in CA

Flew into SF on Thursday. Spent two nights at Sanjay and Palav's new place. They started residency at UCSF hospital yesterday. It was nice to see their new place. Went hiking with my cousin Lisa and uncle Bryan at Tennessee Valley (pics on Picasa) on Friday during the day and saw her and my longtime friend Ben that evening. Saturday I went furniture shopping with Sanjay and Palav and then went to San Jose to celebrate my cousin Hilary's 30th birthday at her boss's house in Los Gatos. Most of the people seemed to be lawyers or techies, which makes sense as Hilary is a lawyer, Pascal is a techie and they live in the Silicon Valley. My sister Annie also attended the party and she drove us to Manteca Sunday morning for my mom's last Sunday. They did a nice potluck/gifts/speeches thing after the service. Amazing to see how well my nephew Carson walks and how he's beginning to talk.

Now comes the reason I'm actually here: helping Mom move to Reno. The truck comes Thursday morning and there is still much to do (though thankfully parishioners helped pack her church office and the kitchen). Will also take this opportunity to sort through my things, get rid of things I no longer want and send many of them back to NC to get them out of her way.