It's only been 2 months...

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For no particular reason, the wireless on the shuttle is working beautifully this morning, and after checking the news from Canoustie, last nights MLB action and Flickr, I'm at a loose end. I think it's time for a whistle stop tour of the past 2 months:

Week with Greg and Kathleen. Madeline and I drove down for the three day weekend - I stayed until the following Friday helping Greg with a house he's working on in Carlsbad, and generally enjoying the sun.

• Surfing - Finally caught a wave I could enjoy on the bodyboard
• Craw fish pasta and Sushi - not together
• Badminton with Hilary's new man, Peter
• Denny’s shed - Eye opening
• Building house - I installed window sills and a plywood floor with moderate success
• 99c burgers
• "Once" movie - highly recommended to one and all
• Stumbling across a snake in their garden:

Dan, Pete and Frances visit. Dan and Pete had been traveling for a long time before arriving, a month in New Zealand just for starters, and Frances flew into SFO to meet up with them/visit us. They split their SF experience into a few days before I began working for Yahoo, and the following weekend which doubled as a bizarre Durham reunion with Simon, Katie and Dan also in the mix. Events included:

• Wine tasting - Sonoma: Benzinger, Imagery and Arrow Head (the big 3 as they have become known)
• Soccer - Dan and Pete played for Emilie's team
• Cat club - It wasn't a "themed night" so much fun with playmates and 40 year olds
• Zeitgeist - Beers, Burgers and Margaritas aplenty with Andy, Trish and Emilie
• Yellowstone - Their in between trip (one for the to-do list)
• Reunion - Big night out with 6 visiting Durham Alum
• Orchid - A beautiful gift that is still alive!
• Marina - On a windy evening for some football (Madeline run)

Dan, Simon and Katie visit SF. The long awaited visit from key members of Team House was not a disappointment! Dan arrived around 5pm on Wednesday of my first week in work, with Katie and Simon not far behind.

• Gay pride - Dan insisted he didn't plan the trip to coincide with the parade
• Top of the mark - Fancy dancing and wine atop a hotel in the city
• Wine tasting - Second time in a week for me (I was recognized at Imagery)
• Dan buying way too many clothes - and golf equipment
• SF Moma - A little culture thrown into the mix (I got in free as a Yahoo!)
• “I hate it, I never want to hear that song again” - Katie being brutally honest
• Yahoo! Half moon bay, SFSU, breakfast in cole valley - a killer day with a killer soundtrack
• Best meal ever - Tuna and steak...with mushrooms...and the best dessert ever...
• Osha - Our first time at the Osha on 2nd street. Massively impressive Thai

Yahoo! I'm 6 weeks into my 10 week internship and all is well. Highlights include (in no particular order)

• Ending my first day early to go and watch softball with some beers
• Having breakfast everyday for a single dollar (2x toast - 1 cream cheese, 1 jam + 1x Plum + 1x Nectarine/Peach)
• Having free drinks. All day. Everyday.
• Meeting the founders and new CEO David Filo and Jerry Yang
• Helping save the world, one pet store wall at a time
• Going for sushi with the team and significant others
• Learning a huge amount (PHP, SQL, Unix, Emacs...) and looking back on work I've done and feeling satisfied
• The unexpected sense of pride I felt when I showed Madeline, Katie and Simon around campus
  
• The wonderful feeling of saying that I work for Yahoo! Sports!
• Learning a vast amount about ridiculous American sports
• Working in a team where there is an opportunity to develop an idea into a feature which can really affect millions of people

Half marathon. Last weekend Madeline cracked out a 13.1 mile run from Napa to Sonoma in what was cleverly branded the Napa to Sonoma half marathon. She finished in just over 2 hours, and was 25th out of 80 in her age group. Nice weekend - we won our first game of cricket also.

What the Future Holds. So what's coming up in the next 2 months? I'm paint balling next Tuesday for the first time ever as we meet the guys from Rivals. Madeline finishes work soon so will go home for a couple of weeks. We have camp White to look forward to, Melanie will be coming in September, and we'll both be back in school towards the end of September - hopefully with a little Yahoo on the side :)