Mud

For my PE class this semester I have to keep up an exercise plan. I get it done through force of will more than anything else, but today I thought that to ensure my aerobic portion was complete, I would take a hike through the trails. Unbeknownst to me, they had redone many of the trails, and worsened by the constant rain, the newly cleared byways were in a sad state of slick and sticky mud. I was able to avoid the trails for the most part, and blazed my own path. Right at the end, within 50 feet of good hard ground, I surrounded myself with mud and there was no place to go but down. I hope my shoes can forgive me.