I've taken an unscheduled hiatus from this blog for a while but guess what - I'm back! Between then and now it's been an action-packed series of months. The Cliffs Notes version: a lot of hard work, a lot of hard times reconciling this stuff that happened to my mom.
The good news is that (knocking on wood) I think I can finally say the following: the crazy-making work-centric life I've been living for the past three years has officially drawn to a close. That is, according to me. That's not to say I don't have plenty on my plate back at the office but it's not the same type of work as building an office or upgrading a critical database. I have the time and the space to taste life again. That means a lot more hanging out with friends, a lot more exploring the fun things I want to do on my own time, and of course some calm moments exploring what it is I'd like to be doing at this stage in my journey. I've only been in this new phase for about a month so in all truth the dust is still settling and I'm only just now getting used to it. I've been in go! go! go! mode for so long it takes some adjusting. But so far, so good.
Some of the recent good times: catching Brooklyn Cyclones games in the late afternoon sun at their ballpark in Coney Island, reconnecting with my mom's family in Texas on my first trip there in about 16 years (boy that is where the geeky roots are, lemme tell you!), quality time spent discovering fantastic restaurants in San Francisco and quiet moments at our family ranch on the California coast with my dad, and even something as simple as browsing the books at Kinokuniya this past Friday before meeting friends for Korean barbeque in K-Town. Perhaps the best indicator that things have been good is that I bought a book on Friday and really dug into it over the weekend, finishing it Sunday night.
Life has been sweeter lately. I've had time to cook (current passion: chilled Japanese summer noodle dishes such as hiyashi chuuka, somen and zaru soba) and tonight I'm sipping some divine chilled daiginjo sake with my rally cap on, watching those Red Sox I love so much. This weekend I'm off to visit my buddy Christy in Annapolis (hello sailors!). Tomorrow, while officially Thursday, is my Friday since I've got this Friday off from work. In all, I do think I've been able to feel and really enjoy summer in all its glory for the first time in three years. It took that long since last year was all about our San Francisco office move and the year before was all about our big NYC office renovation and move. No more.
Now it's a little sake and a little Sox. I like this.
More soon!
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