Ok, the sabbatical is going pretty easy, probably too easy. I have been spending my time relaxing, getting in shape, and doing some reading (slogging through Cryptonomicon and some short story collections).

I've travelled a bit, returning to Sydney, Australia for two weeks in January, followed up by one week trips to Chicago in February and May as well as to Austria in February. Managed a four day weekend in San Francisco at the end of March as well.

I'm now planning on travelling the West Coast of the US for the month of June, ending up in Chicago at the end of the month.

July is reserved for a class in Mandarin Chinese I've signed up for at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

So far, August is unplanned though my girlfriend and I are considering another trip to Sydney.