Two weekends ago I headed to LA and had a great fun weekend with Michelle and Ruth. Ruth was transiting through to a conference in Miami. The three of us have developed a little tradition around meeting up and always have fun. I arrived Friday night and Michelle and I did the annual clothing run for Jody - whew that's that done! Ruth flew in that afternoon and we all just hung out. Michelle is currently Faculty in residence at UCLA so we hung out on the campus and I got to experience eating the the college dining hall.....the food was very impressive. We went to dinner that night with Michelle's girlfriend, Nina and moved on to a bar before we all conceded we were happy enough to go home. Gone are the days of partying out late, or at least that wasn't going to happen that day.
Sunday, after walking Monkee we went off to get Michelle an i-phone, funny time was had as she's not the most literate about these things. Ruth and I then set it all up for her, including downloading some useful Apps - her life is transformed.
Getting out of LA was a little tedious as my flight kept getting delayed, finally arrived home around 11pm (as opposed 8pm). Still all worth it to spend time hanging with the Kiwis.
Work was incredibly busy with a team dinner on Wednesday as well. I am still learning alot and settling into life as a senior manager - it is different and I am figuring it out one day at a time as new and different things are required/demanded!
Ruth flew in for a stopover on her way home on Friday. Flight was late in but I'm 15mins from the airport so it was an easy hop to pick her up. Saturday we went Lotte walking with Irene at Fort Funston (pic above) the Ruth and I walked into the Mission and ended the afternoon sitting in the sun in the Garden Bar at our local queer bar.....which I never really go to so it was a treat for me as well. She flew out Saturday so it really was a short stopover but sweet to spend time with her and have her see where I live etc.
Monday (early) I drive to Roseville; 2hrs North East of San Fran to spend four days doing workshops with the client. Not wildly excited about the travel but then I haven't been to Roseville.....so I'll put it in the column of "new adventure". Does mean organizing myself so today is full of washing and household chores.
Thanksgiving is looming and Irene has invited me to Reno but I have decided to stay home. I think I'd just like to putz around the house. TG is such a sweet holiday here, everyone very excited and in the past I've gone to friend's houses. This year though I feel content to just do my own thing, go for a long run and maybe buy in some nice food, watch a movie....easy.
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