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January 18, 2012: Had some interesting things to update on, but it's not coming to me at the moment... however I have added some new content for you all: my JMT write-up and new pictures of us making marshmallows!
Let's see, last weekend we went to a coworker's wedding and Odin's first birthday (at the CuriOdyssey museum -- which was very cool). Oh I was also sick (even took off 1.5 days of work), so between those events it was mostly laying in bed resting...
The weekend before I finally fixed up my bike and went for a nice ride over the Dumbarton bridge. On the other side I met up with Charlene and we signed up to be bone marrow donors. Then it was back home to change before dinner and Tchaikovsky with Suzy & Peder. I enjoy classical music, but they always try to through in some contemporary work which I have trouble fully appreciating.. apparently the rest of the audience "got it" though and gave it a standing ovation...
In good news, there's finally a storm a-brewing in Tahoe! Should finally have some snow there soon and we can put this season pass to actual use...
January 1, 2012: Happy New Year! And belated Mele Kalikimaka (that's Hawaiian for Merry Christmas)!
This was my first year not going home for Christmas and also my first time visiting Hawaii! Went with Charlene's family to Kauai and did lots of outdoorsy stuff there (I'll try to do a write-up and pics for that soon)... I'll just leave you with: it was a blast! Like usual it wasn't a 'relaxing' vacation, but rather a 'do stuff' vacation. Took the red-eye flight home and immediately started cleaning and preparing for the New Year's & birthday party we were hosting... the fun never stops! The party (which included a SF scavenger hunt) and New Years went well.
So far 2012 has been going well! A tiny bit of sleeping in, followed by waffles & eggs for everyone (the party guests spent the night and we managed to use all 7 of our ThermaRests!) and now it's Craft Day. The ladies are making tank tops and I'm making... well I can't say, it's going to be a gift for my mom!
Hope 2012 is an awesome year for everyone!!!
December 15, 2011: Had a really good weekend! It was pretty relaxing (for us at least)... slept in on Saturday, made some shortbread cookies and then headed off to a couple parties that night. Sunday we drove up to Kirkwood to pick up Char's season pass (yay for cheap student passes) and then headed off to explore Black Chasm. It was awesome! It's very quiet there during the winter season so we ended up getting a private tour and the cavern itself was way more impressive than we'd expected. Looking forward to checking out the other caverns in the upcoming months!
Today was also the last day at our current building at work. Packed up all our stuff and we'll start work at the new building on Monday... exciting times indeed.
November 23, 2011: Lately on my commute to work I've seen pelicans flying over me as I take the bridge across the bay. I find them exotic (even though after looking them up on Wikipedia I see that they live almost everywhere) and seeing them fly over me makes me feel connected to nature (despite my 35 mile drive to work which is totally increasing my carbon footprint). Anyhow, it makes me happy to see them!
November 11, 2011: Happy 11/11/11! Pretty fun date!
In other news, finally moved (almost) all my stuff over to Berkeley. Now we're doing lots of unpacking and rearranging... making progress but still lots left!
Busy with work... had another lucrative Vegas trip (the craps table loves us!) and was productive work-wise. It's kind of different in my lead role, still having to get used to not coding most days. :( Hoping to fit in some more in the near future though...