After rowing 26 days to complete the Concept2 holiday challenge, it is now time to bike for 26 days.

Saw this hawk sitting on the side of the road. It probably got hit by a car. I stopped and tried calling animal control but no one answered. It flew up to this tree after a few minutes. Hope it was OK. Just shaken up and not badly injured.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Santa already stopped by before midnight.

Completed the rowing challenge with 8012 m today. That brings the total to 160 kms in 26 days - the most I have done in this yearly thanksgiving to Christmas challenge. My rowing raised $4.40 for Clean Air Task Force.

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #25: 7184 m Total: 152169 m

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #24: 6159 m Total: 144985 m

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Holiday challenge Rowing workout #23: 6132 m Total: 138826 m

Happy Winter Solstice folks! I hope you enjoyed/are enjoying the shortest day of the year in northern hemisphere.

Nice snowfall last night and it is cold enough for it to stick around.

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #22: 5192 m Total: 132694 m

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #21: 2078 m Total: 127502 m

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #20: 6121 m Total: 125424 m

Done with all the holiday parties at work and I am also done with work for 2024. Looking forward to 2 weeks of break with the kids at home from college. I hope I remember my password when I come back to work in January.

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #19: 6019 m Total: 119303 m

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #18: 6148 m Total: 113284 m

A colleague left this appreciation card on my desk. Thanks! But, if I translate this into Marathi, it is not very nice. 😊

अरे दगडा

Nutcracker 2024

It has been our yearly tradition to watch Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s Nutcracker performance every December from the time when my daughter participated in it. After she quit ballet for swimming, we still knew her friends who continued to participate and we continued to go to watch the show.

The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky is so good. I absolutely love this music. Till before the pandemic, they used to have a live symphony orchestra for this performance. That was such a great experience. The waltz of the snowflakes and the waltz of the flowers are my favorites.

This year’s show was the last one with a cast member that we knew - our neighbor Lena. She will graduate from high school and go off to college next year.

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #17: 6829 m Total: 107136 m

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #16: 7082 m Total: 100307 m

Completed 100K of rowing during this challenge period (nov 28 - dec 24).

Last week, reached the One Million meters milestone since I started rowing on my machine at home.