Long weekend thoughts

I’m back home in San Francisco after spending 5 days in Washington State. We had a fun visit to our friends who bought a house in Marysville and then we took the ferry to Lopez Island for my other friend’s wedding.

I saw a ton of old friends and acquaintances from college and our early New York days. I feel fortunate that I graduated from UW 13 years ago and still can go and say hi to everyone, and catch-up like we were still sitting at a party when we were 22.

Now that we’re all between 35-40, the conversations have definitely shifted to talking about our kids and homes that we’re all buying. It’s a stark difference than when I last saw most of these people.

I’ll be both working and taking some time off this entire week in SF. Sticking to the theme of kids and old friends, I’ll be trying to see as many folks as possible despite only leaving SF 3 months ago. These west coast trips just aren't going to happen that often anymore with Colin starting to walk and the stress of a long cross-country flight.

I had hoped to spend more time off especially given the time of the year, but it’s a tough fully signing off for many days at a time. Simply put, things have to get done and there’s only so much I can offload.