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I am sitting here at a birthday party for a 7 year old, so while I am chilling waiting for Carson, I thought I would enlighten you on the finer points of our last month.
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The last month has been pretty "normal" for us at this point. Work, school, damage to personal property brought on by two little maniacs and their older brothers.
We are still homeless, in the broader sense, but I know where I want to live. The neighborhood I want to live in is pretty far from work, so that is gonna mean some suck ass commutes, but I refuse to be "house poor" when I don't own a house. The point of being here is to pocket some cash and I can't do that spending $4000/month on rent. Below is a little graphic I put together to give you a sense of the real estate market in San Fran.
So... we will be living in the "OK" section. Still about 125% of Cincinnati prices but not Bat Shit Crazy prices, like the rest of the area. I honestly don't know how regular working class people live west of the Bay. A two bed room condo will run you over $3000/month.
We are gonna be in a nice sized 4 bedroom out in the "country". I will be waking at 4AM for the next couple of years, but hey... builds character.
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We are taking out first California trip next week, we are going to Santa Barbara for a four day weekend. I am pretty stoked. We are staying at a nice hotel, right on the beach, and I can DRIVE there. I will post lots of pics.
The weather has turned a little "dull". The high temps are still basically the same as they were before 60s-70s, but it has rained a lot over the last month and the wind is freezing. You will be standing in the sun, sweating, but then the wind will blow and you need a coat. In Cincy you don't know the weather from day-to-day, here it may literally change on the minute.
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The kids are doing really well. Carson is really doing well in his school. The girls love him, we walked into our fourth kids party and 6 girls ran at him and jumped on him. These California girls are aggressive!
Becks is doing much better in school. Cyndi has been blasting him with work on his letters, writing, and reading, and he has really responded. He is a smart kid, but sometimes he needs a little push.
The twins are blossoming, they don't shut up! Non-stop chatter from morning to bed. Lately they have started waking up in the middle of the night for some extra attention. I have been spending a lot of nights sleeping on the floor of their room.
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I will be back in Cincy on July 18-20th, so please schedule accordingly! ;)
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It has already been 3 months, some days it feels like we have been here for years, other days it feels like we got here last week. I am going to love when we finally get into a house again. Living in a condo with 4 small kids and 2 dogs is for crazy people.
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Lots of friends and family have had bouts of illness. Getting old sucks. It has really made me take stock in my life and what I want to do with the rest of it. My next job, is going to be something I want to do, a big difference from what I need to do.
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That is probably enough rambling for now. Check twitter or facebook for pics from Santa Barbara later in the month.
Thanks,
- Eric
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