9:21-9:43AM 21 minutes, 15 seconds Pedometer says 2763 steps, or .87 miles.

That corresponds with both the red and the blue pedometers on their good days. The one day this new one registered the walk as half a mile, I don’t believe it was moving well. If the waistband on whatever jeans/shorts/track pants that I’m wearing isn’t just so, the pedometer does not want to play. The beauty of this new beastie is that I can push the talking button in between songs and get some clear idea if it’s on track and recording correctly or not.

2.06 BBC – Ming Tea (Austin Powers)
4.40 Atomic – Blondie (Eat to the Beat)
4.05 With a Shout – U2 (October)
3.18 God, Pt. 2 – U2 (Rattle & Hum)
3.00 Sloop John B – Beach Boys (Pet Sounds)
3.18 Fall at Your Feet – Crowded House (Woodface)
.48/2.38 I Knew the Bride (when she used to Rock n Roll) – Dave Edmunds (A Pile of Rock Live)

Woke up melancholy. The particularly vivid dream involving Rachael Ray being the only person who could save the world from demon infected zombies didn’t help. I’m less and less a RR fan, and I’m absolutely not into horror flicks particularly. I liked Shaun of the Dead; the humour leavened out the horror for me. Still a surprisingly touching movie that one. I don’t seek out horror at the cinema, so not a delightful dream to start the day.

Then I forgot (ahhh!) to say Happy Birthday to Jeff after forgetting (aaaaahhh!) to say it as we moved into his birthday last night. My only (feeble) excuse is that we went to his brother/SIL/niece’s place on Saturday night for cake and presents, and then out with his Mum and Dad last night for dinner and presents, so my brain half thought we’d done the birthday thing. bugger. (We are doing work cake and card for him, which I’m picking up today. It’s not forgetting if you get it on the day, right??)

Then while walking along briskly, I kicked the body of a small dead bird which made me sad, and walked past a dead garter snake upside down, which made me sadder. Garter snakes flip upside down to pretend that they’re dead, to avoid trouble. Doesn’t work with cars, poor little thing.

The song shuffles were all on the bittersweet side too.

Sigh.

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