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Bakersfield, Calif. – We’re fewer than five hours from Sacramento and already Day Two of our journey is complete. I like that we’re easing into the trip, driving just an hour-and-a-half the first day, not much more today. We ramp it up tomorrow, though, as we dive into the first eight-hour leg of the journey […]

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Roseville, Calif. — With only four hours of sleep before the movers arrived this morning, Jen and I have successfully completed day one of our cross-country journey, albeit it was only San Francisco to Roseville (outside Sacramento). Twenty-four hours ago, things seemed bleak. Stuff was still amok. Boxes were still untaped. And the movers were […]

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The clock just struck midnight, which means that it is officially moving day. We’re still awake packing, of course, but are in the home stretch. I realize I’ve been saying that for days, though. The past week has been a blur of social activities, great fun, and tons of packing. Why is it that we’ve […]

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Jen and I just endured nearly 24 hours without power. Nearly 150,000 people were without power last night, including us. Under normal circumstances, we enjoy the occasional power outage. It’s a nice break from modern technology. But when you’re in the midst of packing for a cross-country move in two days and your apartment doesn’t […]

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1860. It’s not our new address; it’s the year the historic building that we’ll soon call home was built. Saratoga Springs, the city in the country, is famous for health, history, and horses. I went to the place that Jen and I will soon call home last week for the first time; it more than […]

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The Saratogian: “SARATOGA SPRINGS — As the area digs out of the weekend’s snow and begins the work week, Saratoga Springs Public Works Commissioner Tom McTygue lifted the city’s 12-hour snow emergency at noon Sunday and said the roads were fine.” Here in sunny California, it’s hard to imagine that in a matter of weeks […]

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Last night marked the official start of our packing up for our cross-country move. It was exciting and helped to make it all seem a bit more real. We started by boxing up all our books, which we plan to ship to my in-laws’ house since we’ve been informed by two separate moving companies that […]

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During the past few weeks or so since Jen and I have decided to move to Saratoga Springs, NY, we’ve been met with one of two reactions (appreciated disappointment from friends and family aside): “That’s great!” or “Huh? That’s random.” A very telling fact is that we’ve so far heard nothing negative about the place. […]

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Jen and I learned this week that the couple who looked at our apartment last weekend has signed a new lease starting January 1. (Our lease was set to end January 31.) What this means is that we get to move to Saratoga Springs at the end of December. This is both exciting and nerve-racking, […]

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Jen and I are relocating to the East Coast. This is something we had been talking about doing prior to my being laid off. After learning on October 1 that I was losing my job, we began to seriously consider the idea. The decision was not easy. We love San Francisco. Leaving this city will […]

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