June in Review

It feels like it was just yesterday that I was typing up my June goals. This past month flew by - no doubt because I was revising away during the first half of the month and thoroughly enjoying myself on my vacation during the second half of the month. June was an awesome month in terms of fun, but I have to admit that it was something of a mixed bag in terms of meeting my goals. Let's see how I did.

Not thinking about my goals while on vacation

My Fitness/Health goals were:
- Run marathon #2 - I did complete my second marathon, and, while I didn't do it in the time that I hoped, I did shave 5 minutes off my marathon time and PR'ed at the Team Ortho Minneapolis Marathon.
- Journal everything that I eat for the whole month - I was great until the day that we left on vacation, and I started journaling again the day after we returned. I did journal more days than I didn't, but I definitely could have done a better job with this one.
- Do yoga at least twice a week - I totally slacked on the yoga front while we were on vacation.

My Writing/Professional goals were:
- Finish article revisions and resubmit it to an academic journal - Argh!  No.  I didn't finish this before we left, and for a variety of reasons (mostly good ones) I didn't try to work on this while we were on vacation.  I will finish this month, though, or I am going to have to stop blogging.  There! It's in writing.

 Early 18th century gravestone, Salem MA -- Must not let the same fate befall my blog!

- Do at least 10 hours of research for a conference paper/article draft - I got close.  It was more like 8 hours of reading and research, though.
- Renew some professional memberships - I did this.  And it was painful.  One bad thing about no longer being a grad student is the increased cost of annual memberships to professional organizations.  I wish there was a rate for people with un(der)employed partners and student loans.

I did do some other things in June. I took a vacation that involved travel by plane, train, and automobile and four excellent cities. I spent time with my in-laws, my niece, and some beloved friends. I visited several fantastic museums, ate Montreal bagels, drank a number of delicious brews in Toronto, Montreal, and Boston, explored the Massachusetts Bay, and ran a 10K. I sat on an MA committee and had several coffee shop work dates with a friend and colleague.

On Lake Champlain in Burlington with my friend Becs

Mass Bay

How was your June? What plans do you have for Canada Day or the Fourth of July?