Tag: this week

Life Came “home” to Medellin, to the closest to a real home I’ve had since September 2014. Unpacked. Bought a kettle. And a teapot. Joined a new gym (this one isn’t in a sex tourist hotel), went to spin class for the first time in forever. Took myself off for the long weekend. Media Reading…

Life Hanging out with friends in the UK, and making new ones. Managed to go swimming twice and wonder around a bit. Flying back to Medellin to move into my new place – yay! Work Hectic 2 days trying to get a week’s worth of meetings in (nooooooo!) and then management training, and conference. Had…

  Life Catching up with friends in NYC, which is always great! Also got to see some friends – some that I had only interacted with online – in Chicago. Got a hair cut! Walked along the highline a bunch, which was lovely. Work Hectic. Working on product definition and research stuff, and I got…

  Life Trying to prioritise myself more. I went swimming, which was amazing (my apartment didn’t have a pool – sadness), worked out, and got myself a 3-month apartment for when I come back in a couple of weeks. Work A lot of planning and product definition work. Saying goodbye to my team after our…

Life Went to the Museo de la Antioquia to see the latest exhibitions, to the market that only happens on the first Saturday of the month, and also to the Van Gogh experience, which I really loved – surprisingly, given there were no originals. It was video set to music with quotes from the artist.…

Life 2 day staycation in Medellin which was great. Really like my new apartment, and the location, although it’s annoyingly loud at night which is messing with my sleep. Joined a new gym, which is cool, and has an amazing view (photo above) – been really nice to work out again! Super happy because Just…

Life Got to hang out with girlfriends in Austin, and meet people from the internet IRL in Detroit, both of which were amazing. Been really sick all week, which has really sucked. Now, heading home to the firey mountain – I can’t wait. Work Gave two talks – one on the Cultivate track at OSCON…

Life Err. Planning to take a couple of days off soon because frankly I need it. Can’t wait. Didn’t have much time to see any of Cordoba, but wondered around the market a bit, the shops one evening, and found a cool sculpture garden. Work In Cordoba, visiting two engineers on my team. Was great…

Life Happy Birthday to me. Catching up with friends in NYC, which was amazing – as always. Actually did some shopping. Work Catching up with people at the NYC office. Worthwhile trip, I need to come back more often. Announced our sustaining sponsors for Technically Speaking – Glowforge and TravisCI! Super, super happy about this.…