New Beginnings

After almost 2 weeks of unemployment in the Bay Area, we finally have new assignments lined up. We both landed positions in outpatient clinics in Palmdale California. We are very excited about both the location and being back in outpatient settings. Tim will be in a hospital-based outpatient clinic, and Jodi will be at a pre-school based outpatient Pediatric clinic.

Earlier in the week we went to The Tech Museum in San Jose to see the Body Worlds Vital exhibit, the exhibit was fantastic but we both agreed that the only difference from the original Body Worlds exhibit was the name. If you're interested in seeing a quick clip about this exhibit copy and paste this URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5pQ1NuPpNg

Since we were in San Jose we decided to explore the rest of Silicon Valley with stops at Apple and Google headquarters as well as Stanford University.

Since we enjoyed Hiking along the Pacific Coast Trail in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area so much and we had the time, we decided to go back to another part of the trail. We decided that the trail was the pedestrian version of the Pacific Coast Highway except much more enjoyable.

We had a good feeling about the interviews for the positions in Palmdale, so we made the decision to put Berkeley and our less than stellar start (work wise) behind us. On Thursday morning we packed up the apartment, loaded up the car and headed south on I-5.

We spent the day on Friday exploring both Valencia/Santa Clarita as well as the Palmdale area in search of our new living arrangements. We quickly found that the 40 mile commute from Valencia to work would be 100% worth it; not to mention mountainous scenery along the drive is an amazing site for us East Coast folks. Palmdale is not horrible, it's just that Valencia is much nicer and felt much more comfortable. Also Valencia is much closer to all things L.A. for our weekend sightseeing adventures; not to mention there is a Six Flags nearby and the Southern California climate is much more conducive for Tim's golfing habit.

While we are sad our time in the Bay Area was cut short, we are ecstatic about our new location and all there is to see and do in Southern California.

As always please visit the picasa site for the latest pictures of our tour de California (unfortunately we do not yet have any pictures of our new location, but check back soon).