On my way home, I went to the JP Licks in Coolidge Corner to get my free birthday ice cream. Sweet cream is one of the flavors of the month, which made me happy. I got a cone rather than a cup, so I could eat ice cream while walking back to the green line stop. I realized partway home that I'd been walking more quickly than usual, with fewer pauses, for most of this outing. It wasn't deliberate, but was probably useful exercise.
I'd put in a maintenance request with building management yesterday, asking them to turn the heat up, since it's been chilly much of the time since they replaced the boiler. A maintenance person showed up while I was home alone, so I got to be the one to walk around the apartment while he pointed a "heat wand" at various places in the apartment, and got readings mostly around 72-74 (F, which is around 23 C). He told me he'd turned the thermostat up a degree, but those numbers mean the apartment is warmer than the legal minimum (68 F during the day, 64 at night).
( covid masking )
When Adrian asked me for help baking less than an hour later, I said yes, and then the thing she'd asked me to do seemed suddenly complicated. I told her that, and she got Cattitude to do it the thing instead, but I was surprised and a little dismayed to be out of focus that early in the day. Adrian pointed out that I'd gotten up early to go downtown (the German consulate is across the street from the Back Bay train station), but I think the unexpected dealing with the maintenance person had a lot to do with it. The consulate, supermarket, and ice cream shop also involved dealing with people, but I expected and planned those.