Walking in the rain with no one to love. Well, 2:30 PM on a rainy Monday. Yes, I live in a world of heavily frosted glass, but I just returned from our one-hour daily trip to a Rec yard.

There are five separate fenced in areas, and today we were in Yard Five. It is sort of triangular in shape with the buildings forming two sides of the triangle and the third side overlooking the courthouse parking lot.

For those of you not so gentle readers that thought I had it too well, I am now living a much-reduced lifestyle. Today's walk in the rain was not at all like a previously mentioned walk.

First of all, I am wearing cheap, government-issued Velcro strap sneakers, size 13. My normal size, or should I say my correct size, is 11 EEEEEE, and these size 13's are actually too small!

Unfortunately, they actually affect my back too. So here is a tip: if you have back problems, check your feet for their true size, and make sure your shoes fit properly. It has to do with that all-important arch. If it is in the wrong place, back pain can be the result.

But despite it all, I still walked for the full hour. Alas another thing I am missing is a radio, and therefore have no access to NPR. I have now been one week and three days without it.

I also have not had my favorite and brain-feeding mackerel and rice. I said earlier that perhaps you all might be able to tell the lack of "brain food," but I can certainly notice the difference.

So here I sit with no NPR, no mackerel, no vitamins, and no Diet Coke. And only one very thin blanket and a sleeping environment that varies from very cold to sweltering hot.

Oh yeah, one other thing I still have not been issued is an inhaler for my asthma.
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