Hey Jody
Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. Greetings to you and Wroughton. I think we'll have to have a Wiltshire get together with LisaE and the other new gal. I pick Lisa's house because I imagine it's the largest.
So you worked in Redwood Shores? My sister lives there. You have to drive about 3 miles down this straight street and she's at the back in these ultra mod condos. Really nice place. I was just there in Sept to visit and have a snoop. Did you like working in the Bay Area? I may be biased but I think it's wonderful. Love the City to bits and miss being there a lot. Not that I could remotely afford to live there anymore.....Out of my league now and I don't know how people pay their mortgages there.
Glad you are enjoying Wiltshire. Are you working? If so, what are you doing? What do your kids think of you moving here? Mad Mommy?
Sorry it took so long to write; i'm not normally so rude.
Stephanie
Hi Steph,
Yeah, I'm up for another Wiltshire gathering. It's been awhile since we got together.
I like San Francisco and the weather there. I liked working in the bay area. I worked at Oracle in Redwood Shores. I lived in Hayward across the bay and I didn't like the commute across the San Mateo bridge every day, though. I am NOT a commuter. I currently work 2 1/2 miles from my home at Nationwide Building Society on the technology helpline. It's not what I planned on doing and it's not what I hoped to earn, but it's close to home and I only work 7 hours a day and well, there are lots of perks to working there.
One thing I didn't realize until I had been here about a year is how stressed out I had been. From working in a stressed society! Here, life is much slower paced as not as competitive. It's not so much keeping up with Joneses. I am much more laid back....ask my husband! He'll agree.
What do my kids think of my moving here? Well, all my kids love my husband, so that helps. They know I am happy, so I think they are willing to go along with the idea more. My daughter is busy in Japan with her family, so I think she's ok with it. My two older sons (27 and 23), who share an apartment together, seem to be fine about it. My youngest son (21), well... he's probably taken it the hardest of them all. He doesn't let on much, but he lets his brothers know that he felt abandoned... even though he's the one that threatened to move out the whole year before I decided to come here.... (kids!)
