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/rewind.
monday was danny's birthday, and i'd like to think it was a happy one. we went to the SF zoo for a few hours, and thanks to the warm sunshine, we saw lots of animals laying around having tumkins and nappytime. it was adoorbell. after the zoo i surprised him with an hour-long massage from my regular masseuse Erika (who is amazing). after that we went to murray circle at cavallo point, just north of the golden gate bridge. this restaurant is a must-visit if you are near the SF Bay Area. it's elegant, comfortable, relaxed and yet the food is amazing. if their portions were slightly larger, they could charge double for their plates without blinking an eye. an affordable restaurant staffed by a chef in the country's top 10% is a gem, and the drive is pretty to boot. i like to think we (ok, i) packed a lot of relaxed enjoyment into one day. that's what birthdays are all about!
then yesterday, we got the keys to the new house!
i worked a half day, after which we packed some stuff and drove to vallejo. like many bay area cities, vallejo has very nice parts, and very scary parts. apparently the trick with this particular city is to stick to the edges. the center is not somewhere i'd drive through at night by myself, but the outskirts are pretty standard for suburbia, and there are even some nice views. there's a large shopping complex a few miles east of the new house, including a costco, home depot, petco (and a fabric store! yay!) and other assorted useful stores. we headed there first and grabbed random essentials, then met richard at the house for the walkthrough. aiden loves the yards, which makes me really happy; richard spent a ton of time cleaning the house up, so it looks like something out of a magazine almost. danny and i have to work harder to take care of this place. we got home around 10 pm, at which point i crashed hard; that always happens when a long-anticipated event finally transpires. i guess the nervous energy dissipates.
vallejo is not marin county. it's not even like marina all that much. i'm definitely not comfortable there... yet. time could change that, or it might not. still, this move (while not perfect) is a smart decision. danny pointed out that i'm always excited before something, and excited during it, but i balk just before and get scared. and that's true, i get very panicky when change is just around the corner. my goal is to accept that fear, and work with it to get through it.
and now, my laptop is about to shut itself off. time to finish up work.
love kittie
werk.
/rewind.
monday was danny's birthday, and i'd like to think it was a happy one. we went to the SF zoo for a few hours, and thanks to the warm sunshine, we saw lots of animals laying around having tumkins and nappytime. it was adoorbell. after the zoo i surprised him with an hour-long massage from my regular masseuse Erika (who is amazing). after that we went to murray circle at cavallo point, just north of the golden gate bridge. this restaurant is a must-visit if you are near the SF Bay Area. it's elegant, comfortable, relaxed and yet the food is amazing. if their portions were slightly larger, they could charge double for their plates without blinking an eye. an affordable restaurant staffed by a chef in the country's top 10% is a gem, and the drive is pretty to boot. i like to think we (ok, i) packed a lot of relaxed enjoyment into one day. that's what birthdays are all about!
then yesterday, we got the keys to the new house!
i worked a half day, after which we packed some stuff and drove to vallejo. like many bay area cities, vallejo has very nice parts, and very scary parts. apparently the trick with this particular city is to stick to the edges. the center is not somewhere i'd drive through at night by myself, but the outskirts are pretty standard for suburbia, and there are even some nice views. there's a large shopping complex a few miles east of the new house, including a costco, home depot, petco (and a fabric store! yay!) and other assorted useful stores. we headed there first and grabbed random essentials, then met richard at the house for the walkthrough. aiden loves the yards, which makes me really happy; richard spent a ton of time cleaning the house up, so it looks like something out of a magazine almost. danny and i have to work harder to take care of this place. we got home around 10 pm, at which point i crashed hard; that always happens when a long-anticipated event finally transpires. i guess the nervous energy dissipates.
vallejo is not marin county. it's not even like marina all that much. i'm definitely not comfortable there... yet. time could change that, or it might not. still, this move (while not perfect) is a smart decision. danny pointed out that i'm always excited before something, and excited during it, but i balk just before and get scared. and that's true, i get very panicky when change is just around the corner. my goal is to accept that fear, and work with it to get through it.
and now, my laptop is about to shut itself off. time to finish up work.
love kittie