these boots are(n't?) made for walking

trouble has a way of finding you, no matter where you are in life


one of the major benefits of not having a car is the simplicity it allows: can i walk/bus/bike/hitch a ride there? if not, then i don't go. no car repairs to deal with, no insurance or car payments or paying for parking. all things considered, it's a great way to live


the only problem is when your footwear starts failing...


my boots have started to come apart. that's no huge deal, except that they're practically brand new (less than a month old). and the reason i bought these in the first place is because two other pairs simultaneously self-destructed, leaving me in a tenuous travel situation for a short while. i plan on exchanging this pair (i still have the receipt), but i hate to walk in there with a dirty, wet, and smelly pair of boots right after work and ask to exchange them for a new pair (assuming they have something in stock that is functional and that fits).


i thought transportation cares and concerns were supposed to evaporate without having a car... apparently i was wrong. but that's ok. i do have footwear, even if it's no longer waterproof because it's coming apart. actually, i have several pairs of boots/shoes/sneakers (all in various states of disrepair), which is far more than the majority of the world's population has available to them

back in black

my computer is back up and running once again… i don’t know exactly what was wrong with it, except that they checked off the “repair circuit board” box on the repair diagnostic sheet. fortunately it was still under warranty, otherwise i’m sure it would have been an expensive problem to fix. as it was, it ended up being nothing more than a minor inconvenience

i learned a lot about myself during the month and change that i was without my laptop, most of which i’m still processing. all in all, i think it was a good thing to learn to go without yet another “necessity.” sometimes removing something from your life for a time gives you a much clearer picture of both its qualities and its faults (the same could be said for people too, it seems)

the wanderlust is starting to get to me… this is quite possibly the longest that i’ve gone without leaving the state in several years

tomorrow is going to be a snowshoeing extravaganza. i can't wait