Today Y had her very first day of school. Delayed by a month due to the pandemic measures, and not yet full time. She’ll be 3 days in daycare and 2 days in Group 1 at school, until mid July when the 6 weeks of summer holidays start. From September 1st she’ll be in Group 1 full time. But today was the “First Day of School” which has been a beacon of excitement for Y already for months. With the backpak, lunchbox and drinking cup she all selected herself, she was ready to go.

For years I watched Peter posting first day of the school year photos of Oliver. The first one in 2007 (obviously, Oliver is now an adult). That was a year before we met Oliver, while visiting PEI in the summer of 2008. Over the years I thought it was a great tradition, as ultimately it builds a unique time series. Now we have our very first photos of what might become a timeseries too.

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  1. After delivering the major client report last weekend, which took me multiple weeks to write, this last week was intended as a time to recover, but it didn’t turn out that way. I’m still tired and cranky, and generally not in a good place, resulting in an unproductive and unsatisfying week. Not sure how I can get myself out of this funk. Meanwhile unexpected developments have upped the stress. However, writing my week notes is unescapable, if only because these weekly postings have been elevated as ‘the gold standard‘ of week notes
    This week I

    Spent half a day in a client conference call discussing the report. We didn’t even get halfway through the agenda. More to come Monday.
    Discussed an ongoing project with a province and its potential extension to the end of the year.
    Had an MT ‘breakfast’ meeting
    Reconnected to the Digital Transformation work for another province, and participated in a webinar on the potential role of AI for their work
    Did the May invoicing
    Had three meetings with the board of the NGO I’m chairing to come up with a way of dealing with some unexpected developments
    Saw Y go to school for the first time
    Enjoyed the new garden loungers at the water terrace that got delivered last week
    Explored the Nova2 e-ink reader I got myself
    Picked berries
    “Relaxation” by Selma Broeder, license CC BY

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