The last day that I was in one of the offices in person was about a year ago now.
Continue reading “A year at home”Tag: coping
100 days
As I mentioned, I recently extended my African Loop to include a few ancient cities in the Middle East, raising the total distance by about 1000 miles and my daily distance goal by 1 more mile a day.
Continue reading “100 days”Down to the nub
While most of my cooped-up time goes to pacing or pedaling like a madwoman, or cooking meals to celebrate fictional trips…
Continue reading “Down to the nub”Holding up through trying times
What takes up my time when I’m not chained to my desk, and helps keep me sane(ish) through these days of social distancing?
Continue reading “Holding up through trying times”Missing
Missing the adventure of winging to some far-flung place, seeing new sites, meeting new people.
Missing the casual ease of popping over to visit my folks, the quiet pleasure of inviting them over for a meal, maybe a show watched together…
Continue reading “Missing”Solo mission
I had set up my own custom mission, from (roughly) home to (roughly) NYC. I didn’t make a fancy route to get off the highway or anything. Just popped in any old route, to do the miles, and try out the site to see what I thought. Continue reading “Solo mission”
And how fun is this?
Not only did S and I spend a couple of days recording our daily ‘miles’ and using Google street view Continue reading “And how fun is this?”
Plodding away
S and I continued working our way around the Ring of Kerry for our challenge. Every day we record our daily mileage. At different times of day because after a new position is calculated, we pop into the map via Google street view, and look around. Continue reading “Plodding away”
Virtual runs (continued)
While I try out MyVirtualMission.com and do a solo run from roughly home to roughly NYC, S and I used the related site, TheConqueror. I may have mentioned that S had tried their English Channel challenge to try that out. She liked it, so we joined the Inca Trail Marathon and worked that as a Team. Continue reading “Virtual runs (continued)”
Vacation from the kitchen
Every weekend since we all went into social distancing mode, I’ve whipped up a batch or two of something to get me through the week. Sometimes more than one something. Often too much something. Continue reading “Vacation from the kitchen”
