The Weatherman

Yep, that’s right, we are moving to Seattle. That’s part of my silence recently. I’ve been interviewing, working out details, thinking about it, talking to Steph, and planning things out. I also didn’t want anything posted until work knew about our plans. How did it start?

I got an email on March 17th asking if I would be interested in a phone interview. I have two phone interviews, one on March 23rd and one on March 29th. Those both went very well and an on site interview was scheduled for April 13th. So we (yes, Steph and Zach went also) flew up to Seattle on Wednesday evening, April 12th. Amazon put us up in the Grand Hyatt (nice place). I had my interview on Thursday from 10:30am to 4pm (2 managers, 2 engineers, 2 ops people). Steph and Zach was shopping around downtown Seattle.

After the interview we had dinner at Gordon Biersch with Brian (he was up there for work). The next day we took the ferry to Bainbridge Island and then met with Kim for a tour of neighborhoods on the north side. Her and John (who works at Amazon) live in Queen Anne. We had lunch at Ray’s Boathouse and we had at Wild Ginger. Both were very enjoyable. The next day, Steph, Zach and I did a little road trip east through Issaquah, Snoqualmie, up to Woodinville where we had lunch at Red Hook Brewery (my favorite stop). Then we drove south into Maple Valley and Kent. We flew home on Saturday evening.

The offer came in on April 21st.  We discussed it over the weekend and got details on the relocation and accepted.  I start on May 30th.  My last day at Yahoo is May 12th.  Steph’s last day is May 19th.  We fly up to Seattle on May 24th.  Our house goes on the market on Monday, May 1st.  So, things are moving fast and furious and I’m a nervous wreck.

After using many different backpacks and sling pouches I finally picked up a new photo backpack…CompuTrekker AW. I can use the computer pouch for either our laptop or a hydration pack when I’m hiking. So far I like it. I wore it today for our walk to Peet’s coffee.

I updated our site with some pictures and my favorites are below. You can see more here.

Zach swinging at the park.

A flower at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Mateo’s Central Park.

Water from Zach’s favorite fountain by Peet’s.

Hmmm, I haven’t updated the blog in a while.  What’s going on?  The usual stuff and nothing overly exciting to write about.  Nor do I have any cool, recent photos to display 

Jan and Mike visited last week for a night - they were happy to see their nephew.  I went for a bike ride in the rain on Sunday and a hike at Wunderlich County Park on Saturday.  No pictures from the park since I was jogging.  Now I’m oncall so I probably won’t post much until next week.

BTW, we have been getting quite a bit of rain here in California.  We had rain on 25 of the 31 days in March and so far we’ve seen rain everday in April (I think).  Plus there is no end in site for the current setup over the West Coast.  Anyway, I love it!