Go(ing) West!

[compilerbitch]

... is exactly what I'm doing today. Just about to head to Heathrow, then to SFO, picking up hire car, driving to Mountain View. Staying there. Gulp!

Comments

[caladri.livejournal.com]

Life is peaceful there.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Peaceful is good. I think I like the kind of boring that doesn't involve being shot at or robbed, and that has nice coffee shops and book shops in it.

[arjache.livejournal.com]

Best wishes on your move! (I live in the Bay Area too, so feel free to ask for random advice/tips...)

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks... any source for adapters from UK mains plugs to US mains plugs (i.e. so I can put a UK mains plug into a US socket) locally would be incredibly useful right now. I stupidly didn't bring any. :(

[arjache.livejournal.com]

Well, for adapters I guess I'd check Radio Shack or Fry's Electronics. Radio Shack especially tends to have little random electrical doodads like that.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Excellent -- there seems to be a Radio Shack at San Antonio mall, so I think I should be able to get everything I need there. It will definitely be my first port of call. Thanks!

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

... update ...

Yes, Radio Shack do them for about $7 each. I think I'll buy about 10 of them (I'll need them), and probably a few multiway adapters and such like. Thanks -- this will really make life far simpler.

[midendian.livejournal.com]

Have a good flight! You flying British Airways, Virgin, or what?

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

United (has to be a US carrier or I can't claim it on expenses!)

They are pretty good anyway. No seat-back TV on this plane, but I usually read anyway. The food was good, however.

[midendian.livejournal.com]

Ahh. SFO is also a United hub. Glad you had a good flight!

[midendian.livejournal.com]

Oh, and Welcome to California :)

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[darcydodo]

See ya soon! :)

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed. Tell me where to meet up on Monday -- I'm looking forward to it!

[lethargic-man.livejournal.com]

Good luck.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[toothycat]

Best of luck, and have a good journey :)

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[x-mass.livejournal.com]

and there I was last night trying to work out whether i should come and say good bye or head for stonehenge...
but then I overslept...
wish I was going with you (as anything would be better than here right now)
anyhow hope to give you a ring later in the week or early next week
big hugs
kate

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

I'll give you my new phone numbers once I have them. Don't worry about not making it -- I was horrendously busy for the last couple of days anyway, and it would have been difficult to find enough time to really talk properly anyway.

[x-mass.livejournal.com]

seriously I been so nuts recently I doubt i would have been goo conversation anyway. Its good to see that you have arrived safetly (she says this having not read any post you may have made yet).

either way I'll either chat to you when your back next or when I come over and see you. Btw I finally managed to get in touvh with mel after 4 months of trying, and with a bit of luck I might even persuade him to start a LJ

btw now your out the way i might finally get a chance to chat to bat on my own for a change :p

Look after yourself my dear and if you want to ring for a chat I may well be up when you are and i'll ring you back
big hugs
kate

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Bon voyage! It is warm and hazy there, around 30C.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Indeed it is. Hot. Definitely hot.

(I am there now, by the way!)

[karen2205]

Good luck! Looking forward to reading about the trials and tribulations of the US.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

I'll keep posting on LJ about it as I have some news. I plan to get a new camera sometime soon, so I'll post photos too once that happens.

[cassielalone.livejournal.com]

Good luck and have a nice trip!
We'll miss you! T_T

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

And... good luck for your move to Sweden. :)

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

Bon voyage (as they say in California)! I look forward to hearing your news!

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and watch this space!

[keris.livejournal.com]

Good luck, hope it all goes well there :)

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[i-am-heidi.livejournal.com]

good luck :) we will most definitely have to plan for a trip once john and I get back to the states.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Definitely! How's the preparations for moving back going?

[i-am-heidi.livejournal.com]

They are going slow. First they told us it would be within 6 months, now they are saying that we will be lucky if it is before Demember/Janurary. John has to hire his replacement and then train him. What they are trying to do first is see if someone from the Arizona office wants to come over and take his place. So basically it could be as soon as a couple of months but it looks like it is shaping up to be around 6-8 months instead. I think I might end up going back a couple months early and getting set up with a job and finding a house or apartment. Im very excited, yet starting to stress out. How are things going there?

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Well, let me know how it's going, and (of course) if there's anything I can do, being this side of the pond, do let me know.

Things are OK so far. A bit of retail therapy should sort out a lot of issues in the morning. :-)

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Good luck, my dear!

You will be missed back here, but I'm so looking forward to hearing all about your adventures in the States.

*many hugs*

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I think I'll need it!

I will continue to post here about what happens. I suspect that I'll probably have more to write about than usual, for a while at least. :)

[dave-t-lurker.livejournal.com]

Have a great trip and I hope everything works out well for you.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

Good luck! I hope it all goes well, though I'm sure it will.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[esbat.livejournal.com]

All the best. It's all very exciting really! ;)

[scaryj.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Working for NASA what fun!
I really hope that we do go back to space soon!

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

It will be cool, I'm sure.

Apparently there is going to be a Shuttle launch on June 1st, assuming of course that it isn't delayed...

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

It is definitely exciting, in a bit of a scary kind of way. But thanks!

[vampwillow]

You should have arrived by now (and having stayed in Mountain Dew View it is quite a good location I feel) so I;ve only one word to say to you ...

"Enjoy!"

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks!