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my friend f in lala land 

sent me

 a fitbit

 for my birthday 

you dont know what a fitbit is?

 its a little thingie

 that keeps track

 of 

how much 

you walk

 number of steps

 number of stairs

 aside from the stairs

 in/out of the subway

 i dont do stairs

 much

 we live in a ground floor apartment

 i take the elevator up to the office

its on the 6th floor 

our new offices 

will be on the 46 floor

 i wont be walking up those

 i do a lot of walking in the office

 mostly

 from my desk to the conference room

 or 

the pantry 

on nice days 

i walk home from the 72nd street subway stop

  its been pretty cold

 so

i havent been doing that

 the idea of the fitbit as a gift was sweet 

but

 i think

 she thinks

 i walk

 a lot more than i do 

after all

 she lives in la 

where no one walks

 except to their car 

after

 she friended me

 on the fitbit social network 

i decided to give it a try 

in fact

 tuesday 

 in the 18 degree cold 

of 

the morning 

i decided

 to walk 

to 72nd street

 it wasnt windy 

so it wasnt a bad walk

 i made it in 8 minutes 

with

 severa

l short stops

 to

 snap these photos 

when got into the station 

i heard

 the train approaching

 i hurried down the stairs

 into the subway car 

imagine

 my surprise 

when

 i realized

 it was the local

 not

 the 

express

i laughed to myself

walked

 all

 the 

way

 to

 the express

 and

 got

 on

 the local

at least

 i didnt get on the uptown train! 

can

 you see

 the water tower

 in this

photo?

its there

 between 

the tall 'green' building

 and

 the light brown one under construction

none of these photos are signed