Has in really been 4 months since my last post on the most glorious of blogs? Where did the summer go? The answers to those questions are: yes and up my butt and around the corner. Although being in Southern California has kind of messed with my perception of time, since the seasonal differences are absent, it is hard to remember how long ago something was without the perceptions of seasons.
So here's the one sentence summary what has happened in the past 4 months. Carly and I bought a house in San Diego, she moved down, she got a job, we've been traveling a bunch. There's more to it than that, but our time has been filled with trips to the beach, working on the house and friends and family. Just this month, three weekends ago I was up in Vancouver for a bachelor party (smoked a Cuban, which was nice), two weekends ago Carly and I were in NorCal wine country for a wedding and then I went to Chicago for a conference. Last weekend Carly's friends visited (so much estrogen in the house). This weekend Carly is in Seattle for a bachelorette party (thus me getting time to blogggg), and on Friday we go to North Carolina for a week.
It's been a fast and dramatic shift over the past five months. I went from renting a place by the beach with minimal possessions and no responsibility to pretty much the complete opposite. It's not all bad though. I must say that I really like being a home owner and I do enjoy working on projects. In July Carly went on a road trip through like 6 national parks with her brother, and instead of sitting on the couch watching Girl Meets World (which is terrific btw) I decided to re-wire my garage. This weekend I was replacing sprinkler control valves.
I'm sure the question most of you are asking is "how's the Jeep?". The Jeep is good and it just made it down here a few weeks ago. I've been still working on it but I'm hoping to get it all worked out and have the doors and top off it in a few weeks. I'll post some pictures here when I do!
At times it still hits me how surreal it is that I live here. When I take in a good vista I usually think back to my 10th grade algebra class. I sat by the window and spent hours looking at the cold snow outside thinking about how someday I would move to a place that was warm and nice and where I could go to the beach all year round. I guess I made it.
