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Many hours being spent with some variation of this.

I had a day out with a friend yesterday - we went to the One of a Kind Show and I bought some new mugs. We then went out for dinner and wrapped up the evening with ice cream.

Today I had an FTP test. I don’t really like testing; in recent years I’ve struggled to perform to my satisfaction but I was pleased with how I did today.

Life recently: bikes, walks, cats.

Recently…

It is Manhattan weather and I am here for it.

Caught a glimpse of a rainbow while walking the other day. Then that big grey cloud caught up to me. Luckily I was nearly home.

Biking is going well. I feel like I have a good rhythm now and I’m trying to fuel the work.

This is last night’s ride at the track. I was feeling pretty ambivalent about going - these structured sessions are hard and I wasn’t feeling it. But I told my friends how I was feeling, created some accountability and went, and this was the result. I was pretty proud.

It’s pretty humbling to practice reading out loud like a kid again. Hoping that I get a bit more proficient or I’m going to have to return this library book before I finish it!

Any suggestions for good, not too challenging, reading material in French?

Rainy day = both of us on the trainer.

Taking a fajita bar style dinner to our friends’ tonight.

These days I only ever seem to take pictures while riding if I get stopped by a train. Today the train was particularly long.

I wanted to ride forever today but I have intervals tomorrow so I kept myself in check.

We went to Quebec City a few weekends ago. We’d tried to go for our anniversary in April but our flight out was cancelled so we ditched the trip. Our August trip was also not without travel drama - still waiting to hear if Air Canada are going to compensate us over that!

QC was amazing - great food, a chance to practice our French*, a very non-Canadian feeling city. We walked around the old town, explored free museums and art galleries, and even wandered up to the Citadel.

* We have reached the stage of French fluency where native French speakers no longer switch to English but instead they talk so rapidly that we are sometimes left staring at each other wondering what they said. Add in Quebec phraseology/accent for an extra challenge.

Did some yard tidying on the lower level today and found this fella growing in a planter that I had just left to one side. The planter is now upstairs so that we can enjoy the blooms.