From the minute we landed it's been an adventure. We finally landed after circling Nevada for > 45 mins (due to the fog that is ALWAYS lingering over SF, before the captain came over the intercom to let us know that we were low on fuel and would have to land in San Jose to refuel before we could proceed onto SF). Now. If you know the area, you would know that San Jose is less than a 12 minute flight from SF...
Welcome to the city whose coldest winter is knows as summertime! But do not fret! After the chills of August the heat of Sept/Oct appears before cooling off again! I swear I have never stripped off and then froze as many times as a day as one does in this city - Rule of thumb, wear layers!!!
You can imagine my genuine delight when I found out that I live in the Asian-Irish area - lol! No disrespect, but how cool and messed up is that!! Of course I feel totally at home, and am loving it. Great food and hot accents ;-)
Two days after arriving here, she leaves me for the warmth of So Cal, and I am on kitty patrol. This results in my taking Pino (her ex-roomie's kitty that we are loving while mom is in Aussie land, the other kitty being Margarita) to the vet for a lump I found on her side. Surgery, a cone around her head, antibiotics, pain meds that cause diarrhea, and hot compresses 2x a day, fill my next few days (had to laugh when the vet called me one day asking for my DOB, state requirement as pain meds are a controlled substance - NO, I am not planning on taking the cats meds!!!). Mom leaves, roomie - Steph, returns and it is a whirlwind of plans, drinks, fish tacos and getting to know each other on the beach while watching the sun set (obviously with a bottle of wine in tow). This girl is literally going to be the end of me! I haven't even started school and we are already talking surf trips in santa Cruz, Bali, Costa Rica, Mexico (and no, can't say the hobo that I am is fighting her much, just trying to figure out how to finance it all)...and no I haven't been on a surfboard in over 6 years but she is willing to teach me (read between the lines - the sadistic little one wants to laugh her butt off as I don a thick wetsuit, hat and booties to just be able to enter the water...). She is an amazing woman though, and I know I have a lot to learn from her - her passion about life may be dangerous (in a good way :-) ) but it is also really inspiring! Heck, she has already adapted to my inability to form an articulate sentence before I have had a cup of coffee in the morning, and she doesn't look twice when I drive down a one-way street the wrong way - let alone what happens when the SF trolley's come into play!!
Despite missing all of you that are spread around the world, I am excited for the adventures ahead - immediately this includes a night at "Riptide" the local dive bar, wetsuit shopping (SEXY!!) tomorrow and sailing in a snowsuit - at least for me!
More stories to come.... XOX
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