In all my born days, [about 29,200 not counting infant years and knee replacements] I have never before walked in falling snow two days in a row! The snow stopped when I got home from walking yesterday, and the sun is shining now today. Still, snow hit my face as I walked, and that made it count.

My daughters and I have the app Life360, and I told them they could always look at their phones to see if I happened to be out. I eagerly looked after I got home, planning to post the recorded map. It didn’t work today! I’ll show you what it looked like yesterday when I went the full mile. Despite the picture, I was on the same small road coming and going.

Today it gave an address I walk by and recorded my trip in writing – 8:06 am – 8:10 am (3 min). Although I walked half an hour, I got credit for only a tenth of that! What on earth did it think I was doing? Making angels in the snow?? Idly chatting with a neighbor in very cold weather? Did the phone protest being in my pocket where it was much warmer than the rest of me? Surely it wasn’t taking a long smoke break! It must have taken a nap. Sleeping on the job!!