The Sunday Relocation from San Diego to Santa Cruz
I'm not sure how much I'll end up writing about yesterday's move as its something that just about everyone's done at some point or another. But the day does deserve at least some high level descriptions.
First, we packed until 2:30 in the morning on Sunday, filling just about every square inch of the 10 x 10 cube van and then just about every inch of Paula's car with her life in San Diego.
Bed at 2:30, asleep by 3, up again at 5 (let's do that math, 3 from 5 equals a whopping 2 hours of sleep) to finish packing and aim for a 6 am departure. Which ended up being 7:45 but the apartment was clean, everything was packed and we were rolling. Paula in her car with her cat and me in the truck with the cab full of plants and computer stuff. Like I said, every square inch.
The drive up wasn't bad at all really, just long and who in their right mind doesn't put cruise control in a moving van? What the fuck are they thinking?

Anyway, we stopped in San Luis Obispo for lunch and then pressed on. Making the entire trip, about 498 miles all told, give or take, in just over 8 hours with the stops included. Nearly ran out of gas south of Santa Barbara but limped into a station just in time. We paid a total of about $130 in gas for both vehicles with the vast lion's share going into the big V8 powered truck.

Two hours of emptying the truck out and we had to drive back down south to Monterey to return the truck (because Santa Cruz doesn't warrant an after hours drop site) which is an hour or so each way. And we were more or less done the first part of the move by about 8:15 last night. That's nearly constant motion for 15 hours after sleeping for 2 and doesn't even take into account the six or seven hours of packing on Saturday evening and then the three or four on Friday. It is understatement in the most extreme to say that we slept well last night.

Bummer thing is that we haven't gotten word about the new place yet so we had to unload the truck into my dining room and garage. We should find out about the apartment today but that still means we have to load all her stuff up again and move it as well as move all of my stuff too. But if we get the place then it'll be all worth it, sort of.

Anyway, lots of fun from the trip, good fun down in San Diego and I'm happy to have Paula here now. With me and with her stuff and cat and everything. Its just another tiny step on this journey we've embarked on but we're moving forward again and that's the good part. Now we need to get things into the new place (the one we're waiting on or the next one we find) and get our lives settled down some. Maybe I'll write more about the drive later but for now I've gotta get some breakfast in me and then get to WORK! Super big thanks to the makers of Red Bull without which I would have fallen asleep at the wheel and become a highway statistic.

Cool Props to Mr Jobs
Today is Steve Jobs birthday, he's 48 years old today and is largely responsible for the continuing success of my favorite line of computing products. And amid all the nay saying speculation about Apple's imminent demise over the last fifteen years, the company has branded itself beautifully and is creating some of the most exciting and usable technology products in the industry. My Ipod has won more Mac fans than any other single product of theirs.

Today's Quote
Tough times never last. Tough people do. - Robert Schuller