SoCal update

Now that I've been in SoCal for a few weeks, I think things are going okay. A friend of mine told me about an apartment nearby that was coming available. In the meantime, I crashed at a different friends house and began my training for work. I'm taking a break from the culinary world to try something totally different. I'm not sure how long of a break I'll be taking but it's kinda nice not working in the restaurant industry and having my evenings off to hangout with friends.

I did get my own apartment. It's huge (to me)! My friend and now neighbor keeps insisting I get a roommate since it's a 2 bedroom but I think I really like having my own place. It's quiet. Well, kind of. When I first moved in I thought there were some really noisy children living nearby. But it was daytime and there really was a kids birthday party going on next door. But 5 hours later, some kid sounded like they were being tortured and the birthday party was over... come to find out it's a parrot that likes to make noise - lots of noise.

There's a train too. The tracks are in the street in front. My friend had insisted the tracks were no longer used. Her family has been living there for 4 years and she hasn't heard the train in 3 years... hasn't seen it either. But in 2 hours, 5 trains passed by and they stop right in front of the apartment for about 10 minutes. But I think I'm getting used to it and hopefully I'll be at work when they do pass by in the future.

So I'm totally moved in. I just have to go back home to pick up my bike. ROADTRIP! I'm so excited about it. I'll be flying up there the beginning of June and riding it down. Then the day after I return, I'm going on a group ride (my previous blog about the diabetes ride). What fun! There are so many different rides and things to do around here. I doubt I'll have enough time to do everything but wow... so far this place is great.