mundanities

getting older, part eleventy: I hurt my back, probably by spending a day sewing for the first time in ages. I'm following the self-care instructions from my doctor's office and it's getting better but dammit i lost a night of sleep over it, probably because it's hard to change position while lying down. As the nurse noted while reviewing my chart, I'm really healthy, so this is upsetting me more than it would if it were routine. but it did force me to spend the day at home on C's birthday and that was ultimately quite nice.

meanwhile, my phone had been exhibiting signs of hardware failure. It's old enough that repair shops don't stock parts for it, but young enough that replacing (most of) its specs in a new phone is still around $500. but you know what's cheaper than a repair? buying the same model, new in box, on ebay. my only sadness is that I had to flash it with carrier firmware to get software updates. (yes, I could have rooted it or tried another firmware with Odin, but since my goal was to have an unchanged experience I'll live with the bloatware I know.) anyhoo, works fine. and the new one is gold, which I don't think was an option when I bought originally.