Monday, July 11, 2011

Criminal Mind

I have recently discovered Criminal Minds.  I'm a bit shocked I haven't been watching this from the very beginning because A. it's a crime show and B. the early years starred Mandy Patinkin, whom I adore.  Regardless, I think in the past few weeks, I'm about caught up, thanks to numerous marathons on ION, AE and good ol DVR. (and clearly no life).
Other than becoming even more of a homebody than I already am, this show has had another dangerous effect (affect?  I never get that one right) on me.  The other day I went running on a new (new to me) bike path.  I'm always nervous running on a new path by myself, but due to the insane amount of hours spent catching up on the BAU (Behavioral As I was running, I saw a little girls bike randomly parked near the woods.  Curious.  I slowed down to a slower pace and began looking around a bit - no one else was on the path with me.  I took my headphones off so I could listen for sounds as I scoped the woods while I ran.  I noticed a man walking leisurely towards me and noted everything about his appearance.  I finally decided to turn back because I had seen a cop parked on the side of the road.  And I thought there is no reason this bike should be parked on the edge of the woods by itself.  I kind of knew I was being ridiculous, so I just jogged my regular pace back, but I just kept thinking that if something was wrong, I would feel horrible if I hadn't done something.  As I got close to my car, I saw two other girls my age on bikes.  I stopped them to see if they knew anything and they had seen a family ahead of them with a little girl and saw them park the bike b/c the girl was tired.  So all was good, and I would've felt ridiculous if I'd gone to the cop and said something....
But - wouldn't you do the same thing?  Would you have taken a chance on a little girl being in danger and let it be?  Or would  you have said something to the cop just in case?  It sucks that I'm such a paranoid person b/c I know I overreact sometimes, but I can't help it! 
Anyway...all is good. But I'm kind of thinking that when I move into my new apartment - by myself - I may have to give up my new found Criminal Minds.  Boo.

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