April 30 (two days away!) is my last day of research leave and May 1, I’m back on the administrative track for another three years of dean-ing.
I’m looking forward to it. Don’t get me wrong. Leave has been lovely. I’ve enjoyed all the time to read and write and to take random daytime fitness classes at my fancy gym. But I’ve missed the people at work and I’ve missed the focus of my big job.
We don’t usually think of summer and routine as going together but this year, after four months of research leave in New Zealand and Toronto, I’m hoping they will.
Other than a lot of work, what’s on this summer?
☀️ Swimming lessons at the Y (Mon and Wed nights maybe)
☀️ Weekly sailboat races (Tues evening)
☀️ Anti-gravity restorative yoga on Sunday afternoons
☀️ Hot yin yoga some evenings too
☀️ Weekend bike rides
☀️ Lots of bike commuting
☀️ Personal training at Movati–Tuesday and Fridays
☀️ Spending time at the farm with family, swimming and riding our bikes.
☀️ Canoe camping
☀️ Bike camping, I hope, though I always hope that and it hasn’t happened yet.
☀️ Pedaling for Parkinsons, Spinning Wheels Relay, September 11-13. Read all about it here. You can join us here.
☀️ Maybe, maybe, if all is going well we might also do the 200 km women’s brevet hosted by the Toronto chapter of Randonneurs Ontario on Saturday Sep 20. You can find details here.
You just inspired me to sign up for the Brevet.