Goodbye, FasTrak. It's been real.

Today I drove Stegen to the office in San Francisco. The traffic was awful, but the views were amazing! We were definitely reminded of how lucky we've been to live in the bay area with such easy access to the city and its many landmarks. Here's a shot I snapped (yes, I was in the driver seat, but trust me, we weren't moving) while we sat (and sat) in traffic on The Embarcadero.

Anybody who has ever moved will attest to the fact that moving SUCKS. This international move is triple the monster of our move from Newark to Union City. It's almost like when you pack for a big trip out of the country and while you're at the airport, you realize you've forgotten to bring your passport...and your underwear. Yeah, just like that...except there's something new I've forgotten every day!

Yesterday, it dawned on me that we needed to cancel our FasTrak account. How it occurred to me is still a mystery, but I'm glad it did. Those bad boys would cost us $20 a piece if we lost them and for some odd reason, we had three! Definitely worth the morning traffic drama to SF. So goodbye for now, FasTrak...your velcro strips never worked on our windshield and we nearly crashed each time we tried to simultaneously hold you up while speeding through the narrow toll, but you've been good to us.

I sure hope there aren't too many more things I'm forgetting to cancel...and if there are, I hope they dawn on me soon!

The positive side of sitting through traffic today was that Stegen got to hang with some of his favorite co-workers in the Townsend office. I know he'll miss seeing these guys (once every three months...haha), but 3-5 years will fly by and another happy reunion will be in the works soon enough!

                                               From left to right: Kendall, King, Stegen, Ken, Wesley


Update on our move: We're trying to push off the movers until October 7-8 so that we have the next weekend to pack our suitcases. For now, they're scheduled to come pack us up October 3-4...that's NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!

Update on shipment goods: Still a no-go on the massive amounts of french vanilla foaming handsoap refills that I've hoarded over the years...but we got the green light on the 8 packs of Clorox sanitizing wipes that I stocked up on! Hooray for small victories!