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Once again we’ve reached the end summer, and I’m back to my regular work schedule. I still worked 4o hours a week over the summer, but had a lot of flexibility in my schedule, with totally different tasks than the other 9 months of the year. I’ve so appreciated the months of summer (they’re my absolute favorite), so I thought I’d do a bit of a photo dump post for the summer!
This summer’s exercise looked totally different due to achilles tendinitis and my inner ear injury at the start of summer. I even had my first ambulance ride (that cost me roughly $1,000 š )
That being said, I still had some wonderful bike rides, like my bike trip to Mackinac Island, a wonderful 40 miler in Indianapolis, and a fun 30 miler on country roads. I also had a great bike ride with alligators- I still need to write a post on that!
After taking 4 months off I slowly started running again (my longest run since March has been 3.1 miles on my birthday). I didn’t get to run any races this summer which was a bummer!
I read all sorts of wonderful books (about 45 of them in fact!). Some of my favorites include Nightingale, Mindset, Daring Greatly, The Body Keeps The Score, Never Never, and Essentialism.
I had a wonderful trip out to South Dakota (The Black Hills) with my brother to hike again, which I really loved!
Other trips included a trip to Florida and a trip to Kansas!
I spent a lot of time in backyard this summer mowing, deadheading, and watering all the flowers that I planted!
I got patio furniture so I eat dinner outside a lot, and spend time reading out there at night as well. It’s hard not to take advantage of my backyard when I have a new fire pit!
And I have a new cat friend! This cat walks around the neighborhood but spends several evenings a week hanging out in my backyard. He’ll sit on the chair next to me when I eat dinner which is pretty funny!
And of course there was my birthday weekend full of celebrating, cake, pink, and a surprise birthday party!
This summer also lead to hours of watching Olympics Trials and Olympics coverage! What was your favorite sport to watch?
This summer was full of all sorts of excitement, but also full of normal moments. There were beautiful sunsets, rain storms, moments I stood and watched the lighting bugs, and times I watched the fog roll in. I washed dishes and did laundry and went to work. I spent endless hours with friends, laughing and playing games. I went to farmer’s markets and I grilled. I went swimming in pools and lakes and oceans. I find joy inĀ each of these moments.
To live in summer is a beautiful thing.
Now here’s to another year of work!
Now it’s your turn to share! What were some of your summer highlights?
