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swan_tower ([personal profile] swan_tower) wrote2008-04-25 12:58 pm
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sorry, Team Boston

Despite the best efforts of our east-coast friends (and they *were* good efforts, believe me), the decision is done: [livejournal.com profile] kniedzw and I will be heading west. He's accepted a job offer from Akamai's San Mateo office.

Timetable is still fuzzy. His work starts June 16th, but I won't be following until (probably) August, along with all our stuff. Yes, this means moving in the middle of writing a book. On the bright side, Akamai is helping out with moving expenses, which means that for the first time in my life I can pay somebody else to do the heavy lifting. This makes me happier than I can say.

And I'm going to live in California! I confess that one thing which swung me toward the west coast was looking at the area in the satellite view of Google Maps; seeing San Mateo nestled between the blue of the water and the thick green belt of the hills made my heart sing. Nature! A bike ride away! [livejournal.com profile] kurayami_hime has been waxing poetic about the eucalyptus forests, and I'll get to see them for myself. And redwoods! I adores me some redwoods.

It'll be a new experience for us both. We won't necessarily stay there forever, but I'm glad we'll be staying there for a while.

[identity profile] kateelliott.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck with the move to a new climate! I second what was said about the green hills . . .

[identity profile] swan-tower.livejournal.com 2008-04-26 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah. But still: nature! Yay!

[identity profile] swan-tower.livejournal.com 2008-04-26 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
The picture on the homepage alone melted me.

[identity profile] kateelliott.livejournal.com 2008-04-26 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
it's a gorgeous photo--some beautiful country up in the hills

also, the baylands/nature reserves along the SF Bay have really been expanded and regularized in the last two decades--tons of bay side trails.

[identity profile] swan-tower.livejournal.com 2008-04-26 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
This might be the first time I've ever had romantic notions of what my life will be like as a writer. <g>