Losing a part of me

I consumed more than I should have yesterday, but I also exercised. I completed a 10km walk outside, and while my pace is not what it was when I was at it every day, it was also not as bad as it once was. Only four of the ten kilometres was under 10m00s, but only one of them (the last kilometre when I was cooling down) was over 10m15s. I did stop off a couple of times (once to take a phone call, once to go into the store to buy a bottle of water which I had forgotten to bring, and once to say hello to a dog and to share some water with him), but other than that I kept going. I am proud of myself for getting back to it.

It was my initial plan after writing this entry to head out to try to repeat the feat – or at least to just get out and take a good walk – but I realized I am having network issues at home. I ended up spending the last hour working on my Wi-Fi setup because it is bad enough when I have issues on the weekend, but if I should have lag or downtime during the week when I am supposed to be teaching… well, that is just not an acceptable situation.

After paying my overdue bill (my Internet provider has this ridiculous policy that sometimes they do not send you the bill, but it is your responsibility to pay that bill anyways) I was able to speak with technical support, who assured me that there was nothing wrong with my modem/router. I told her there was, and that my knowledge of my experience with the quantifiable metrics supersedes the checkbox on her dashboard that says it is working properly. She told me that they would have to schedule a service call, but when I asked if I could just bring the modem to their store, she confirmed they would replace it for me. Phew.

Okay, so despite everything else that I was hoping to do today, this takes precedence. I will head out now, and hopefully I will be able to get back with enough time to head out for a walk before the rain starts.

Have a great day folks!