The temperature is slowly dropping outside and my room is now constantly at 18C or lower. And because heat costs money, I’m holding off turning on the heater till sometime in November and even then it’ll be set at the lowest setting. So from now till April, I’ll be suffering from a condition called chronic CHF (cold hands and feet), but I do get some temporary relief when I’m in my office, where it’s toasty and warm.

On Monday, I sent the Passat to Klein’s auto polyclinic (everything-also-can-fix garage). I’m back to the good old car-less days…till Thursday when I’ll be $200 poorer It’s either that or keep getting in the car through the passenger side and climbing over to the driver seat. Oh well…

I’ve decided that 15C temperature is the best temperature to run in. Yesterday, I got home early and went out for a run. This time I ran 10 mins, walked 1 min and repeated that 4 times. I’m amazed I could do that. Once upon a time, I couldn’t even run continuously for two minutes. Jingle Bell Run, here I come!