March: lots of good news
14 Apr 2023
Reasonable success this month, professionally (awarded grant, major revisions on a paper) and for refereeing (selected for Canadian nationals). Lots of work and also weekend trips.
Championnat provincial (Laval), March 24-26, 2023
7 Apr 2023
By special permission, refereeing at the Quebec provincial judo championships (biggest ever).
Edmonton International Judo Championship, March 10-12, 2023
6 Apr 2023
Off to referee at the Edmonton International Judo Championship for the first time. Easier to get to than Vancouver for a short weekend.
Japan part II: historical (looking) buildings in the Japan Alps, February 2023
27 Mar 2023
Next stops: Matsomoto (a castle!), samurai district, historical houses, festival floats, and gardens. Plus, an 11 hour train ride.
COVID infodump, March 2023
8 Mar 2023
We have in fact been learning more about COVID recently, though it feels not as fast as in March 2020.
February: COVID, teaching, and a trip to Japan
7 Mar 2023
COVID didn’t throw too much of a wrench into things, thankfully. Second month of teaching for Winter 2023, including reading week and a trip to Japan.
Japan part I: cherry blossoms and part of the Nakasendo, February 2023
26 Feb 2023
First overseas trip since 2020, to Japan. Walking on a bit of the NakasendÅ, plus some info on pre-trip planning, and early cherry blossoms.
January: teaching and extracurriculars
5 Feb 2023
Back to the classroom (teaching two courses), plus judo tournaments and some skiing. Before that, we hiked Around the Mountain (Taranaki) in New Zealand.
Around the Mountain Circuit (Taranaki), January 2 to 5, 2023
4 Feb 2023
A walk around the mountain (Taranaki). Pretty chill except for day 3 which had super high winds and day 2 which had a short amount of muddy steep terrain.
December: start of summer / back to winter soon
21 Jan 2023
First conference (SPLASH) in three years (gave two talks) and South Island vacation. Also a bunch of service tasks, e.g. master’s thesis and PhD comprehensive exams. Submitted a paper!
