Of the past week:

• Tiring and frustrating weekend spent trying to write "We Need to Talk About the Women's World Cup"
• 4-day work week
• Worked out 3 of those 4 days
  • Boxing
  • Best run in a long time
  • Touch rugby and dove for the scoreline and made an assist in a separate play
• S's last day at work
• New dawn, new day, new desk
  • More space
• Got more beans
  • I can't drink all this coffee
• Twitter debate on Caitlyn Jenner receiving the ESPY's Arthur Ashe Award
  • Regretting taking the time to engage with someone over a contentious matter
  • But then getting a message saying that that person was wrong to say her previous statements and that Caitlyn Jenner was, indeed, courageous
  • Respect and maybe sometimes it is worth it to engage
• Short meeting, long lunch
  • This project is still bullshit but we will push through
  • M acts/thinks a lot faster than I ever will but I much appreciate the support of ideas
  • Good talk between two people in very different stages in their lives but with remarkably similar interests
• "We Need to Talk About the Women's World Cup" finally got published
  • At the start of it, I didn't feel strongly about the piece (e.g. it's not good enough, it should be better etc.)
  • But someone said, "So what? It's still your work and you should share it."
  • Sheepishly plugged to old teammates because the message was too important
  • I'm not going to feel strongly about certain pieces I'm going to write in the future but I feel very strongly about women's sports
  • It is quite simply my advocacy
  • But I'm glad to also say that I can read the WWC piece without squirming in my seat
• Remembering All the Lovers still makes me smile