Old with the old, in with the same, but newer.

I can definitely be a creature of habit with certain things and routines that work perfectly for me, and I see little reason to change them.

I thought about that earlier today as I walked from a parking garage at Reston Town Center across the street to Best Buy to get a case for my new phone, which is the same as my old one but three models newer.  It struck me that three(?) years ago, I made the exact same walk for the exact purpose.  I purchased a case from the same manufacturer, and then followed the same routine of walking out the door, tossing the packaging in the trashcan outside, and proceeding back across the street to Chipotle for lunch.

So long, old phone

Just before the case excursion, I hit a running store in another part of the town center itself.  You may recall from social media that I just bought running shoes a few weeks ago.  That is true.  But I discovered that while those are fine for a few miles, they are not a good fit for me on longer runs.  So I went back to the drawing board and ended up trying the Nike Structure Triax, which I ran in for years before they made a redesign that made the upper hit my ankle in a very painful spot.  Fortunately they changed up the style again, bringing the midsole back closer to the ones I loved and making the upper in no way hit that part of my ankle.

Here’s to many great miles with my old friend, and the future ability to be in and out of a running store in 3.2 seconds with the latest version in my size.