InnerTeub

Things I Have Learned This Week

• I should never travel in the winter without my snow boots. Every single trip I have taken in the past two months — and that is a lot, given the stupidity that is my current life – I have thought:  “I really wish I had my boots.”

(To be fair: I learned that lesson on my LAST trip, but then I chose to ignore it for the current trip, as the majority of this current trip is going down in Florida, with only one or two days in DC. Of course, DC just got hit with a metric ton of snow [that might actually be a literal statement. I don’t know. The metric system makes as much sense to me as alchemy, biology and home hair blow-outs; I’m glad SOMEONE understands how they work, but that person is not me.])

• Renting a bike in a city in unquestionably dorky, but is TOTALLY the way to go. A part of my work trip to Miami included a half day of team building, which I tend to find really tedious. My ass starts to clench wheneverI hear “Group activities.” I was totally the kid that hid during recess; my aversion to play-time is clearly honestly come by and apparently life-long. ANYWAY, we had to team build, but it was actually fairly awesome, as it was a geo-catching event through historic South Beach.  GPS and Bikes! So fun! Riding around I was struck by how many awesome little corners there are in South Beach, and how much fun it was just to ride my bike around for fun and transportation. Years of triathlon training has changed the way I approach bike riding, and maybe not for the better. It was a blast to just tool around for a bit
• If you need to workout, and you only have 15 minutes, do 3x500m row on the erg on two minutes rest. That shit will kill you dead. I’ve been short of time and workout gear this week, but there’s an erg for use, and I thought I’d remind myself how miserable 2ish minutes can be. (Answer: Very)

It’s my last day in Florida, and while I’m looking forward to hitting DC for both work and play, I’m not as much excited about yet another plane ride and yet another snowy city. I’ve rather been in enjoying the “brisk” 70 degrees down here.  But I’m inching closer and closer to permanent residence and a slight decrease in work travel, both which are welcome events!