i say OOOOH you say AAAH

while trying to squeeze my daily portion of cardio in, before it became "hands down" too late to run rather than "i guess it's not too late yet" to run, i was zoning out somewhere on the 6700 block of pasado. something caught my eye about 5 feet ahead of me and off to the side, squirrelling around in the mess of cars. i neared it, thinking it was trash or something usual like that when a HUGE FUCKING RAT darted out infront of me. the body, alone, by which i mean without the tail, was at least a foot long, and i say that modestly.

i jumped higher than the alotted jump that a run allows and swerved, trying to avoid some sort of rabid encounter, and nearly feel over, not to mention kinda twisting one of my ankles (which the pain went away, thank goodness, by the time i got to the end of the 6600 of dp), and generally made a fool out of myself.

the car behind me slowed down, rolled down its windows, and kept pace with me. they remarked about the size of the rat, but mostly laughed at my reaction to the rodent crossing my path.

yeah. that was really funny.