Gettin’ Out

It’s springtime in beautiful SF.  In addition to prompting me to head back to the gym (people are starting the shed their 5 layers of shirts/hoodies/jackets and I look like I’ve been hibernating), the weather has encouraged me to get to know my new home state a bit better as well.  Luckily, I can do this using work and my professional development as an excuse.

Earlier this year and last fall, I went to some satellite campuses that my university has in Central Valley (around Sacramento) and Monterey.  My visit to Monterey was on a sad, cold, rainy day, so I didn’t get to see the gorgeous stretch of Pacific coastline for which it is known.  Next month, I’ll be going to Santa Cruz for a librarian workshop, spending the night there, and then heading to Monterey to teach some classes – here’s hoping for good weather.  In late June, I’ll be heading to another library conference (we are all about conferencing, folks) in Anaheim.  While I am not that thrilled about being in tourist/family, OC hell, it’ll be great to see my librarian buddies and foray into LA to have some fun.  This will be my first trip to SoCal since moving out here (and my first since 1994); I’m hoping to like it enough to want to visit L-Dawg when she moves there this summer.

Anyway, I’ll be getting out of the city a bit, actually driving my more than 2 miles to the Trader Joe’s.  With being so occupied with work and stuff, I forget sometimes that I live in California.  I mean, I take advantage of SF on a daily basis (I woefully neglect the East Bay and will spend more time there post haste), but I don’t always associate it with the rest of CA.  Hopefully, my travels this spring will help to make this state more familiar to me.