Now that school has started and we are settling in Amsterdam, we are exploring new activities. First, Ryan convinced me to come out of volleyball retirement and play on the Saturday meetup he found. I haven't played volleyball since before the pandemic. This is 3 hours of playing with random people on random teams. This allows for flexibility and no commitment to play every week which is good. I lasted 2.5 hours which may be the longest I've ever played volleyball since maybe the days of beach volleyball afternoons in Chicago. It was hot, I was out of "volleyball shape" and my arms were confused by what was happening to them. I was super bruised and sore. Yes, I did this to myself and will probably do it again. On Wednesday I signed up for an expat fitness meetup. This was a choice of yoga, bootcamp or boxing in the park. I chose yoga. The yoga teacher didn't show up so they offered me a spot in bootcamp which I reluctantly accepted. Similar to volley...