May is off to a fantastic start! I've heard depressing reports from other areas of contry about rain, snow and other bothersome weather. That is not the case here in beautiful Seattle. Hear that friends?! IT DOES NOT ALWAYS RAIN IN SEATTLE. As a matter of fact, I think we had some country wide record highs here recently. It makes for some of the best bike riding weather; which is great becasue May is Bike Month. More on that later.
I know I've been a pretty lack luster blog poster lately. Any number of excuses exist if you'd like to know them, ask anybody who has started a blog and slowly tapered off the posting, but I'd rather not invest time in restating said excues.
As a trade off, I give you a quick recap of April:
Socially, I told you about how I was looking for a part time job or a volunteer opportunity to help me reach outside my little engineering turtle shell. SUCCESS! As a few of you may know, I've been slowly sliding into the tutoring pool. I've posted my contact information and areas of expertise on a few different listing sites and I've been greedily amassing old text books. (#nerd) During the month of May, I helped a high school senior prepare for the AP Calculus exam, and I helped a high school freshman with her algebra homework. I cannot sum up the feeling of accomplishment tutoring gives me; not only do I get to do math homework with a purpose, BUT I get to help others with knowledge explosions. (credit: emoore) Ultimately, the social goal claimed the monthly title!
Intellectually, I told you I would finish creating a COMPASS math prep notebook for Candis. I did not achieve this goal. Frankly, I forgot about setting this goal. I need to revaluate the needs of my client and move forward with it at a later date.
Spiritually, I wrote the future me an email. I can't tell you what it was about because I wrote to me, not you. I hope you'll forgive me; I really should write to you more.
Physically, I had a very very lofty goal for April of riding my bike 350 miles. While I did get out and ride last month, I did not achieve anywhere near 350 miles. My total milage was 116 miles. I blame the rain, because sometimes it rains.
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So onward I continue on my quest to live a purposeful life. I'm learning that sometimes I set goals that are too far out of my reach, but also that I can't get hung up on my failures. So brushing myself off after a few let downs, I've set some goals for May as well.
Physical
The physical goal is once again the highlighted goal of the month. May is bike month, and the local bike club, Cascade Cycling, is sponsoring a commuter challenge. Your's truely is all signed up and two commutes in. BOOM! Thankfully my company has shower at work and several coworks also participating to help with the motivation. My goal for May is commute to work at least 10 times.
Intellectual
As my tutoring buisiness has started to take off, I'm realizing that I need more than a couple text books and this brain of mine. I think it will be helpful to have some notebooks with worksheets and examples onhand for when students, particularly students over the summer, need material to work through as we discuss the subject of their choice. I'm going to try and group the COMPASS math test notebook in here as well since I forgot about it last month. My intellectual goal for May is to build a Calculus Review Notebook.
Social
My dad always says, "Never eat lunch alone." I haven't always followed this guidance, but when I have my days seem lighter and I feel more connected to the people around me. A few of the guys at work have been nice enough to invite me along for lunch or just out in the sunshine to eat the lunch I brought. No matter how much I want to balance my budget or read my book, I need to talk to people. So, continuing in this theme, my social goal for May is to minimize the number of times I eat lunch alone.
Spiritual
I recently purchased a copy of Start by Jon Acuff. I just love his writing style. This month, I'm going to read that book cover to cover and do the included exercises. I'll try to post a blog of my thoughts on the book later.
Thanks for catching up with me!
Love,
Lydia
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