On Sunday, the weather was nice and sunny so we headed north to see the redwoods and hang out by the ocean. I drove Shelby on the narrow roads in the park, but we couldn't cross a stream to get to fern canyon so we walked a bit on the beach at Gold Bluffs. Then we decided to have a walk in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove. It was a very muddy walk, but the trees were impressive and we read a little bit about the redwoods resistance to fires and learned to appreciate them even more.
On Monday, we grilled some steaks for CD's birthday and celebrated by drinking some wine and eating some homemade chocolate salami.
Paige and Dave left early on Tuesday at about the same time that CD and I headed to work. Tuesday was my first day working in the Organic Chemistry stockroom at the university. This week I mostly spent doing all the paperwork, getting a key card, an ID card, etc. I also am faced with the challenge of using a Mac at work. I've never really used a mac computer, but I guess I will learn soon! I'm heading to the library today to get Mac for Dummies :)
Also, the state of California is very strict about chemical storage and disposal, which on my end means a lot of labels and time restrictions.
I was also encouraged to work this summer. My current part-time position ends June 15th, but they want to start me working a full time schedule after memorial day- that's when the summer semester starts. The summer position is full time, 4 days per week. I'm torn between jumping in and getting to know everything right away and spending an idyllic summer working in the garden and planning camping trips. I guess it depends on what the plans are for the summer....
Next in the house projects: new paint for our bedroom and CD is hard at work trying to design the deck. The garden is doing good: the seeds are sprouting up, even though we had some hard rain and strong winds. We had to enclose it all with chicken wire because we a had a little feline visitor who thought that the beds were litter boxes. Eeeww!
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