Hey Honey, where's the moon?

After ten day of relaxation, Nate and I wandered back to Indiana and realized that for ten solid days (and many partial too-busy-with-the-wedding days before that), the world did continue on without us. For Nate that meant catching up on emails, fixing bugs, and getting back into work at a rapid pace (calling any of my paces rapid might be a stretch -Nate). For me, many phone calls. We picked up many new cat colonies while I was away, and there were surgery days to be had, so we both suddenly became very busy. We did miss our lives in Indiana while we were away, so this wasn't an unpleasant re-entry, but we have put off writing about our lives for longer than we should have.

The honeymoon, to me, came in four very distinct parts, and these parts may have to be split up for two reasons. The first is just time; I am currently in DC with Aunt Joan and Kyla, and time only permits small postings. Secondly, the beauty of a weblog is to get things in smaller bites and have time to digest them before reading the next posting, to avoid getting internet fat. Watch those e-calories, people! I do promise to get everything up in a timely fashion, as well as some of the exciting details of post-honeymoonal life.



We flew into SFO late in the evening and stayed overnight with my girlfriend Caroline in her home in Piedmont (near San Fan, near Oakland). Nate, Caro and I are pictured above; many of you likely met her at the wedding. Caroline's parents were the ones who so generously donated the beach condo for us to stay in. We got into SFO at around 1 am, took time to rent a car, and fell into sleep as soon as we found a bed. The next day we had a late morning, got packed again and drove to the beach condo.

The place we stayed is called SeaScape, and it is located in Aptos, CA, very close to Santa Cruz. Below is the view from our condo.



For the first five days or so, Nate and I did, literally, nothing. What a change from having to wake every morning with the stress of the wedding, knowing how many things still needed to be done! We were so happy to just relax. We found a place that rented DVD's nearby and shared all of our favorite movies. One afternoon we took what must have been a three hour walk along the beach. I am not quite sure of the time because I have no concept of when we left or returned, just that we walked for a very very long way down the beach and then back.

The condo itself was wonderful. Below is the view from the sliding door. There is a kitchen, wonderful little table for eating and great space for just lazing about. Two bedrooms with wonderfully fluffy beds, and our bedroom opened onto another little patio so that we could see outside. Both closets had complimentary robes to use. Two adorable bathrooms, and even a washer and drier! Everything we needed, exactly the right amount of space for a newly-wed couple, and room service. Life was perfect.



Also, to make matters even better, when we arrived we found this, gift from Caroline's parents. Also included in the gift was a bottle of champaign and a ticket for a free breakfast in bed. What a wonderful time!



More to come as time permits!