Working out

Today, as a celebration of September, I rode my bike to work for the first time since perhaps March.  It was hard going up the hill from home, since I’m very much out of shape.  Fortunately in the last few months the battery on my bike computer died, so I couldn’t see how slow I was going, but it was obvious enough.  Still, cycling remains the best way to get to work for me.  Parking is a nightmare, I am still deemed (by Eve) too vulnerable to take the bus, and getting rides from family members is not very convenient.  So a bit of freedom today, and exercise too.

I started back to work (that is, going in to the office) on July 28 (Day 63).  It feels good to see everyone, and to get back into the rhythm of the place, as much as I am able to.  For those who don’t know, half of my job is working for UW doing local IT things.  The other half is working for Internet2 and the InCommon Federation doing national and international IT things.  Since the I+I work is all email and phone calls with people scattered about the planet, I’ve been able to keep up with that fairly well through my ordeal.  People don’t really know if I’m calling from the couch (only when the dog barks).  But UW people insist on meeting in person, chatting in hallways and such, so it’s much harder to keep in touch if I’m not there.  So it’s good to be in the office, even if I’m not quite ready for full-time yet.