It’s been five months since I spent more than a few moments in my colleagues’ company. Today, in place of our typical Wednesday Zoom meeting, we had the opportunity to gather outdoors at Gardner Lake for a staff retreat.

I enjoyed five hours of talking work, catching up on lives while soaking in the sun. It was wonderful to be with these women again. I didn’t fully realize how much I missed it – just being with friends.

It’s been years since I’ve had the chance to paddle. Doing so today was glorious – although I’m doing my best to ignore the tendonitis acting up in my elbow. I texted Paul this pic with the message, “we need a bigger pond.” This was his reply.

He doesn’t appreciate that I wasn’t kidding.