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heading west

our stuff is finally on it’s way to new zealand. first a cross country trip on the rails to long beach california, then sailing on the MSC Japan, voyage 634. thats the good news. the bad news is that after…

no room at the inn…

…or any inn from rochester ny to cleveland ohio. day 2. 3:40 am. outside cleveland, oh. 78°F. uneventful drive through mass and most of new york. it is about 10 pm, we’re coming up on rochester and we’re starting to…

ready for the road

i picked up our penske truck yesterday. it is gigantic. 22′ long. giant cab. great diesel rumble. it looked way too big. this morning 2 guys from gentle giant arrived to help us pack the more fragile items and then…

goodbye to the green mountain state

another in what i’m sure will be a series of tough milestones. yesterday we drove off from our vermont cabin for the last time. and that makes it seem easy like we headed up, said our goodbyes and drove off…

august 20th

company e2 came back to me today and generously offered august 20th as a start date. this is great news. both that it is late enough that we should be able to get everything done without crushing stress and it…

it’s good to be wanted

i spoke with the hiring manager from company e2 again last night and gave my verbal acceptance conditional on meeting the team in wellington next week and agreement on a start date. they’re eager to get me signed up but…