The Week #291

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  • 🚗 I was wrong about the heater. There was heat coming out, but it couldn't get away from the heater, so despite the room being 16 degrees, it thought it was already at temp and 23 degrees. Turns out there was a chunk of plastic that I didn't notice had a slot for and it needed to be pushed back in, a bit embarrassing.

    But not as embarrassing as  when the repairman slipped when ringing my doorbell, sending the pointy end of his ladder into my car door, causing scratches and a gash in the metal... 🫠 The dealer will fix it (and his insurance will cover it), but it's going to mean replacing the entire body panel. The staff told me that the colors won't match exactly, so I assume my newish car is going to look like it came from a chop shop (probably not actually the case, but still).
  • ⌚️ I got my Apple Watch in 2020 and blogged about what my hopes and dreams for having it would be. For the most part, it's lived up to all of those. The watch is coming up on 6 years of everyday use. I need to charge it twice a day (once in the morning, once before bed, and don't stay out too late).

    For battery life sake, I've always had the screen off by default and it's supposed to turn on when I raise my wrist. But I feel like it only does that half of the time. Little annoyances are adding up where I think it's time to replace it. While I had been mulling about getting a cellular connected Apple Watch for a while (theory being I could go out without my cellphone and still be connected), but reality is I am going to take my cellphone with me because it's far easier to control music/podcasts on it. And I don't want to charge something everyday, or even every week.

    This week I wore my Casio G-Shock for the first time since getting my Apple Watch...and I kind of loved it. It's still on the original battery, it's easy to read. It's just a watch.

    I think I will switch back to it for a while and only use my Apple Watch when I'm running and sleeping. After a month or so if I still feel like it, I may pickup a Casio GBD200 so I can at least track steps / runs. 2-year battery life and less than 1/3 of the cost of an Apple Watch.