Settling in

Bienvenidos.

I'm here in San Diego, and despite arriving three days ago, it still doesn't seem quite real. It doesn't seem possible that I traveled 2600 miles in search of a job, but I did, and here I am.

A few things of note:
1. I am homesick.
2. But my apartment has perks: a pool, free parking, and free laundry.
3. The air is remarkably dry, and it's colder than I would have expected.
4. But strangers are friendly - they make eye contact and smile.
5. Driving is stressful because the freeway is both fast and intense. Zoom! Yikes.
6. On the other hand, driving is simple. The city is a grid and everything, everything is signed.
7. I am the tidiest (read: fussiest) of my roommates.
8. My roommates have hung a full-length mirror right outside the shower, so the first thing I see when I open the shower door is the metabolic slowdown of my late twenties. Not pretty.
9. But I am looking forward to starting work.
10. And I cannot wait until my first fish taco.

More observations to come.