A few weeks ago, The Bandito bought me a little gadget called a Fitbit. It’s a pedometer, altimeter, cheerleader, pocket watch of fun. It counts your steps throughout the day, the hills/flights of stairs you take and shows how many calories you burn. At night you can put it in a little wristband and it will monitor your sleep for you. I sleep an average of six hours a night and wake up a minimum of 12 times.
The Bandito got his own Fitbit, too. We linked to each other on Fitbit’s Web site so we can see the progress the other makes. I have a natural advantage over him, though. My job requires a lot of movement, a lot of running up and down the stairs and even gives me time to bounce around in place, which may be considered cheating.
I usually love getting up on Sunday mornings and walking a four-mile loop through our neighborhood. I haven’t made it out the door yet on this Sunday morning — it is bitterly cold and gray out right now and I’ve just eaten a handful of chocolate chips. So, already the excuses.
I also walk the loop on Monday mornings, but I like to wait for work and school traffic to clear out. The neighborhood sleeps during my Sunday walks and it’s just me and my iPod for as long as I want it to be.
These walks get their own playlists, of course. I usually try to throw together a new one on Saturday nights. I didn’t get to that last night, either. But, of course, I have to get up at 2:30 a.m. on Saturdays for work, so I fully expect Saturdays to be shot all to hell. And they are.
I love a playlist, though, and I thought, because I talk so much about music here, that I would share an honest-to-god Sunday-morning playlist with you. Maybe it’ll get you moving. Maybe you’ll share a song I hadn’t thought of. Maybe you’ll realize I’m not as cool as I think I am.
Playlist: 1.3 (January 3)
I Gotta Feeling/The Black Eyed Peas
Before You Go/Sarah Jaffe
Sydney (I’ll Come Running)/Brett Dennen
You Make My Dreams/Daryl Hall & John Oates
Where Is My Mind/Pixies
Kids/MGMT
King of Diamonds/Motopony
That’s Not My Name/The Ting Tings
Oh, Goddammit/ Hot Hot Heat
Growing Up With GNR/Aqueduct
Shake It Out/Florence & The Machine
Walcott/Vampire Weekend
Janglin/Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
