christmas run/walk

ok, so....i decided to go with my spouse at 10:00 am this morning to the annual xmas walk/run that begins in front of a friend's house in rolling meadows.....because my spouse assured me that walkers would be there.....he named names, and so it never occurred to me that there would be no walkers.....not even somebody who would decide to walk instead of run.....and so i walked for 30 minutes with my hat pulled down over my face, because i felt so conspicuously NOT from the rolling meadow/indian hills area......given that it was christmas morning, i had no fears that anybody would construe me as a villain casing the collective joint...but still.....the few cars that did go buy gave me the you don't live around here once-over as they passed slowly by.......the runners were not back when i finished with my long loop...and so i sat on the front steps and petted the host's cat...until a runner's spouse walked by with her mother and her brother-in-law (visibly winded from their agonizingly slow pace.)...and so i joined them for another loop....nice to catch up with folks i only see on occasion......and one who knew exactly why i was in her neighborhood......and who apologized for not being there earlier to walk......