I just looked at the blog and realised that I hadn't done a single entry for the whole of September - terrible! But it has seriously been a rather busy month for us, as I've been working nearly full time on Growth Week, which has meant that most other stuff (including my PhD) has taken a bit of a back seat.
However, now that's over, it's back to two days/week work, and I've officially designated November as 'No Fun November' so that I can make sure I'm keeping on track with my PhD due date!
Some other fun things have happened in September though - I'm now President of the Beekeeping Society (although hopefully only temporarily as it's probably too much work for me to keep doing in the long term), and I had a lovely two week stay up in Islington cat-sitting, which meant lots of tummy scratching and purring to keep me company.
We also got to go to the Olympics and Paralympics, both of which were amazing. I must say though, I did enjoy the Paralympics more - we got a day pass to the Excel Centre and saw table tennis (below), sitting volleyball, powerlifting and boccia, as well as tickets to the final night of the athletics at the stadium. I had bought those tickets literally months and months ago and really had no idea what we were going to see, and realising that we were going to see the 400m final with Oscar Pistorus was pretty cool! I really liked the blind runners running with their guides as well as the high-jump - those guys were pretty inspiring.
And keeping on the sport theme, Adrian also just ran the Berlin marathon in an amazing time of 2:58:11. How fast is that?? Good inspiration for me as I've signed up for my first triathlon, the Blenheim triathlon in June next year. Lots of training to come!
We're off to Egypt and Jordan this weekend, which I am really looking forward to - especially the weather. Check out the temperatures for Cairo while we're there - absolutely perfect!
However, now that's over, it's back to two days/week work, and I've officially designated November as 'No Fun November' so that I can make sure I'm keeping on track with my PhD due date!
Some other fun things have happened in September though - I'm now President of the Beekeeping Society (although hopefully only temporarily as it's probably too much work for me to keep doing in the long term), and I had a lovely two week stay up in Islington cat-sitting, which meant lots of tummy scratching and purring to keep me company.
We also got to go to the Olympics and Paralympics, both of which were amazing. I must say though, I did enjoy the Paralympics more - we got a day pass to the Excel Centre and saw table tennis (below), sitting volleyball, powerlifting and boccia, as well as tickets to the final night of the athletics at the stadium. I had bought those tickets literally months and months ago and really had no idea what we were going to see, and realising that we were going to see the 400m final with Oscar Pistorus was pretty cool! I really liked the blind runners running with their guides as well as the high-jump - those guys were pretty inspiring.
And keeping on the sport theme, Adrian also just ran the Berlin marathon in an amazing time of 2:58:11. How fast is that?? Good inspiration for me as I've signed up for my first triathlon, the Blenheim triathlon in June next year. Lots of training to come!
We're off to Egypt and Jordan this weekend, which I am really looking forward to - especially the weather. Check out the temperatures for Cairo while we're there - absolutely perfect!
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