Lately I have not been going on the evening walk as much as I used to. It’s been hot, and I’ve been lazy. But more to the point, my radio was broken, and I don’t like going for a walk without my radio to keep me company in the evening.

I had thought my radio had beat the dust. I dozen or so times, I had thought about chucking it in a campfire in the woods, and gotten rid of it. But like many times before, I took it back apart, and was able to clean up the contacts enough to get it working again.

I probably should have either fixed my radio sooner or bought a new one. I had previously tried fixing the radio to no luck, but maybe letting it sit for a while, and really scrubbing the contacts did the trick.

Getting back to the evening walk is a good thing. I’ve been doing it occasionally, but not enough, and I can tell I’ve put on some weight over the summer. My jeans are tighter, and I just feel heavier. The stress of the car crash certainly didn’t help.

But now that I have my radio working again, I am more committed to doing the evening walk, every night that it’s not oppressively hot or I’m not out on the town.