An Illinois native, I just moved to Marin County, California for an 11 month AmeriCorps internship with SPAWN, a watershed protection non-profit. I've lived my whole life in Illinois and am absolutely a midwesterner, so this is a new phase of my life and a huge adventure for me. Read on!

Sunday, October 15, 2006

A (short-term) new home

On Friday I moved into Candace's house to house- / cat-sit while she is on vacation. She lives in San Anselmo, which is much larger than Forest Knolls. It's in the suburban area, towns packed upon towns, and outside of the San Geronimo Valley so my cell phone (mostly) works.

Despite this, there's open space nearby (5 minutes or less walking) and wildlife in the backyard. Yesterday I had deer running through. Candace tells me they don't actually live in open space - they're habitat is the backyards around here. This morning while sitting here I had a hummingbird flitting around the bush next to the window.

And of course, the two cats that live here. They're sort of like wildlife, right? They are pretty skittish around me, so I would say they count.

Today is the first day I will be going into San Francisco. This whole time I still haven't been there yet, nor have I seen the Golden Gate bridge. Today I will drive over it.

I can hear someone jogging outside, which is ridiculous. It's a crazy hill I'm on! Yesterday I kept looking out the window to make sure my car hadn't rolled down the hill yet and crashed. Thank god I don't have the pickup anymore, I'm sure that wouldn't have even tolerated 5 minutes parked on this slope.

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