b’s blog

This afternoon the specs took a tour of Sam’s apartment to get an idea of campus accommodation. A picnic at University Hills where all the profs live, was final official function of the weekend. Margaret and I took a walk around the area when the philosophy talk got to be too much. Afterwards, all of […]

The housing market is so hot in California right now that it’s pretty sad what Margaret is trying to get for her money. You can now purchase with no money down, the condos we looked at were crazy small. 750sq.ft. for 200k+!!

Tonight I went with Sam to the campus bar to meet other grad students and the prospective students. They woo the ‘specs each year with a trip to campus to check everything out. Apparently, Irvine is one of a few that actually has a budget to woo candidates. Meeting new people requires effort for the […]

A brand new computer arrived by UPS today just as I was heading back in from my morning jog. Sam had mentioned he’d be out all day but came home an hour early after he checked online and realized the comp had arrived. Watching him open those packages up reminded me of a kid on […]

Spent the day lounging around and taking it easy. The weather is so much warmer than the -20 C Edmonton winter temperatures that I’ve taken advantage of every opportunity to be outside and am jogging every single morning for an hour, and walking every evening for at least an hour. This morning was no different […]

Sam at his computer. At almost every waking moment, except for washroom breaks and nuking dinner. There’s just no communication happening here; he’s gotten up, walked to the kitchen to make something for himself and sat right back down in front of the computer without asking if I’d like something, or giving me options for […]

Gorgeous glass chapel overlooking the Pacific ocean was built by Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright’s son. It’s tiny (therefore the name chapel!) but takes your breath away. Had some American tourists ask if I was Japanese while I walked up to the visitor’s centre. *me no speakie eng-rish* I guess there are a lot of […]

Landed at the airport right on time! Big Hugs! Had my first In n Out burger for dinner. Pretty cool how they have a live person at the drive through instead of screaming at a speakerbox. There seems to be some kind of akwardness or something going on, I can’t really get a good conversation […]