My trip back to Tacoma was characterized by rain, at least for the first five or so days. Things started to clear up over the weekend... and Monday actually looked rather nice. Of course, Monday evening the snow started, and it's apparently the worst winter storm to hit the area in quite some time. The trip from my grandparents' place to the airport Tuesday morning took longer than the commute I had to make to UW on 9/11/01. It was something like two hours, for a drive that, even in traffic, rarely takes more than one.

Needless to say, I missed my flight. I got rebooked onto a flight three hours later. And even that was delayed almost an hour. Instead of my expected 10:30 arrival, I landed right around 2 and got home at 4. In a lot of ways, it was the getting home from the airport that took the most out of me. I needed to take two busses and a BART to do it, and then walk five blocks. All this with my backpack, shoulder bag, duffel, and a suitcase I borrowed from my grandparents to carry everything. Four bags while standing on a bus across SF is not fun. It was a very crowded bus, as well.

But I'm back home, safe and sound, if a bit annoyed that the weather here in SF seems to have taken a turn for the colder. I suppose this means I'll be sleeping more. I'd imagine if I can't face the cold unconscious, I'd do it by killing my sobriety. Not really preferrable and certainly more expensive.

Despite weather and travel, the trip back was rather nice and welcome. I got to catch up with a number of people, especially a few I'd missed just prior to the actual move, like Max. Hanging out with him Saturday was a blast, and I quite enjoyed observing a group of people rather outside my normal crowd.

The two climbing sessions at Edgeworks were spectacular. Unfortunately, they also reinforced my thoughts that Edgeworks is a better gym than Mission Cliffs in most ways. The route balance, personal traffic, and atmosphere more than make up for the disparity in sizes. Even so, the two sessions did help me jump myself back into shape, so in my climbing session earlier today, I started hitting the V1s down here. I'm noticing that route rating varies wildly. I did a V0 that's got some really tricky, grippy bits and that I'd consider more difficult than some of the V1s.

A downside to the two heavy sessions at Edgeworks, though, was how much I wore my arms out. I had to quit rather early today. But I suppose that's just as well, since MC closes earlier on MWF.

I think, because I left my car behind, the trip back down here carried a stronger sense of finality. In the previous month and a bit, it never really felt like I'd moved. Now I'm down here and fully into the bus and BART mode so I suppose I must live here. The added inconvenience is worth dropping $400 or so off my insurance premium because I'm just storing my car, now.


Must get tickets for my Christmas trip. Looks like I'm going to spend both Christmas and New Years in South Bend because of cost.

It is amazingly nice outside... which means it's just nigh unbearable inside the apartment. I've got a window open and a fan running full tilt to try and circulate some of that nice air in with this not nice air. Looked at Weather.com and it seems like this weather will keep up for the next week and a bit, which is good, as we're coming up on the 4th.

I still have a watermelon I bought for Pete's BBQ. I will need to crack it open in the next few days.

On, the docket, we're looking at an anime night either Friday or Saturday. A slimmer chance is to have a Shadowrun game either Friday or Saturday, on the day that's not dedicated to anime.

We have many series to watch. I'm personally not through Super Gals, but I don't think anyone else has any interest in that. Infinite Ryvius is sitting and waiting for us to get through the next four volumes. And I've got Rune Soldier which needs to be started. Add to that innumerable fansubs, and we could probably cover two anime nights even before Chris cracks his stuff. So we'll have to see.

Sunday looks like Superman, hitting a matinee.

Next Tuesday is the 4th. We'll need to figure something out. Chris is thinking picnic. I'm not inclined to disagree.

Some various and sundry things are likely to happen in July.

End of July will see Eric and Sam visiting. This will be neat, as I haven't seen Eric since before Thanksgiving.

The lease on the apartment is up at the end of July. Rent is increasing. And it looks like about a 90% likelihood that I'm going to move to San Francisco. Will need to figure out what's going to be done here with various things (I have too much stuff to take with me.) Since my mom's moving back here (well, to Ellensburg), and needs some furniture, I'll likely leave the couch and chair (possibly the bed) for her to use.

At the moment, I'm viewing living in SF as a temporary situation. Tacoma is what I consider "home" and I'd like to live here long term. So I can see moving to SF for a year, enjoy my time there, then come back. A bit like a vacation where I'm paying rent and hanging with friends down there (instead of hanging with friends up here.)