Aiden's place

Joel — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:41:08 -0700

The last few weeks I've largely spent fixing up and stabilizing LuckyOliver to the best of my ability. I've also been looking at lots of apartments, primarily focused around the Mission district. The demand is so high that you will go to these open houses and there will be probably a hundred people going through over the course of the day. One of the open houses was only around for 15 minutes and was three hours after the notice was posted at Craigslist. Regardless when I got there it already had around 20 people for a $1250 studio.

So, I haven't found a permanent new residence yet, but luckily I have some time to be picky. I'm presently staying at Aiden's place for a couple weeks. He has two roommates, Megan and Karen. Aiden is staying with his girlfriend Gianna, where he has been living for the last few weeks. Both he and I start our new jobs tomorrow; he's at Publicis Modem. But anyway, if I need to stay longer I have another temporary housing option lined up, and in the last case scenario I would just commute from my San Jose apartment. Having done this a few times, I am fairly comfortable with the process.

As for LuckyOliver, leaving the team was very painful. The last day really brought out a lot of emotion in me. But now that it's over, life is continuing. I'm still working for LuckyOliver, keeping the ship running behind the scenes, as a consultant, until proper replacement(s) can be found. But, I have a new job now so I won't be able to dedicate the same amount of time on feature development.

Mark, a new Zurb employee, is presently staying at my place for the same two week duration I'm staying here. He just got here from Wisconsin and was staying in a hotel since he didn't have a place yet either.

I'm glad to be back up in the city. Tomorrow will be a big day.

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Aiden's place