sorry, Team Boston

[swan_tower]

Despite the best efforts of our east-coast friends (and they *were* good efforts, believe me), the decision is done: 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! 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.

Comments

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

It's the Bay Area, just a bit south on the peninsula from San Francisco. And while gas prices may suck, my husband won't be driving an hour each way for work, so it might just balance out.

[milbrcrsan.livejournal.com]

We're (my boyfriend and I) are still pretty close? :p We live in Lake County, which is about two hours away from Sacramento and Oakland.

And that's good. Commuting sucks, I can only imagine. Well, here's to hoping for good luck with the move and being able to finish off that book meanwhile. ;) :p

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Yeah . . . moving while writing a book. <shudder> Good thing I'll officially be a full-time writer during that span . . . I won't have energy for anything else.

[milbrcrsan.livejournal.com]

Are you planning on driving with all of your stuff over to the west coast or flying and shipping your things? If flying, at least you can write while on the plane...while driving...not so much. :p

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Not sure yet. And transit really isn't the problem; I write at night anyway, so I could get work done on the road. The real issue is the giant stress and hassle of packing and unpacking everything.