Now
It is 7 April 2024, writing from my apartment on the Plateau Mont-Royal (Montréal / Tiohtià:ke)
I seem to have survived my bonkers month of March relatively unscathed. Midterm and research paper for my UQÀM (Université du Québec à Montréal) biology class complete, now I just have the final in April now to look forward to. I’m also starting to think about what I need to do over the summer semester. Do I try to work part time, how many classes can I squeeze in, do I start applying to programmes, will Pippin and I start hunting together, etc.
Despite really enjoying the process of writing low-stakes weeknotes for the blog, I haven’t been able to blog nearly as much as I hoped, and I’m starting to become frustrated with my inability to stay on top of publishing scraps of original writing for the blog patrons (it might be time to re-evaluate that side-project).
On top of raising the puppy and surviving my biology class, I’ve also been dealing with an injury that flared up in early March and which put an unfortunate complete stop to ballet and canicross. The recovery has not been smooth, and the increase in pain every day, triggered especially by being sedentary, has not been welcome. My physio has agreed that it’s time to get back on the horse, so to speak, so I’m looking forward in April to get back to ballet and (hopefully) running on a consistent basis again, while juggling this fun new lingering pain in my right leg.
Objectives for 2024
Reading
A complete list of the books I'm currently reading (Mille feuilles)
Manuscripts
Current project is Codename Sapphire (8,817 words / 25,00 words)
Ballet
The bar below is tracking minutes of technique class throughout 2024, for a total of 100 * 60 minutes = 6 000
This page is inspired by Derek Sivers' Now: as Sivers writes: how you would describe your life to a friend you haven't seen in a year? (If you're mostly here for updates about my puppy Pippin — I do not blame you! — he has his own Now page.)