, tongue hanging out, big old grin that only Goldens give. I figured she’d stop and wait for me to finish. I just kept doing my push ups, listening to my tunes when KABLAM! WHAM! BAM!

Rosie body slams my head!

She hit my head so hard that I flip from a push up position to landing straight on my back. Everything goes black. A slowly open my eyes to find her sitting next to me, tongue hanging out, panting, breathing hard, looking like she’s wondering when I’m going to get the heck up and keep playing.

My earphones…HELLO…my earphones are four feet away in the grass. She hit me so hard my earphones came flying out of my ears and IPOD and flew through the air!

But my favorite part is the fellow jogger. Oh yeah, a regular Einstein. Apparently, he had his back to me when the whole thing happened. But he had his two cents to give. I’m trying to get my balance and he says, “Well, that is what dogs do!” Really. Thanks.

Crazy part is that I didn’t bring my phone, so I couldn’t call Brian. Rosie and I still had to walk home, or fumble home, as the neighborhood spun in circles around me. Is that craziness or what?!

That is the full story folks! So yeah, when the doctor asked me what I was doing I got to say, “Push ups at the dog park.” You can imagine the look I got back. Can you blame him? 🙂

If you haven’t met Rosie yet, you MUST read this post from when we first got her.

She is much bigger now, mind you. Tack on 60 lbs to that photos. But the cat’s response is my favorite part of that whole post. It still makes me laugh! 😉

Thanks for playing yesterday! When I went to bed we had 74 comments! Your all getting warmed up to vote on a photo contest! I can just feel it! 🙂

Even though no one guessed the exact scenario people came close.

Who do you think should win? Your ideas were to good not to have a winner! What do you think (of the winner not me doing push ups in a dog park)?

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