After two weeks of "good-byes" and a few tearful moments, Jon and I boarded our red-eye and headed off to DC (Arlington, VA, to be exact).
We flew out Monday night, landed in New York the following morning, then landed in DC on Tuesday around mid morning. They were some of the least hectic flights we've ever had--no lost or "abandoned" luggage, no crazy plane acrobatics, no offensive perfume. Excellent.
On Wednesday we rented a truck from a very helpful Jeremy and iphoned our way to the pick up sight in Maryland to retrieve our relo-cube. After unloading the cube and re-loading our life into the truck, we noted only minimal damage to some of our things: chipped mirror, gauged dresser, broken cirque du soleil mug, dirty couch--nothing outrageous. Then we drove back to Arlington, making sure that we didn't take the wrong highways that didn't allow trucks...tricky. Next came another round of unpacking and hauling all of our things up to our new place. Since we live on the ninth floor, we were singing the praises of the freight elevator and hand truck that made our move much, much easier.
Now we're just in the process of unpacking and organizing! As some of you may know, our place is small, but we've discovered that it's very cool. More pictures to come once we put everything away. For now, this is a picture that a kind Japanese lady snapped for us in the Sacramento airport--we actually ended up sitting next to her on the plane.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
On: "It's good..."
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
On: Bon Voyage BSA...
July 3, 2008 was my last day at the BSA. I have to say that I had the pleasure of working with the best co-workers I've ever had. Also, I sat in the greatest cube of all cubedom-- they (cubies) took the liberty of strategically hiding Big and Small (the wooden drawing figures) on day the last... Very sweet.

Admittedly, the last eight hours were full, but not hectic. It was actually a very special day, full of Cilantro's and toasting frozen yogurt with J, L and M. Every office should have a J, L and M--the thought of not seeing them during the work week anymore is very sad...
And so the last day came and went. I filled out the paperwork. I said my goodbyes. I caught the 43 (Davis Express Bus) one last time, and then I walked home listening to Collin Hay, Ben Folds and Paul Simon--while humming. Then I sat down and took in the days events, trying to digest the fact that the following week, I would not be going back to the office. To a degree, I still feel like I'm just enjoying a long weekend... [Photo illustrates some of the contents of my desk that I carted home like a crazy person--or a person who forgot to bring a box for the contents of her desk on the last day of work].
Admittedly, the last eight hours were full, but not hectic. It was actually a very special day, full of Cilantro's and toasting frozen yogurt with J, L and M. Every office should have a J, L and M--the thought of not seeing them during the work week anymore is very sad...
And so the last day came and went. I filled out the paperwork. I said my goodbyes. I caught the 43 (Davis Express Bus) one last time, and then I walked home listening to Collin Hay, Ben Folds and Paul Simon--while humming. Then I sat down and took in the days events, trying to digest the fact that the following week, I would not be going back to the office. To a degree, I still feel like I'm just enjoying a long weekend... [Photo illustrates some of the contents of my desk that I carted home like a crazy person--or a person who forgot to bring a box for the contents of her desk on the last day of work].
Friday, July 4, 2008
On: Happy Birthday America. And Matt...

Happy fourth of July from Team Pagan!!!
I believe that God created our balcony just so that we could have the best view (in Davis) of sunsets and fireworks...
Proud to call the U-S-of-A home? You bet we are:) To all of our friends (and those we don't know) in the service, thank you.
Today also happens to be my brother's birthday, so I thought I would take a moment to acknowledge him and the celebrities with whom he shares this special day:
On: Beyond, "If the shoe fits...."
On: Take me out to the....
I think the last time I went to a baseball game was when I was six or seven years old... Recently, we went to a River Cats game (local AAA affiliate of the Oakland A's)--what a great time!

This was Jon and me chillin' in the shade while it lasted...

The view from our seats! This picture was taken somewhere in between the eating of the classic baseball junk food: hot-dogs, nachos, icees... It's all part of the event, practically a requirement.

And then the sun moved. Some of us don't tan so well, and don't care to tan, which is why we wear giant, floppy white hats to outdoorsy events. This is fine, but then the poor guy behind you is forced to stretch a bit to see what the players are doing.

This was Jon and me chillin' in the shade while it lasted...

The view from our seats! This picture was taken somewhere in between the eating of the classic baseball junk food: hot-dogs, nachos, icees... It's all part of the event, practically a requirement.

And then the sun moved. Some of us don't tan so well, and don't care to tan, which is why we wear giant, floppy white hats to outdoorsy events. This is fine, but then the poor guy behind you is forced to stretch a bit to see what the players are doing.
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