Are you kidding me?

Kc and I have been having one of those weeks where there is good news and then bad news in a continual cycle. On Tuesday I went in for a job interview at Clean Well, to be their sole Graphic Designer in house, hopefully I get a job offer. (cleanwelltoday.com) Wednesday I was about to buy a new laptop battery because my computer shuts down every 5 minutes, but I found out I am eligible for a recall battery. Both good news. Then on Thursday when Kc was driving 50 miles away to take a few tests for Independent study our car started to break down. Today we took it in to the auto shop, and they said it should be no more then $150. So we left feeling like we had dodged a bullet usually every trip to the shop costs $700 or more. But by the end of the day they called us and said they found a few more things wrong and we could pick it up at 5:30. The damage was a lot more than $150 all for a pipe and a cap. I feel like you walk in and you are in their hands- you are going to pay whatever they say- there is no negotiating because you don't speak their mechanical language.

Parents come to town

This last week my parents came to town to visit Anne, Mike Kc, and I. They came up to go to a Stanford football game on Saturday. While I took a phone interview with a job possibility my family went golfing in Berkeley. Then we went back to the Packer house and played bball in the backyard. Later that night we went on the Alameda ferry to San Fran to walk around the Ferry Building, Union Square and more. We were going to go eat at Cheesecake Factory, but instead we found an old classic, TAD's Steakhouse. A place where my dad went as a kid in Chicago. The next day we picked up Kc from class and drove to Palo Alto to go to football game, which was really gun even though Stanford isn't that great. Love it when the parents come!

Santa Cruz

On Halloween Kc and I drove down to Santa Cruz to go check out the boardwalk, surf museum and wharf. We drove down and found out most everything was closed for the winter, but we found a sweet surf spot where old guys and young guys fight over the waves. We also saw tons of sea lions, a seagull that caught a starfish, and a lot of fog that rolled in that night.