Busy/Awesome

What a difference some good weather makes! Apart from my frequent Sunday rides – gradually creeping towards the 150km mark and affording the opportunity to fly past our amazing coastline, forests and mountain scenery – Jan and I have popped along to Cecilia Forest, Fish Hoek, Greenways and more.

Last week brought a trip to JHB for some meetings and the Google Maps SA launch (my thoughts here) – a nice change from routine. I’m fairly sure lots of other stuff happened too because it felt crazy, but I’m also sure I can’t remember it. For the last few days we’ve enjoyed hanging out with Trent and Caryn – visiting from UK. Sunday saw our bi-annual SushiFest take place with all the usual gluttony and subsequent sloth, and having recovered sufficiently, I took Tuesday off work to drag Trent around a 50km sightseeing ride. This was appropriately followed by a good lunch and a long swim at Fish Hoek. So summer is definitely working for us.

Work is a never ending adventure – always just finding my feet before being swept into some new problem-worth-fixing. It’s busy, and the commute really depresses me, but I have lot to be thankful for. I’m slowly-slowly finding my brain becoming capable of big thoughts again, and there is a pervading feeling that maybe things are (gradually) getting easier. Let it be so!

Oh. And it’s going to be a long month. A VERY long month. Will be sporting an increasingly alarming Mo’stache in support of Movember. Managed to rope some of the guys at work into it too, so should be a good laugh. I’ve decided to go for the Trucker Mo – a pair of handlebars which I’m sure will contribute to reduced appeal