Strassengel

Lunch Break

Back to work

A too short Summer break. Actually no break at all.

Feels like gone back to fastening bolts.

A tough moment. Too much to accomplish in short time. No time for doing anything else but work. I'm trying to keep my commitment to walk for 5km a day,  least, not to fall into a state of mental boredom.

Beyond the hill

Sheep

Lunch break

In the hunters' lair

The week that's ending today has been very busy and full of events. At work, the group I'm managing passed an important project milestone with just one week of delay, compared to the date planned six months ago. Very remarkable! Something that I did not wait to comment in public as a source of pride for them and myself.

On the other hand, this has also been the week with the so-called "worse managers' day": the day when all managers are put together are called to rate the performance of their team-members (though I prefer saying "mates") and decide who to appraise and who ... not to. A real fight, whose consequences will last for the entire coming year. A good reason to reserve moments for a break and do some stress-down activities, like sport. Great and simple! Well ... actually not.

Given the humid weather, the shortness of daylight and a temperature constantly below zero, cycling has become almost prohibitive. Hence, I planned to start the winter season with a little jogging. But after my very first night run on the river banks, nearby my office, I had to re-frame my ambitions. Six thousands kilometres of road on the saddle didn't prevent a hamstring strain, causing me so much pain, to the point of barely being able to walk.

So, I redirected my attention to hiking and started taking long walks on the hillside around my working site during lunch breaks.

No Winter

There's simply been no Winter this year.

A long walk

If I had a bicycle ...

Retour

Lunch Break

I'm engaging again myself on a daily walk, at lunch-time, to compensate the forced immobility my body is subject to in this opening of the cold season. Deciding when to get out is the most challenging thing: it's been raining hard all the time and the working schedule before Xmas is "full like an egg". A view from the bridge is a mandatory stop, even if under reconstruction. 

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

Lunch Breaks

Paradoxically, the only time left for keeping alive the flame at the altar of Photography is that scarce half an hour that divides my last morning meeting from the first one in the afternoon.

Lunch Break