Busy busy beaver (see, because I am an Oregon State grad)
Man, it has been a busy couple of weeks. Work has been picking up even more (to the point that I really need to work on reports a couple of hours this weekend), while simultaneously E and I moved across the Bay. We started packing the house on Monday the 20th, had the truck come on the 26th, and today, August 1st, we are close to fully unpacked. Which has been stressful, but when looked at more objectively, it is pretty great to have it done in such a short time. Hiring movers was definitely the way to go (thank you to those hearty souls who volunteered to help us move), and they were fast, efficient, friendly, and relatively inexpensive. It was so worth it.
The new apartment is. . . oddly laid out. There are two main rooms, which share one long wall, and each has a doorway onto it from the hall, as well as the shared wall having a double-wide doorway. The double-wide, and the doorway to the room most logically the bedroom do not have doors, or hinges for doors, or really any way to close them. At the moment we have a curtain and a couch across the double-wide, and an open-door policy on the bedroom. There are all sorts of quirks (like the bathroom that looks like there was a deal on towel racks at the hardware store. I have never seen a shower with two towel racks INSIDE the shower), but it is significantly bigger than our old place, and has only one flight of stairs, and not three. This is a huge, wonderful difference.
The neighborhood is also a change of pace, as for the first time perhaps ever, I live in an area filled with late 20- early 30-something middle to upper-middle class white people. Apparently I finally found out where all the "cool" kids are, and they are in the Castro and the Mission. So far I have hit La Mediterranee 2 (same food as the one in Elmwood that I adore), but definitely a different crowd (yes, the aforementioned selection of white folk), and Tartine (the double pain au chocolat was a bit disappointing), but there is much more, no doubt. I think it will be fun to explore, especially if it stops raining every damn day (well, drizzle, but still), and we get more days like today, beautiful and sunny and pleasant. Yay!
oh, and Happy Birthday to magogin!
The new apartment is. . . oddly laid out. There are two main rooms, which share one long wall, and each has a doorway onto it from the hall, as well as the shared wall having a double-wide doorway. The double-wide, and the doorway to the room most logically the bedroom do not have doors, or hinges for doors, or really any way to close them. At the moment we have a curtain and a couch across the double-wide, and an open-door policy on the bedroom. There are all sorts of quirks (like the bathroom that looks like there was a deal on towel racks at the hardware store. I have never seen a shower with two towel racks INSIDE the shower), but it is significantly bigger than our old place, and has only one flight of stairs, and not three. This is a huge, wonderful difference.
The neighborhood is also a change of pace, as for the first time perhaps ever, I live in an area filled with late 20- early 30-something middle to upper-middle class white people. Apparently I finally found out where all the "cool" kids are, and they are in the Castro and the Mission. So far I have hit La Mediterranee 2 (same food as the one in Elmwood that I adore), but definitely a different crowd (yes, the aforementioned selection of white folk), and Tartine (the double pain au chocolat was a bit disappointing), but there is much more, no doubt. I think it will be fun to explore, especially if it stops raining every damn day (well, drizzle, but still), and we get more days like today, beautiful and sunny and pleasant. Yay!
oh, and Happy Birthday to magogin!