Hey, malfunctioning furnace twins with Theo! Yay?

Tech is coming at 3p. Ours turns on then immediately shuts down.

It's not too cold out yet, so not a huge problem, except the water, of course. Glad I showered last night before going out to dinner. And that I work from home, ha!

If only I could work from home, but that's not going to happen.

BUT, the plumber is the same guy from last time, so he's been into the innards of the furnace before, and has now ID'd the problem with the internal fuses, so he's gone out to fetch some new ones. In the meantime, the house is heating up. If I knew he was going to be a little while longer to get back, I'd take a quick shower.

cereal: Furnace twins for the win, JenP.

Today in my corner of Texas, the high is going to be 69 degrees, not 90. This is very exciting.

Furnace twins for the win, JenP.

High-five.

Dana - why, that's almost Richmond weather!

Good luck with the furnace fixes!

I had to turn my heat on this morning, it was 43°F out when I woke up. The cats are now covering the floor vent in my office, so everything seems to be working as intended.

Oh! We have a water heater. That's nice.

ETA: One of my cats is sitting directly in front of the space heater.

It has warmed up here enough that I can open the window. It's really nice to have the window open.

Im excited that just as our weather is finally turning to typical Seattle, I am flying to the east coast for a week, where it will be 80 degrees on one of the days I’m there (?!?). No idea what to pack. Lows of 45 and highs of 80? I’ll be dancing, and working, and maybe running, and sitting watching soccer which if it’s in the sun could be boiling? But after sun sets, v cold?

I've been stressed and depressed lately, and that has manifested (in part) with me not exercising.

Going back to 2019 when I focused on losing weight to deal with my sciatica, I was running as often as 6 days a week, and kept it at 4 or 5 days a week through the pandemic and Jacqueline's illness (where running was a refuge).

Since last year though it's slowed down to 3 or 4 days a week, and after this summer 1 or 2 days a week, and I hadn't run at all for several weeks recently.

And not only have I put weight back on, but I'm getting early symptoms of the sciatica again.

When EM was here the other day we talked about that dynamic of waking up, ready and resolute to exercise and then...not. You start scrolling or getting sucked into videos or whatnot and you piss away your window.

So this morning, I woke up and was resolute....and then started all the bad habits, so I forced myself out of bed and out the door by 9:30 and got my run in.

Also, I did an Accountable Text to EM and she responded that she had gotten up that morning to do her walk.

So I'm here to say it's helpful to have an exercise buddy, someone you are accountable to that motivates you to get moving.

And I encourage everybody to get up and move their body today, in whatever way they prefer. Get some steps in. Get on the bike. Go swimming. Just go for a walk.