And now our last 30 day challenge comes to an end, with day 31 of a challenge that started on May 8 of last year. So, without further ado….
We started off a year and a half ago with a picture of me in Switzerland from 2005. Why not continue the theme and end with a picture of me in Belfast from September? Here I am at The Crown, one of the more famous pubs in Belfast, enjoying a hot whiskey in one of their closed off booths.
So this week had 2 things working against it: 1) My unexplained leg pain that followed me home from Belfast and 2) the problems getting the tracker to work following the battery change which managed to wipe out part of Wednesday and all of Thursday.
Well, I managed to get the tracker working again today. For some reason, taking the new battery out, blowing on the insides, and putting it back in got things going again. So, as a quick review, Sunday set an all-time high thanks to the Titanic museum and Monday and Tuesday mostly had work and drinking. Wednesday (ignoring the green) was pretty much even with the previous 2 days. Thursday got a bit of a bump thanks to a fire alarm, which meant going down and up 5 flights of stairs, plus an excursion out to Queens University. Friday had work, a trip out to Carrickfergus castle. Saturday was supposed to be a day of flying back to the US, but there was a last minute change of plans that kept me in Belfast for another day of shopping, pool, and walking around town.
The week in Belfast got off to a pretty good start with nearly 15,000 steps, and my largest single day total, thanks to a trip to the Titanic museum, followed by some shopping and drinking. Monday and Tuesday were decent days with work during the day and pubs at night. After that, I’m not sure what happened. I changed the battery in the tracker, which usually gets things going again, but so far there has been nothing for most of Wednesday through today. If this keeps up, I may need to try and get a new tracker. If the rest of the week does ever show up, I’ll post an update.
The week got off to a slow start as I recovered from being sick. Thursday put me back over the 5000 step goal thanks to bowling. Much of Friday was spent on the plane to Belfast. Saturday’s first day in Belfast included navigating the airport and customs and arriving at the hotel before our rooms were available.
Later on this afternoon, after a brief layover in New Jersey, I will be headed back to Northern Ireland for work. While I am there for the next week, we will have a special week-long edition of our All-Time White Sox countdown. Enjoy, and see you in about a week.