Our future home

On Friday, we took a quick tour to Southern California to see Ashling and also to visit Chapman. Flew in Friday and spent most of Friday at Chapman. I was able to take care of some things to make sure that I can hit the ground running on June 2nd. I am set up with email, phone and card key access already!

Most importantly, we figured out where we are going to live initially. An AVP from Facilities took Gordon, Ashling, Ashling's friend Audrey and I to visit a few University-owned homes that are available to rent. We quickly settled on a lovely home very close to campus. It fits our needs very well - three bedrooms, two baths and a garage. A very nice yard where I am sure I will spend many evenings. A nice grapefruit tree and orange tree.

After we were done with our business at Chapman, Gordon and I spent the evening in Newport Beach enjoying some Spanish food, and finished up our visit with Ashling on Saturday. We flew back to Sacramento on Saturday evening to find that it had poured in Sacramento on Friday. Gordon found that to be a positive on Sunday, as he had some more yardwork to do here in Sacramento to get the house ready to rent. He plans to finish up some drainage and terracing work in the front yard, and he and our neighbor Max will build a fence between our back yards. While we do have a garage in the new place, it is smaller, so the big thing for us is to continue to eliminate things from our garage. Next up - old pictures that have been stored out there for five years.