change of plan

The absolute cheapest and easiest option for me for dealing with my building's planned blackout this coming weekend is simply to sleep through the blackout. I don't normally go to sleep at 11:30 p.m., though, so that might be problematic. And with the blackout, I won't have air conditioning, so it'll be an uncomfortable sleep at best.

I mention this stay-at-home option because I took a longish walk last night and ended up with a very achy right foot. This has been happening more and more frequently, and it's not because I'm gaining weight: my weight has been stable for the past few months. I suspect it's my poor shoes, which I've managed to walk to death since I purchased them in Virginia last summer. It's been a whole year, which means hundreds upon hundreds of miles of walking, despite not doing a cross-country trek. So I need to get a new pair of New Balance walkers, and I might also want to see a podiatrist about orthotics.

As was true during my 2017 walk, the ache in my feet tends to go away while I'm walking. It returns in force, though, once I stop and rest: the pain flares up, and the mere act of walking across my apartment becomes a chore.

So I don't think I'm going to attempt the round-trip walk to Bundang and back. I might still decide to train out somewhere and sleep in a hotel overnight, just to have access to A/C. But that means money, and I'm trying not to spend myself dry this year, given that I'm on the final lap of paying down my scholastic debt.

I'll make a decision within 48 hours, but right now, I'm leaning toward suffering through a night without air conditioning. It's only a single night.