Community
We live in a pretty unique configuration here in Toronto where four buildings back onto a common shared space. Our property management teams coordinated a block party a few nights ago in this common area. It was a pretty cool experience. Drinks, nibbles, and a beautiful shared space to enjoy being in the company of others. Turns out (not that it should be a surprise) we have some pretty great neighbours that we haven’t had a chance to meet before. My wife and I had a long chat with a nice couple a building over from us for the majority of the evening and talked about everything from the small differences in how our buildings are managed to where to get the best bread in the neighbourhood.
Hopefully more of these are organized in the future or other kinds of events are put together. Give that it’s four buildings in our little spot, there are a fair number of units and people who could come out for whatever is put together. Building a stronger sense of community is something I think is lacking in a lot of our modern experiences. And how better to find it than with the people you share space with?
Went to what is likely my last Toronto Blue Jays game of the season last night. Wasn’t exactly the best game to be my last of a season but it was still a fun time.
I truly have some wonderful friends. My old roommate and good friend had this delivered to me today to celebrate my recent lifting achievement.
Walking home from the park with pup, I was careful to notice how many people would look at her and spontaneously smile. She’s such a cutie.
I finally hit 500+ on my dead lift at the gym. Hoping I can add a few more pounds to that before I am maxed out. 🏋️♂️
Getting back from vacation and returning to work is always a rough transition. Add a cold to the mix? Makes it just a hair worse. Hopefully the cold passes soon. It’s just lingering in my head as a headache, cough, and sniffles today. Should be over soon. The cold. Not me. 🤧
On a bit of an impulse, I purchased the FiiO R2R Warmer yesterday. I am oddly excited to set it up and listen to some of my favourite albums with it in the loop. Something about those VU meters and the sound. It kind of blew me away when I tested it out yesterday. 🎧
Finally starting to cool off a little. Got rained on walking the last stretch to a concert. Late summer ain’t so bad. 🎸🌧️
A Busy Summer
I keep meaning to write something here and I keep forgetting.
The wife and I have kept very busy lately. Dinners with friends and family, evenings out at concerts, baseball games, and the gym. The summer is flying by.
I need to get in a better habit of taking some photos to post here. Give myself something to look back on at some point in the future.
The new job is treating me well and I’m not in a constant state of panic. I know that will end at some point. For now, I will cherish it. Things don’t always need to be a panic. Especially work.
I am constantly looking for a better sound experience (likely to my detriment) and I feel like Sonos has righted itself enough in the past year with Tom Conrad at the helm. Do I make another investment in upgraded gear from them finally?
Finally managed to catch a home game with the Blue Jays where they won. And it was against the Yankees. Huzzah!
Go Jays go! ⚾️
All the WWDC stuff announced this year suggests my new desktop purchase might be worthwhile. I just need to make all the new stuff purposeful for me. That’ll be the trick. It always is.
Took the plunge and purchased a Mac Studio. They’ve been relatively hard to come by lately (at least a refurbished one) and figured I might as well finally jump up a few generations from my MacBook Pro (M1 Pro) for some more punch.
This game seven between the Habs and Sabres is quite the show. Overtime has been nothing short of exciting!
The act of leaving my last job and starting a new one has felt so foreign to me, but everything has gone smoothly so far. I took some time between jobs to decompress, which was all too necessary.
The last few weeks has been on-boarding tasks. Again, foreign feeling. I will get there.