Home Again

Work took me back home to the Bay Area for the week of Halloween (I know this post is a bit late as Thanksgiving is now almost here.  Time sure does fly!).  I had two and a half days in Mountain View for a Partnerships conference and decided to stay the full week.  I must have packed in every single second I had there as I don’t think I had any down time at all.  But I got to see friends, family, visit favorite restaurants and go shopping.  It was nice to be back in our own home and to have that as an option.  Talk about being so much more comfortable than sleeping on someone’s couch.  In a strange way it felt like I was just coming home after a long vacation.  Although, Nate wasn’t there with me so that was a bit strange….it didn’t feel quite right.  But minus that, in some ways it felt like we had never left.

I packed in a full day of shopping since as we’ve mentioned before, things are super expensive here.  I wanted to take advantage of being back in the US where prices are much more reasonable.  And then I ate Mexican food about every chance I could get.  I think I managed to squeeze in at least 3 Mexican meals during the 7 nights I was at home.  I was almost getting tired of it before I left….which was perfect.  Hopefully I won’t be craving that for a while. 

And of course I worked.  I got to see my old team and friends from the SF office.  Then was down in Mountain View for the rest of the week where I did the networking thing, met new people and learned more about the Partnerships organization.  Overall it was such a good visit.  I love being in Zurich but there was just something nice about being home as well. 

And now I’m back “home” again.  It’s funny how the word home is so suitable for both SF and Zurich.  I’m a pretty lucky girl to have two places I can call my home.