01:18 pm - assortment of things
Back home again. Trying to catch up on e-mail. Didn't I just do this?
2008: the year in which I spend my entire summer playing catch-up. Oh goodie.
Back home again. Trying to catch up on e-mail. Didn't I just do this?
2008: the year in which I spend my entire summer playing catch-up. Oh goodie.
Eight states and four time zones later, we've reached California. Thoughts on the trip:
Good God, the U.S. is huge.
Going east to west is nice; you effectively get 25-hour days.
So glad I'm not driving back. Especially since I'd have to do it alone.
Just how big is this place?
Thank God for cruise control. I'm pretty certain I didn't touch the gas or the brake for three hours in western Kansas -- and that isn't hyperbole.
Watching the gas mileage change going up into Colorado is depressing. Watching it change coming down out of Colorado is glee-making.
Especially in a hybrid. Thank God for those, too.
How is all of this a single country?
Commencing road trip to California. I probably won't have internet access again until the end of the week (and sporadically until the 17th), so don't feel bad if I don't answer your comment or e-mail or whatever. But any images of Midnight Never Come sent in while I'm gone will be counted for the giveaway.
Adios!
I'm posting this publicly to cast as wide a net as possible, but it's only of direct interest to local people (for a suitably broad definition of "local").
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kniedzw will be loading up the car and Going West, preparatory to starting his new job. I'll be driving with him, to split the task, and say hi to Bay Area folks; then I'll be flying back to write a novel, pack, write a novel, have eye surgery, pack, write a novel, pack, pack, go to a con, pack pack packpackpack and eventually move.
BUT! Before we do that, we're having a going-away bash. Because I'm dumb and was also out of town, I didn't get the clubhouse reserved, so this will be at our place. If you ever hung out with kniedzw, or gamed with him, or were fed baked goods by him, and want to bid him farewell, come on by!
WHERE: Castle N (e-mail for directions, if you need them)
WHEN: Sunday, starting at 6 p.m., going until whenever
WHY: Because you're going to miss him
WHAT TO BRING: A la the Boggan Birthday Bash, I'd greatly appreciate donations of drink, food, baked goods, and assistance dealing with the aftermath, so that we can keep kniedzw from doing any of that himself. I'm damned if he's going to host his own going-away party, even if it takes thirty of us to stop him.
Feel free to pass this along to anyone not on LJ that might want to come.
Despite the best efforts of our east-coast friends (and they *were* good efforts, believe me), the decision is done: kniedzw and I will be heading west. He's accepted a job offer from Akamai's San Mateo office.
Timetable is still fuzzy. His work starts June 16th, but I won't be following until (probably) August, along with all our stuff. Yes, this means moving in the middle of writing a book. On the bright side, Akamai is helping out with moving expenses, which means that for the first time in my life I can pay somebody else to do the heavy lifting. This makes me happier than I can say.
And I'm going to live in California! I confess that one thing which swung me toward the west coast was looking at the area in the satellite view of Google Maps; seeing San Mateo nestled between the blue of the water and the thick green belt of the hills made my heart sing. Nature! A bike ride away! kurayami_hime has been waxing poetic about the eucalyptus forests, and I'll get to see them for myself. And redwoods! I adores me some redwoods.
It'll be a new experience for us both. We won't necessarily stay there forever, but I'm glad we'll be staying there for a while.