Thanks to an excellent walk with my friend J, today’s stats are:

Jawbone: 12,700 steps (5.8 miles)      Fitbit: 13,581 steps (6.05 miles)

I don’t really have an explanation for the difference. Same person, same wrist, blah blah blah.

While walking and talking today, I thought about writing and blogging and what I am trying to do here. If it’s not clear already, I don’t necessarily know what I am doing. (Case in point: lack of visual pizazz.) 

Two themes emerged during this excellent walk: moving and perception. Y’see, I’ve been doing a lot of moving lately. Not just walking (because I haven’t really been doing enough of that), but actual moving. Three (oh my, or is it four?) weeks ago, my kids and I moved in with my boyfriend and his two boys. So we’ve moved towns. I’ve moved my relationship status. I’m often moved to tears. More blah blah blah. And perception – two devices looking at exactly the same situation see things differently (either that, or I am just reading way too much into this experiment). This is a theme for me in many ways, most pointedly at work. 

Speaking of which…the other day, someone noticed my two fitness trackers, and pointed out that fact to the assembled crowd. A good laugh was gotten when someone noted that I would probably use the one that gave me the better results. Um, no. That’s not it at all. Again: perception. (And a reminder that I need to keep moving.) I considered launching into an explanation of the whole thing, but instead, I curled up into my imaginary shell and waited until someone changed the subject. 

Going along with that moving theme, this is a big week for the Featherstone family. My son is “moving up” from 8th grade (yeah, it’s actually called a moving up ceremony) and my daughter will graduate from high school. Bring on the tissues.