I accidentally cleaned my closet floor. I was looking for a sock. I had one hiking sock in view but could not see its mate. I needed them to go for my walk at Lady Bird Lake. It was cold, around 28 degrees, and I wanted to wear my warm hiking boots. I wasn’t interested in freezing my little tootsies off on a 4-mile walk, so I didn’t want to wear my running shoes; they are, by nature, breezy.

Downtown Austin at dawn, from Lady Bird Lake

To wear my hiking boots, I needed my hiking socks, as in both of them. That led me to pick up everything, layer by layer, up off the closet floor. Oh, I finally found the missing sock but not before I had re-shelved shorts, jeans and sweatshirts, swept the floor and arranged all the shoes.

It wasn’t what I had planned for my Sunday, but I reaped the benefits of my efforts as I walked 4 miles on Lady Bird Lake in freezing temperatures with warm feet.

(I felt like a 7-layer dip with the way I was dressed, but other than my split lip from the freezing dry air, I didn’t have any problems with the cold.)