gosh darn it

 No, there's nothing wrong with the new modem, it's still just fine.

 It's that I realized something, and while it's good for my health and mobility, it means another chunk of my very limited "free time" gets eaten up every other day or so.

I had gone a couple weeks without doing the PT stretches - I had evening meetings, I felt meh, I got the vaccine and felt more meh, I wanted time to "I WANT TO DO WHAT I WANT TO DO" (as Muffin Heeler would say). 

But I kept getting stiffer and sore-r and wondered if that was my reality now. But Sunday evening I decided to do them again. And then Monday I woke up without pain. I was still getting around well today. So I decided: okay, every other day, or every third day at the least, I need to make myself do this. 

Part of the problem, I think, is my hamstrings are very tight, and if I don't keep working on them they affect my gait, and they lead to my hips hurting. And having my gait thrown off means that I'm more likely to slightly hyperextend my knee, which is what makes it hurt. 

So I did it again this evening. It galls me slightly, from the standpoint that I got home at 5:30 (I had a lot of job applications to go through) and then had to fix dinner and do a little piano practice. So I didn't get as much knitting on the hat done as I might have wanted, but tomorrow is another early day (I have to be up by 5 am if I want to do the cardio workout I do and then be ready to leave for work around 7). 

But I don't know. Maybe eventually forcing myself to stretch every other day will continue to pay off, and maybe I'll find a better way to fit it in. (I will say it's tough with four classes and three committees this fall).