A Place to Call Home

We have made the decision to make San Francisco our home for now.  After a couple of months talking things over and considering our options, Aaron has signed on at The General.  We will be leaving for about three months at the beginning of December to enjoy the holidays with family and then travel through Europe.  Aaron will start back some time in March, and I plan to get a travel assignment and then find a permanent job in the city or surrounding area.

Settling down can be a little scary for nomads like us, but we have really enjoyed this area over the past year and it is starting to feel like home.  I have really wanted to become more involved in the community with volunteering and taking art and sewing classes.  There are so many more restaurants that we have to try when we get back in the spring.  Marin County is loaded with fantastic hiking and biking trails that we have only sampled since January.  We have made some pretty good friends along the way as well.  I love taking the muni and not worrying about driving everywhere.  I suppose I could go on and on...  Anyways, we're really looking forward to reopening our wedding gifts and putting them to good use.  And we will actually purchase a few furniture items along the way also.  It doesn't get much more exciting than this! 

Aside from the above news, the past couple of days have been really nice.  We revisited the climbing gym with a group of friends.  Overall I hung in there okay and managed to climb a 5.9, which is my best yet.  Yesterday we hiked in Marin at Mt. Tamalpais State Park.  It was a gorgeous day with temperatures in the low 70s and clear blue skies.  Zuri came along, and she enjoyed herself thoroughly.  Our hike was about nine miles, so we felt deserving of a beer afterwards.  We ended our outing at Marin Brewing Co. sampling beer and eating delicious bruschetta.  It was really a fine day...


Here are a few pics of Z.  She was so eager to catch a fly that she completely ignored her milk bone.  That's a first.