Dodge Nitro; Death of a Pedometer

Yesterday I saw a Dodge Nitro while I was driving home from work. That is the first car on the road to have one of my airbags. I got that excited feeling where it feels like my heart went bungee jumping and sort of bounces around up and down in my chest before achieving equilibrium. The same feeling as when you see someone famous at the airport or in a store. Or when gorgeous strangers smile at you and acknowledge that you are staring at them.

I think I dropped my pedometer too many times because it doesn’t accurately record the number of steps I take anymore. That’s kinda sad – it lasted less than 2 weeks. Coincidentally, the health challenge at work (see posting on 10/6) ended yesterday. It lasted just over a week because that’s how long it took one of the teams of ten people to record 830,000 steps. Maybe my pedometer is smart (just like my mp3 player) and said “screw this” and just shut down as soon as the competition was over. I didn’t even get around to calibrating it. I had planned to go out to a high school track and do quarter mile laps at 4 different paces to see what the step counts were for each. Oh well. RIP Cheapo Pedometer. It was fun while it lasted.