Closed on Thursday's

Some of you have asked why I am closed on Thursdays, and just the other day I was reminded as to why I am. Though there are several reasons, one seems to stand out more than others.

I wanted to go to REI, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Best Buy … all on Barrett Parkway. Because of my schedule, I decided to go on Saturday, thinking it wouldn’t be too bad. They are all near each other, “I can just zip over after work and be out of there quickly” I thought. Boy was I wrong! The traffic was unreal, I had a hard time finding a parking space at REI, and it took about 10 minutes just to drive across the street to get to Best Buy. Unfortunately, they did not have what I needed, so I had to go to Radio Shack at the mall. So, I deal with the traffic and get to the mall, only to find out that Radio Shack is no longer in the mall. AAHH! So, I went to Sears, since I was right there, I thought maybe they’d have what I needed. Well, they didn’t, but luckily the sales man was nice and told me to go to Radio Shack. I didn’t want to tell him that was what I had tried to do, yet fortunately he told me they moved to the intersection of Hwy 41 and Barrett Pkwy. Great I thought, now I can get this wire that I so badly needed (and yes, I needed it before Sunday morning), but err….that meant getting back on Barrett Parkway again!

So, I did and slowly made my way to Radio Shack, got my wire, and went home. I truly think I spent more time in my car than I did in any of the stores during that adventure. That moment further confirmed why I am closed on Thursday’s…. so I can run my errands on those days, when traffic is much less, thus less stress. On Thursday’s, I can go to the post office, the bank, get my hair cut, shopping, or whatever else I need to do and I don’t have to worry about weekend traffic.

Lately, another nice thing about being closed on Thursday’s is that I can do my “long run”. As many of you know, I am training for a marathon and part of the training is long training runs. So, today I went out and ran for three hours….yup, a leisurely 3-hour jog on a Thursday morning (at Kennesaw Mountain). As long as that may seem, it does feel good once it is over, and will help me prepare for this race.

So, in case anyone wondered why I am closed on Thursday’s, to me those are two great reasons.