House-hunting trip
I just returned from two weeks in Cali. We decided to be more spontaneous than either of us have been in our lives and planned the trip two days before we left. Gotta say, I didn't miss the snow (even though there wasn't much here), the cold, or the grey blahness that is winter in CNY. I loved how sunny and warm and springlike it was in Cali. I've never experienced that in February before.
We spent most of the trip going around San Jose with our realtor looking at houses. We found one that we loved, but we can't put an offer in until our house sells. :( Hopefully it'll sell quickly. We also found a short-term lease townhouse we liked and applied for it. Hopefully we'll get it so we've got a place locked in since we're down to only about 3-4 weeks before we move.
Amid all the house-hunting, we also had some fun. Chriss has a friend from college that lives in Mountain View and works for NASA so we got a private tour which was awesome! We went to see the ocean (my first time in 10 years, Chriss and T's first time) because we were in Pacifica looking at a rental property. Chriss' friend also invited us to go to San Francisco with them for the Chinese New Year parade. That was amazing. T managed to squeeze his way to the very front of the crowd and I was only about 3 people back from that. Other than small town parades that take less than 15 minutes, I've never seen a parade in person before. And this one was huge, full of energy, and so much fun.
It was a really busy whirlwind, but fun trip and as glad as I am to be back home, sleeping in my own bed, and with my cats again, I really miss California and can't wait to go back. And the best part of the trip? It felt so right to be there. It just confirmed yet again that this is what we're supposed to do.
I'm not sure exactly what the next few weeks have in store for us, but I'm sure it'll be crazy busy again. So in the meantime, here's episode 3 of This is Not a Vlog as well as some pics from our trip.
Hanger One at NASA
We spent most of the trip going around San Jose with our realtor looking at houses. We found one that we loved, but we can't put an offer in until our house sells. :( Hopefully it'll sell quickly. We also found a short-term lease townhouse we liked and applied for it. Hopefully we'll get it so we've got a place locked in since we're down to only about 3-4 weeks before we move.
Amid all the house-hunting, we also had some fun. Chriss has a friend from college that lives in Mountain View and works for NASA so we got a private tour which was awesome! We went to see the ocean (my first time in 10 years, Chriss and T's first time) because we were in Pacifica looking at a rental property. Chriss' friend also invited us to go to San Francisco with them for the Chinese New Year parade. That was amazing. T managed to squeeze his way to the very front of the crowd and I was only about 3 people back from that. Other than small town parades that take less than 15 minutes, I've never seen a parade in person before. And this one was huge, full of energy, and so much fun.
It was a really busy whirlwind, but fun trip and as glad as I am to be back home, sleeping in my own bed, and with my cats again, I really miss California and can't wait to go back. And the best part of the trip? It felt so right to be there. It just confirmed yet again that this is what we're supposed to do.
I'm not sure exactly what the next few weeks have in store for us, but I'm sure it'll be crazy busy again. So in the meantime, here's episode 3 of This is Not a Vlog as well as some pics from our trip.
Click to viewHanger One at NASA