When you move, you find lots of treasures, forgotten and tucked away. Clothes, journals and yes, iPods shuffles.
I might have squealed when I found this gem - with its charger no less. I plugged it in and hoped against hope it might still work.
I had no idea what I would find on it - because recall, this pinnacle of product engineering has no screen. Just load up maybe 50? 100? songs and just go - forward or back with a little scroll wheel. That's it.
Just picture my delight the little orange light flashed green and I grabbed my daughter's corded headphones and pressed play expectantly,
Fire Burning started piping through and instantly transported me to a jeep in the middle of Maui during our honeymoon in 2009.
I sat there - surrounded by the utter chaos of moving into a new home and felt such simple joy.
The next morning I took my new friend Clippy (yes, I know) and laced up running shoes.
Anyone who knows me knows I am not a Runner. And yet, one of the best parts of moving cities is reinvention. Trying on a new version of yourself.
And so, why not take advantage of this ridiculous Cali weather and see what the fuss is all about.
No screens, no phone. Just me, my iPod shuffle and the open road (well, the quite contained and well traversed streets of Menlo).
I had no idea what I would find on it - because recall, this pinnacle of product engineering has no screen. Just load up maybe 50? 100? songs and just go - forward or back with a little scroll wheel. That's it.
Just picture my delight the little orange light flashed green and I grabbed my daughter's corded headphones and pressed play expectantly,
Fire Burning started piping through and instantly transported me to a jeep in the middle of Maui during our honeymoon in 2009.
I sat there - surrounded by the utter chaos of moving into a new home and felt such simple joy.
The next morning I took my new friend Clippy (yes, I know) and laced up running shoes.
Anyone who knows me knows I am not a Runner. And yet, one of the best parts of moving cities is reinvention. Trying on a new version of yourself.
And so, why not take advantage of this ridiculous Cali weather and see what the fuss is all about.
No screens, no phone. Just me, my iPod shuffle and the open road (well, the quite contained and well traversed streets of Menlo).
I hit play - not knowing what was coming next.
Just throwing it all over to faith like a crazy person.
And running back into 2009.