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It’s been a busy few weeks! Here’s an overview of my training and life updates
Training
New York
- June 6: Run, 3 miles
- June 8: Gym, Row, 2k
- June 13: Gym, Row, attempted 2k
- June 19: Bike, 67 miles
Miami (work training)
- June 24: Gym
- June 25: Peloton, 45 mins
- June 26: Gym
- June 27: Gym
- June 28: Gym
Minneapolis (wedding)
- July 1: Run 3 miles
It’s been a good start and the ride on the 19th felt great, but definitely have some more work to do to be ready for the 200 mile ride
Life
The move
The big headline of the last few weeks is Kayla and I moving in together into a new apartment!
It’s not too far from the old one but it makes a world of difference (read laundry in the apartment rather than across the street). It was a quick turnaround as we viewed the apartment in the end of May, signed the lease on June 8th, and moved in on June 21st. That’s the New York apartment market for you.
There’s still a lot of unpacking to do, but it’s already starting to feel like home.
Work
Kayla has the biggest work update, with her finishing her Clinical Fellowship as a Speech and Language Pathologist. She spent the last 9 months traveling to patient’s homes who were too medically complex to be seen regularly in the hospital and administered feeding and swallowing care. Many of her patient’s families told her she was the best Speech Pathologist they’d ever had. Not bad for 9 months on the job! Now fully certified, she is starting the search for a new position in a hospital focusing on feeding and swallowing in children.
I finished up my case at Bain and spent a week in Miami (hot, hot, hot) for a training. It was a great experience where I met people from all over the world. After getting back I just started on a case working for a large beverage manufacturer working on their forward looking strategy. Should be a ton of fun!
Smoke
The beginning of the month was marked by a few days of rough smoke from the Canadian wildfires. It really was quite a sight from my office as the smoke rolled in on June 7th. It was fortunately pretty short lived but made it a bit tough to get outside during those few days
So many weddings to attend, so little time
To start off the 4th of July weekend we traveled to Minneapolis to attend Kayla’s longtime friend Leslie and her now husband Rex’s wedding. It was a beautiful night and just the start of a slew of weddings we have scheduled for the rest of the summer (4 more between now and Labor Day). I’ll try to get some time in between the weddings to get some training in.
See you all in the next one!