The excitement subsides and reality sets in

It's just gone a month since we arrived here in SF. We've done a lot in that time. Bought a car, a new bike, moved into a new apartment, bought all that food you need in the cupboards at all times etc. Of course we've made time to have fun and explore this new and exciting city too. We've hired bikes and ridden across the Golden Gate Bridge (so windy!), taken a daytrip out to the Redwoods and Pt Reyes and tried out a swing dancing class! We've had a great time so far and I guess everything is going well, but now is the time to ramp up our social integration.

I (Cat) particularly miss our Outdoors club a lot. Where Tom and I met. Where lots of our friends are. A big part of my life which kept me healthy and sane. We haven't yet found anything like it here, even with all there is to do in California -  Yosemite and such. 

I also miss work. The work itself and my work friends. Job hunting here has been somewhat fruitless, or maybe I'm just being a bit picky. Maybe my expectations about the timeframe within which I would have started working or secured a job were unrealistic and I'm disappointed in myself. 

Thank goodness for social media as we've been able to keep in touch with most people via this, but it's time to start getting into things here.