Lessons Learned from Learning Something New
I spent most of this week knitting and starting my sweater and once again, I’m humbled by how many obstacles there are when you’re trying to learn something new. Some of the things I kept repeating to myself this week were: Mistakes are part of the learning process and it’s OK to start again - I ended up starting again a few times for various reasons. Every time I start/restart though, I try not to stay too committed to the current progress, because you never know if this is
6 days ago2 min read
Biking at 28 Weeks Pregnant
This is a series I'm doing where I chronicle my time cycle commuting while pregnant. You can see the previous entry at 24 weeks here Recently, I’ve hit my 28th (!!) week of pregnancy and with the snow/ice finally gone and the weather hovering around 0 to -5C, I decided I would bike commute to the office on a Bikeshare bike. Overall the bike ride was nice, extremely uneventful which was great. You can see my stats from the ride below: A screenshot of my commute to work - 6.3 K
Mar 112 min read
Learning Curves with the Urban Arrow - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
It’s been a few weeks since we got the Urban Arrow and with the snow finally melting a bit and the bike lanes cleared, I got a chance to take it out for a spin. Man, it was a decently eventful ride so let’s get into it. The Good Riding for Fun Again Overall, the ride was great. The best part of the whole journey was just how nice the bike was to ride. It’s easy to shift gears and to use more or less effort. My speed is very much in the 15-20km/hr zone though because I ‘m jus
Feb 236 min read
Biking at 24 Weeks Pregnant
This is a series I’m doing where I document how it feels to commute by bike during my pregnancy every few weeks. You can see the previous ones at 14 & 20 weeks. Or I guess Not biking at 24 weeks pregnant. We had a pretty big snow storm about a week ago and unfortunately, the city has not removed any of the snow from the bike lanes. A picture of the snow filled bike lanes near my home, the white line is where the bike lane marking used to be. In fact, the sad/infuriating thin
Feb 61 min read
