Settling In Some More

The final tally is in...and the Jeff and Renee gas-guzzling entourage of a Budget Truck, car and car carrier and a truck full of wedding gifts (oh, and all of our existing possessions) managed to suck up a grand total of 356 gallons of gasoline from Washington, DC to San Francisco. The final miles per gallon tally was about 10.3. We won't post the actual amount spent on gasoline but you can do the rough calculations. Essentially current gasoline prices can't be blamed on price-gouging or increased demand from China and India or environmental standards or even Al Gore. You can blame the two of us for sucking our country's resources dry.

In more uplifting news we managed to not break a single item on our whole trip. That is one fact we are especially proud of.

We posted a couple more pictures of our apartment below, because who hasn't been dying to know what our bathroom looks like?

There's also a picture of the building where Jeff works. His job is with a research firm called Knowledge Networks which is headquartered in Menlo Park, California but also has offices in 6 other cities. His position is working as a Research Analyst with the Government and Academic Group of the company. What that means is that government and academic clients hire Knowledge Networks to conduct surveys for them on the topic that they are interested in. The Research Analyst then assists in tabulating and analyzing survey data and assisting with the over implementation of the research. Here's a link for the actual position. A number of the employees in the group have backgrounds in survey research while others have backgrounds in the social sciences.

Anyone still with us?


The downside of the job is the commute - roughly an hour each way as Menlo Park is about 30 miles south of San Francisco. Jeff has become a fan of NPR in the last week and as a first-time automobile commuter has learned that he always needs to have something to eat and/or drink with him in the car. Trying out public transportation to and from work is next on the docket so hold on to your seats while you anxiously await that blog update.

The outside of our building. It's along side a busy road but we have an inner unit so it's actually rather quiet. The view, however, leaves something to be desired.

Our bathroom. No, there isn't a mirror above the sink. It's a bit weird.

Knowledge Networks, Menlo Park, California