Transition

I have never fathomed that leaving bay area would be so difficult for me. I got pretty much used to this place. But I guess I would be fine in Michigan too – after all human beings and cockroaches can adapt to any environment. The only thing I am worried about is the winters – guess I have to learn to live in the snow – and that is a challenge – and anything challenging is always exciting for me.

The acceptance at work place after my resignation was pretty good – all my bosses and boss’s bosses have personally congratulated me. I personally don’t want to burn any bridges and hence have been pretty co-operative regarding the transfer of knowledge. The last few days have been spent in writing documents and presentation slides – pretty boring and monotonous.

I have sold almost all my furniture and have started shipping boxes to my intermediate destination. Moving is a pretty pain in the you-know-what as you see the “to-do” list growing everyday. I haven’t fixed my roommates and housing in AA as yet, so that is another pending item. But I hope that after moving to my fiancé’s place I will be able to commute back and forth to AA quite frequently. A 2 month’s vacation is actually a luxury for me after working for so many years – It will take me some time to get used to the fact that I don’t have to wake up at 8-00 in the morning anymore.

I am quite excited about the cross-country with Ria – it will be an adventure. It will take us 3 days to reach mid-west from California; I was hoping to do some sight-seeing on the way but due to our tight schedules, probably we won’t be able to do so.

I was pretty thrilled to see Byron’s post that day; I kind of exchanged a few emails with him before. Congrats to you, dude on making it to Chicago – great school and I am sure you will have a blast.