Life is pretty busy these days. Work, for one, is really ramping up. I can feel the momentum of the next month starting now. It's kinda fun, but at the same time I am a little apprehensive about work eating into personal time too much. So I'll have to stay cognisant of that to try not to let it happen.
I've been training lots on the bike and off the bike. I hope to take my cycling up a notch this year. The new bike will help. I rode it on the trainer tonight. Wow. It's so nice. :)
I'm learning a lot lately too. I'm reading some good books. I'm expanding my ideas on spirituality and how the mind works.
I'm also in the midst of trying to make life plans. Future plans, travel plans... all very exciting and interesting things.
Like I said, life is pretty darn busy. And that's a nice thing.
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Wings
Back for a whole month now before having to travel again! The last 2.5 months have been exhausting with travel every two weeks... be careful what you ask for, eh?
It's a bit rough leaving plus 30 degree weather to be greeted by true Canadian autumn in full-swing (minus 2 this morning). Still, it really is good to be back.
Last night I got to fly direct and it was a great flight. First I want to tell you all that my experience with WestJet was really nice. I know, we all love to bash the airlines (particularly our favourite monopoly - Air Canada). WestJet seems to be getting a lot more flights started up to various places (including Hawaii and Bahamas - for all you snow birds). The staff is ultra-friendly and easy going. Geez... I sound like an advertisement, but I wanted to just put that out there. I guess I fly AC too much so common courtesy seems like a novel experience today!
We flew at 42,000 feet (I watched the map on my personal satellite TV when I wasn't reading my book which I will blog about soon), and we had clear skies the whole way (the likely cause of our 25 minute early arrival - sweet!). It was phenomenal to look out the window and correlate which state I was seeing form my bird's-eye-view. Not often can you see the world from that height. And I also saw 3 different planes flying below us at different points during the flight. Wow!! The only other time I've seen planes around me while in the sky was at LAX when we took off - then they are much closer to you and you are silently thanking the women and men who are working in the control tower that day. Flying these days is usually more of a pain than anything else, but yesterday it was a nice experience. It reminded me of the novelty of the experience when I got to fly as a child.
So now it's time to get re-organized, do the laundry, clean the house - all of the little things that never get done when you are gone every other week for weeks on end. And this morning I got all caught up on my emails, blogs, and podcasts. Speaking of podcasts... check out this video: Ben Harper. The way he so quickly and so assuredly turns thought into words reminds me of how lacking I am in the ability to truly articulate my own ideas and feelings.
It's a bit rough leaving plus 30 degree weather to be greeted by true Canadian autumn in full-swing (minus 2 this morning). Still, it really is good to be back.
Last night I got to fly direct and it was a great flight. First I want to tell you all that my experience with WestJet was really nice. I know, we all love to bash the airlines (particularly our favourite monopoly - Air Canada). WestJet seems to be getting a lot more flights started up to various places (including Hawaii and Bahamas - for all you snow birds). The staff is ultra-friendly and easy going. Geez... I sound like an advertisement, but I wanted to just put that out there. I guess I fly AC too much so common courtesy seems like a novel experience today!
We flew at 42,000 feet (I watched the map on my personal satellite TV when I wasn't reading my book which I will blog about soon), and we had clear skies the whole way (the likely cause of our 25 minute early arrival - sweet!). It was phenomenal to look out the window and correlate which state I was seeing form my bird's-eye-view. Not often can you see the world from that height. And I also saw 3 different planes flying below us at different points during the flight. Wow!! The only other time I've seen planes around me while in the sky was at LAX when we took off - then they are much closer to you and you are silently thanking the women and men who are working in the control tower that day. Flying these days is usually more of a pain than anything else, but yesterday it was a nice experience. It reminded me of the novelty of the experience when I got to fly as a child.
So now it's time to get re-organized, do the laundry, clean the house - all of the little things that never get done when you are gone every other week for weeks on end. And this morning I got all caught up on my emails, blogs, and podcasts. Speaking of podcasts... check out this video: Ben Harper. The way he so quickly and so assuredly turns thought into words reminds me of how lacking I am in the ability to truly articulate my own ideas and feelings.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Bookworms
Because it came up again with another group of friends, and because it's fun to blog, I've created a new blog for books we like to read. You can check it out at: http://www.bibliophilists.blogspot.com/
On that blog there will be multiple authors, so we can all hopefully get our 2 cents in on what books are worth picking up, whether at the library or the bookstore. Even if you aren't authoring it, feel free to add in comments to posts if you've read, or want to read the books that are discussed.
On that blog there will be multiple authors, so we can all hopefully get our 2 cents in on what books are worth picking up, whether at the library or the bookstore. Even if you aren't authoring it, feel free to add in comments to posts if you've read, or want to read the books that are discussed.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Huh? Yeah, well, that's what it feels like anyway. Ok, so I did not get outside on my bike today, although when I drove home from shopping (which is always exercise in itself) I saw other people who had. Lots of them in fact. And I contemplated whether or not I'd have enough time to do all of the things I would need to do to get my bike ready to go outside before it gets dark (and a bit colder) and well - no, not really. One of the reasons for the shopping trip was to get a few things that my little bike needed to keep running smoothly. So I will stay inside on the bike today, but the thought remains, and if it warms up again I still just might. So this blog is now going to change from Wanderlust to Weatherlust - an irresistible impulse to analyze the freaky weather. I will endeavour to bring you top of the hour, extremely interesting analyses of the weather outside of my own front door. As well as which sport it might actually be likely to participate in as a result. It may snow tonight, so everyone should cross their fingers and stop hoping that it doesn't. And you should also hope that we have a big storm this week (which is really unlikely) so that my lessons don't get cancelled next weekend. :( Because that's really bumming me out.
In other news: I completed the Cardiology exam, so I've finally rejoined the non-hermit-like people who tend to like to socialize with me from time to time. And I started showering again.
Now, on to my list and actual pile of books to read. Last week at the 'Bucks we were discussing books and someone asked me to post on what I'm reading. That's an interesting twist. I usually read a lot when I travel, so it is slightly related and suitable for the blog. Sometimes I go long periods without doing so while attending to regular life. So I suppose we can try it out - so long as what I'm reading isn't embarrassing trash, because you know I only read ancient Greek philosophy and Nobel prize-winning novels. No - there are no Sex and the City or Shopaholic books sitting on my bookshelf. Feel free to post comments on what you like to read or suggestions, as I'm thinking this is what my friends were getting at - they want ideas of what to read and they don't want to waste their time reading crap. They like others to test drive the crap first. How lucky we are. In any case, there are 2 books that I didn't finish before I started studying, or rather procrastinating and cramming for that exam: For One More Day, by Mitch Albom (in French, mind you - but I can give you the review in English if you are nice to me), and The Girls, by Lori Lansens (lent to me by Mimi).
In other news: I completed the Cardiology exam, so I've finally rejoined the non-hermit-like people who tend to like to socialize with me from time to time. And I started showering again.
Now, on to my list and actual pile of books to read. Last week at the 'Bucks we were discussing books and someone asked me to post on what I'm reading. That's an interesting twist. I usually read a lot when I travel, so it is slightly related and suitable for the blog. Sometimes I go long periods without doing so while attending to regular life. So I suppose we can try it out - so long as what I'm reading isn't embarrassing trash, because you know I only read ancient Greek philosophy and Nobel prize-winning novels. No - there are no Sex and the City or Shopaholic books sitting on my bookshelf. Feel free to post comments on what you like to read or suggestions, as I'm thinking this is what my friends were getting at - they want ideas of what to read and they don't want to waste their time reading crap. They like others to test drive the crap first. How lucky we are. In any case, there are 2 books that I didn't finish before I started studying, or rather procrastinating and cramming for that exam: For One More Day, by Mitch Albom (in French, mind you - but I can give you the review in English if you are nice to me), and The Girls, by Lori Lansens (lent to me by Mimi).
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