San Jose, CA

February 7th, 2021

Finally getting some time to rest after a long weekend of packing, cleaning and moving. Virtually all of my belongings are now in a storage unit, and the rest is either getting donated, sold or coming with me to Hawaii! Can't believe I'm less than a week away - it still feels like there's so much to take care of.

This morning, I had some errands to run before the movers arrived. While out and about, I discovered a bakery that had just opened their doors for the day. I don't normally eat breakfast, but I couldn't resist the allure of a fresh baked, cheesy sausage roll. I took it to the nearby park for a brief moment of respite, and it was just as good as I was hoping! I'll definitely miss the great local food here.

January 31st, 2021

A few years ago, I removed myself from most social media sites for a variety of reasons, and in retrospect I'm pretty happy with my decision to do so. Now I just need to work on getting Reddit out of the equation, as well...

Anyways, last year I also accepted an offer with Google and relocated to the opposite side of the country. This put some literal and figurative distance between me and my friends, family and potential stalkers. In a couple of weeks, I'm adding another 2000+ miles onto that gap by moving to Hawaii, since I'm working remotely anyways and tired of paying San Francisco bay area rent. And with the aforementioned lack of social media, some people wanted to be able to keep up with what I'm doing, see pictures, etc. But I'm insistent on not signing back up for those abandoned social media accounts, so here we are. My very own blog!

Here's what I did this weekend - went for a bike up the east foothills in San Jose. It's about ten miles from my apartment, and the climb up sucked! But going down was very, very fun. Pics, or it didn't happen: