city living

Well Hello from the City!

I’m here, we made it relatively unscathed. Their were some battles with the movers and my lovely bronchitis, but I’m here. Here with Joe in the city of San Francisco.

It’s weird to think that I’ve only been here for about 4 days, but I already feel at home. Besides the fact that instead of 99% humidity at 99 F it’s a balmy 60 F and a tad breezy. Oh and the fact that I’m living not out of a suitcase per se, but more like the floor until the moving truck arrives.

And the fact I keep thinking about stuff that maybe I should have brought with me, like the battery charger for my camera. Oops!

So, the packers came on Thursday and packed ALL DAY. No lunch break or anything. They left us with this… a bunch of rooms filled with boxes.

Friday, the truck was supposed to arrive to load everything up. It didn’t. So, they showed up on Saturday at 6AM. Good enough.

It was strange seeing your stuff out on the street waiting to be put in a giant cross country hauler.

I will admit, it was sad to leave this house, the city, our friends…

 

Now, it’s off to new adventures. I think we’re ready…

ponder

Yesterday I met Mike after work for a drink and on my way back to the car realized I’m really going to miss this place. I think I have been so focused on leaving that I forgot what I was leaving behind. Drinks with friends, walking downtown,

having friends over for dinner.

Don’t laugh at the table setting that includes our cell phones…

Last night was a perfect evening to sit on the patio and hang with a long time friend.

This is all to say that we accepted an offer on the house yesterday. Waiting on the final paperwork, but it’s pretty much a done deal. If all goes well I will be in San Francisco mid July… I have a feeling it’s going to happen all to fast.

viva las vegas!

Who’s that guy I’m with? Why, that’s my long lost husband!

 

Before we knew we were moving to SF we had planned a trip to Vegas with D&R. The timing turned out to be pretty good since Joe and I hadn’t seen each other in three weeks by this time.

So how was Vegas? Awesome! Of course, I am biased… it’s one of my favorite places to go. I am such a gambler at heart. Heh! D&R treated us to Viva Elvis and Penn & Teller while there. Both shows were really great, but if I had to choose would probably go with P&T. But really, you can’t go wrong with either one.

Vegas has really grown in the two years or so that we were here last. Unfortunately, it means that a lot of projects that were started before the great mortgage debacle of ‘08 are at a standstill, but they have still managed to get most of the City Center completed despite all that.

This restaurant inside is spectacular. It’s the Mastro’s Ocean Club and looked just amazing. Next time we go I’m going to have to get a reservation just so I can say I ate in the floating bubble.

I was able to get quite a bit of knitting done on the 4 hour plane rides there and back. I started working on Wisp since I figured it would be an easy no brainer item to knit on the go. This really is going to be beautiful once it’s done and great for the weather out in SF.

more stuff!

Oh, hi there! Guess who is in yet another funk? I was going to write about three things that I was happy about today (which on Sunday would have been cake), but just can’t seem to pull that together at the moment. Pathetic, yes?

So, on to other things… Yesterday my manager brought me a St Joseph statue to bury in my yard and of course it POURED the rain all day and it was entirely to gross to even think about digging. It seems to be a bit drier today, so hopefully I can bury the poor guy him this evening. I feel a bit odd about this procedure. I mean, I feel like he can help me out, but then I feel bad about not only burying him but he needs to be buried upside down. I guess so he will help to sell my house and then I can dig him up? Just go with it.

 

 

I have been steadily working on Ishbel as of late. Crappy picture due to a lost camera. Yes Joe, I seem to have misplaced the camera after Saturday’s festivities. I have a call in…

I have realized that moving into a smaller place is going to necessitate a lot less storage place for my crafty type items. What that really means is that I need to put my big girl panties on and work with what I have. That also means that I need to do a major culling of my cross-stitch patterns. Anyone out their interested? I have lots and may have some things you are looking for.

ps: I can’t get so SF soon enough

pps: hope St Joseph works out

ugh

OK, so not the most cheerful post, but really? Why is this OK?

I was in a bit of a mood when I left work yesterday and then this was right next to my car. I guess if I have trash cluttering up my car it’s OK to dump it anywhere.  *sigh*

a note on etiquette

Lately I have been thinking about etiquette and how our general lack there of creates unnecessarily uncomfortable encounters with people. Interestingly, I had a conversation about inappropriate behavior last night at dinner with some friends and the majority of these stories could have been solved by someone having read a basic book on etiquette (otherwise know as, how to interact socially with other human beings). No giant tome required, just one of those little paperback ones would have sufficed for most of the stories.

I think I may have found the problem. I went to Books-A-Million yesterday and this was every etiquette book they had in stock. Now, I am not blaming the store since they stock what sells. Obviously, this is not a popular subject.

 

At least I know I’m not alone in thinking this. While poking around the internets I found this very interesting blog.

much complaining ensues

It’s been a tough few weeks. Lots of sorting, cleaning, and much fussing at each other as Joe and I try to sort out our lives before he heads to SF to start his new job. I will be staying behind while the house is put on the market (anyone looking for a nice, barely used home in Charlotte?) and find out whether my employer is willing to let me work from the other side of the country.

It really isn’t so dire as it sounds. Things are coming together and we are feeling good about all the things we have accomplished so that this transition goes smoothly. It’s not so much the things that need to be done, but the emotional toll that a move like this creates. We are leaving family and good friends. Some are really supportive and some, well, some are not and that makes things tough. It’s hard when people you care about are so negative about something you are excited for and can’t seem to see that the negativity is practically a self fulfilling prophesy of sorts. Oh well… on to other sad news…

The bunnies.

Little Rosey

and Roscoe

I am trying to find a new home for my two wee ones. A good portion of the apartments we have looked at in SF do not allow pets. There’s a chance that it will be fine, but I don’t want to be down to the last week here and find out they can’t come along. So in the spirit of being pro-active I am looking for someone who would like to have to bundles of cute to add to their family. They need to stay together and at three pounds each they’re really like one still tiny pet.

Let me know if you or anyone you know is interested…

not much

I have attempted to write a post for the past couple of days, but it seems that I am out of words for the moment. Let’s see if list making helps.

1. Joe accepted the job in SF.
2. It may not show, but I am super excited!
3. Currently I can only manage to knit garter stitch. Too much floating around in my head to manage anything else.
4. Brain is done. Apparently the list making is not working so much.

angst

The suspense of it all is creating major stress all over. I alternatively feel like I’m going to throw up or am at complete peace with the whole thing. Though, the former seems to be winning out more and more.

No word today from the recruiter, of course they still have several more hours at work to get this sorted out, being on the west coast and all… I have a horrible feeling that this is going to stretch into Monday.

Finally home and would love to knit and relax for a bit. Of course, that is not likely to happen since we have a realtor coming over and then we’ll probably head somewhere for dinner. I mean, dinner out isn’t a bad thing. I am just starting to feel a bit frazzled by the not knowing. A bit stalled out and not able to make decisions about things that need to be done until we know for sure we are or are not moving. I’m in limbo. 

and we’re back

It would be nice if I could say that I got a decent nights sleep after getting home yesterday, but alas with all that is on my mind I went to bed late and got up early. Joy!

All in all I feel like we got a lot done while we were there and that we have enough information on the area of SF that we would like to live in.

Our top pick is Hayes Valley. Lots of cool shops, nice restaurants, and a Walgreens within walking distance. Oh and don’t forget the liquor grocery store for all your basic needs.

It also has this little park with a crazy sculpture as it’s centerpiece.

I’m sure you can see it’s appeal.

On the plane home I started on Ishbel. I figure if we really make it to SF then I’ll need a little something to keep the chill off.

Toodles!