The hostel scene got old very quickly, when they moved me around each night, so I'm pretty glad that I don't have to spend another night there. Right now, I'm typing from one of my coworker's apartment's, where I'm spending the long weekend catsitting, since he and his wife are out of town. Its great. Nice quite neighborhood and beautiful apartment where I can just hang out for the weekend.

And then on Monday, I'm moving into a residence hotel. I had looked at a bunch of apartments, but nothing great, and so I looked at a couple of residence hotels as well. The one I'm going to stay at is a bit pricier than I had been looking for, but it includes breakfast and dinner, and my room is private, sharing the bathroom with only one person, has a private sink, huge closet area, a double bed, a TV and a mini-fridge. And there's wi-fi and cheap laundry and an iron in the basement. And in classy Pacific Heights, one block away from a bus I can take to work. For at least one month, I have a place to unpack my bags!

As for the job, the first day was a bit rough, but I think I'm getting the hang of things. The office itself is great. Really nice people, and a really chill environment. There is a stereo that people switch off hooking up their ipod's to. And so far, everyone's music tastes are pretty good. The firm picked up the tab for both a welcome lunch, as well as happy hour on Friday, which is apparently a weekly thing. Not happy hour at a bar - they just brought a few six-packs and some chips and salsa back to the office and we sat around sipping beer during the last hour of work.

And the work, I've been thrown in headfirst, but it seems really interesting. As of day three, I'll be the project manager of the first residental rainwater harvesting system in California. The previous PM's last day was on Friday, so I spent my first two days of work trying to understand all the details of the project. But by 4pm Friday, I started to get it.

So first impressions? People work hard and play hard.

Oh, and San Francisco is damn cold. I have a long sleeved shirt and a sweater on and am wrapped up in a blanket as well.

Posted by dahl at September 4, 2005 12:56 AM

Dahlia,
Great to hear about all that's going on for you in SF. Your job and living situation(s) all sound great. Hope you continue to find your work interesting....certainly sounds like a great start and an interesting project to manage.
B