Y’all! I managed to navigate the San Francisco bus system and get from point A to point B ALL BY MYSELF. You may not be impressed, but this is a big thing for me. Here’s the deal. Whenever we travel I have N as a guide (enabler) all the time, see, and so I don’t have to worry about the finer points of public transportation. Get on, get off, show my ticket as needed and look out the window at the scenery, knowing full well that my husband will poke me when it’s our stop.

But since he headed back to Texas this morning it is just me, Google maps and the MUNI bus schedule, and I am pleased to report that I did not get lost one single time, nor did I cry. Huzzah! Basic life skills FTW.

In related news, my first day at work went well. Everyone is very nice and I don’t think it will take long for me to settle in at all. I also was reminded of one of the many reasons to love California – I can virtually guarantee that there’s not an office cafeteria anywhere in Texas that has falafel on the menu. It is damn good falafel, too.

That said, I know the hugeness of this change has yet to fully sink in – although I am occasionally having moments of OMG I LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO NOW WTF HOW DID THIS HAPPEN I CANNOT EVEN. It’s still all shiny and new for the moment, and reality has yet to bite me in the butt. I’m sure it will happen soon and no doubt when it does I’ll cry (AGAIN) for the life I left behind, but with each passing minute I know that moving here was the right decision.