So last Monday I was at work minding my own business, just hackin' away at some tasks that will not be named.  I received a phone call at 1900 asking if I was available to fly to the west coast.  I replied that I was indeed available and just like that I left for the west coast on Tuesday.  Wednesday and Thursday were filled with meetings as well as lots of problem solving (the type of solving I like).  Friday I had a brief lunch with Jon and then in the afternoon Vince and I played some mini-golf at GolfLand USA to burn some time.

The weather on each of the days was excellent.  It was slightly rainy on Thursday and Friday but it was warm rain that I'm not complaining about.  The folks at GolfLand USA were preplexed as to why we would play mini-golf in the rain but it didn't even drizzle and overall it was very good getting out.

I think I must seriously consider moving to the Bay area (but southern bay…none of this SF business).  Everytime somebody in Waterloo asks me what the Mountain View/Sunnyvale area is like I qualify it as being very much like Waterloo.  There's a huge tech presence in the area and it's just as laid back.  San Jose is also close by which is like Toronto except a bit smaller.  San Francisco I liken to an Ottawa/Toronto combination, a city with culture and history but without the government institutions like Ottawa and Toronto.  A very interesting place to visit and live.