I’m still getting used to life in the South Bay (the area to the south of San Franciso, aka “Silicon Valley.” This morning, I stopped in the restroom at work and as I was washing my hands and looked in the mirror, I realized “Holy Crap! My hair has its own marine layer!”
I’m trying to wind things down here at Bill Wilson Center. I am disappointed to be leaving here–I really think I could continue to do good work here. I’ve made a lot of progress, and have so many more plans for helping to position them more visibly in the community.
At the same time, things are seriously ramping up with the new consulting gig. Actually had my first conference call of the day at 4:30 ayem. Yup. 4:30 in the morning. Silly east coast people and their 7:30 start times! But it wasn’t too bad, especially since (you guessed it!) I was still in my pajamas for the call. That, coupled with figuring out the mute button my my cell phone so that I could sip coffee, made it as pleasant a call as you can have while it’s still dark out. Finished the last call at 8:15 and managed to get both me and the kids out the door on time this morning. But that definitely explains the hair!
My new office setup is pretty cool–I bought a used cubicle from Craigslist on Friday, and Saturday Eric put it together for me. The shed looks like a real office now–and will look even better once I get a rug for the floor and a window AC unit. Sunday and Monday’s heat wave made it a pretty uncomfortable 95 degrees in there, so I’ll definitely have to do something. Although I’m sure Sylvia will tell me that the heat isn’t typical.
OK, time to figure something out for lunch. Also need to stop by the grocery store to pick up some sugar–totally ran out this morning and had to put artificial sweetener in my first cup of the day. Yuck!
