The contrast has been quite dramatic for us, because we spent so many years in NC, where we have a great group of friends and were used to seeing people we know all the time. Here, we're strangers. Every person we meet could be our new friend...or not (like the neighbors, for instance). Mishka is going through a similar adjustment, only her social interactions involve a lot of butt sniffing that we try to avoid.
So far our best friends are Sona and Aaron Arnzen whom we met at Laura and Winston Parker's wedding. Here they are with us at George's in La Jolla just last weekend. Anyway, by serendipity, they happened to live in SD and she's a real estate agent for Prudential, so we hired her on the spot. Sona is, without exaggeration, the most wonderful agent we could ever imagine. Geoff called her our "Life Coordinator." Seriously, we couldn't have made it out here without her, and we're erecting a Sona Shrine as part of our renovations.
Other people that we have met and who seem really nice and interesting are our designer, Jodi, our contractor, Wally, and our banker, Chrissy. Notice a theme? It could turn out that all of our new friends are actually paid to hang out with us. Don't worry, though - we're getting to know some people at work, too.
In any case, we miss all of you and love hearing from you. Hopefully this blog is fulfilling its purpose, which is to help us stay close to all of you. But, we want to hear about what's going on with you, too!
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