Thursday 01/08/2026
First thing was to walk up to the new doctors’ place for a blood draw. Appointment at 8am, so walking from 7:30, and no breakfast of course. Stopped at Starbucks on the way back.
No sooner back than, about 10, Joanne texts suggesting we go for a walk. So we do, across the creek to Cafe Zoe. And back.
I have a sandwich in my room and a short nap, and then decide to do a round of the machines in the gym. Not back from that very long when I get an email from Marcia about the lecternette (sound system) on the 11th floor, which she plans to use on Saturday. I decide to go check it out and I find that the power cord is not working. Or intermittent. I get some tools and take this cord, which is a 15-foot extension that was bodged into the system by some prior resident a decade ago, off, and take it to the shop on the 5th floor and take it apart. I expected to find a break where the cord comes out of the box, but no, eventually I prove that the intermittent open is in the molded plug. So the only answer is to go to the hardware store and buy another 15-foot 3 wire extension and replace the old cord. But the hardware store is a mile away. Other days I might walk. Today I’ve already got nearly 5 miles in, so no. I drive.
I finish the repair job about 5 and I am bushed. I take a can of beer and go down to the dining room and treat myself to a burger, fries and my beer.
5.4 miles, 12,800 steps. And a gym round. I think maybe I go to bed early.
Codgerville 