The place we call home right now

Here are pictures of our place/condo/duplex. It has two bedrooms and two baths and a sunroom along with the normal kitchen, living room etc. It is one story and there are four of them hooked together so we share a side wall with one neighbor and a back wall with another. They were built in the '80s as the lovely teal carpet will show. We have a side and front yard as well as a shaded patio and yes that is a solar water heater on the roof. Of course we miss our little bungalow in Salem with its hardwood floors, but this isn't too shabby!

Week three

Maybe it is just because I started work this week, but it seems longer. On Saturday I made my first bike ride into the downtown. Bob has been making it to get to the University, but I had not had a chance yet. I think I did ok and we made it to the Saturday Market and back. Also this weekend we headed towards Santa Cruz to visit some friends from Bob's time at U of O. It was great. We had a wonderful meal where we talked about how unbelievably difficult it was to find housing and move to California. It turns out Bob and I probably had the easiest time of all (out of three couples), boy were we surprised to hear that. The next day we had a great breakfast together before heading to the boardwalk. Although it was pretty cool, we couldn't take Lulu so we left there hoping to go back soon. We then started our drive north and continued to look for beaches to stop at, but it turns out they also don't allow dogs!! So we stopped for lunch in Half Moon Bay before heading east for home. Next time we'll take our dog friendly places book with us.
Last night we had dinner with Bob's cohort. It was interesting to look around the table and be able to point out who we'd like to hang out with more and who we hope to not be seeing very often. One of the guys looks like "Jim" on the office!
My work is going ok although between working at home 2 days a week and not going in until 10am others, means I really have to work at getting 40 hours in. Plus we still don't know if she can keep me longer than 10 weeks.
In other news our streets and carports are being repaved and it is a bit of a pain! Friday we can park our car next to our place again, thank goodness.

Week Two in Davis

I applied to a University position, I dropped off a resume at a firm, I called another firm, but nothing. Then out of the blue I get a phone call and have an interview and then a job! We make another trip to Ikea, we eat out some more, we make it to the dog park and we are all unpacked. We miss home still but are trying to make this as best as possible. We had friends over for a BBQ. It still feels weird like everyone we know is missing. Bob asks if I am tired of him yet. And sadly, we took the California test for changing our driver's licenses. We both passed, but it takes like 2 weeks to send them to us. Just another strange thing about this state.

Week One in Davis

Week one was interesting. First it included us unpacking a truck - just the two of us - trying to get unpacked and settled before I had to begin work two days later. Then when I arrive at work, I find out I no longer have a job and must start the search process over. So I spent my time unpacking and using someone else's internet to job search. We made a trip to Ikea and tried to venture through Sacramento and got very turned around. We ate out a lot. We have take out menus now for all of the places within 1/2 a mile. We went to the Davis Ace Hardware so often I thought they'd know us by now. We met up with Shelley and Joshua and their new baby Alden as well as their dog Blackberry. And of course we missed home.