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The Week in Summary: * On the Civil Holiday, Alida and I went to 68th Ave Wetlands to look at all the wonderful birds at this glorious m0squito-infested slough. Seeing the herons, cormorants, waterfowl, and small shorebirds made the smell of the nearby garbage dump more manageable. In the afternoon,
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The Week in Summary: * Taylor and I had the absolute pleasure of spending our staycation with my sister, Teegan, and her lovely partner, Cadence. Both flew in from Abbotsford to spend the week with us. Taylor and I are so grateful for our time together and we are excited to
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The Week in Summary: * Throughout the work week, I continued working at my summer desk job and it worked out well enough (thank goodness I have a standing desk at home). As for the weekday evenings, I have been working on reading a few books (I should finish a couple
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The Week in Summary: * With another week attempting to work from the dreaded desk, I am beginning to develop a few strategies for dealing with this sedentary arrangement. First, regardless of whether I am working from home or the office itself, I need to get a couple bike rides (and
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The Week in Summary: * Onward work continued, with a couple days in the office and a couple days at home. Relative to last summer, remote work is easier, but still presents challenges for my restlessness (a morning bike ride is essential). Outside of work, I went for a breakfast with
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The Week in Summary: * I had Monday and Tuesday off this week. On Monday, Taylor and I went on a 30 kilometer bike ride along the Bow River Pathway up to Northwest Calgary. We checked out Bowmont Park's gorgeous vista, the Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs, and Dale
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The Week in Summary: * With no scheduled workshops for school groups, much of the work week was dedicated to cleaning up the classrooms and doing inventory of our school programs. This was very understimulating. Additionally, our education team went to D6 on Thursday to celebrate the school year. There was
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The Week in Summary: * Earlier in the week, Calgary (but more specifically Kananaskis) hosted the annual G7 conference and our city was bustling with the general atmosphere one might expect with high-ranking state officials: jet-setting diplomats, busy hotel lobbies, motorcades cruising through our streets with high-levels of
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The Week in Summary: * For much of the week, I was sick with a cold with a dry cough, irritated throat, and body aches. Making matters worse was the persistently dreadful air quality issues due to the wildfire smoke. A seasonal cold and very unhealthy AQHI does not contribute to
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The Week in Summary: * As we continue the final stretch of the school year, it continues to be very busy at the science centre with end-of-year field trips bringing in numerous schools groups daily. I did not feel very well for a couple days, but I got enough
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The Week in Summary: * The weekdays were fairly relaxed with lots of reading and biking, but a few highlights were going for dinner at Tibet Kitchen, visiting Calgary's downtown Hudson's Bay Company building one last time (got a pure linen shirt for 30% off), and having
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The Week in Summary: * On Victoria Day, Taylor and I went for a morning bike ride to Kensington to hang out at Higher Ground Cafe. For much of the day beyond that, I read about ocean physics and played Subnautica. * The work week was fairly ordinary. As is the case