Week 2 in Boston
Actually, it was kind of boring. By Friday we were starting to get bored and antsy without anything structured to do and were getting kind of tired of making up things to keep us entertained. So I guess it's a good thing that we started work when we did!
We did do a few fun things though. On Tuesday we decided to buy a membership to the Museum of Science. Actually going to the museum that day was kind of a poor decision because it was a rainy day in the summer so there were a billion kids there. But the parts of the museum we made it to were pretty cool, especially the lightning show.
That night we visited a small group at Park Street Church, which had been recommended to us from multiple friends and family members. We met a bunch of other young couples and felt right at home with them.
On Wednesday we went to a free concert at the Hatch Shell. A couple friends from church the night before joined us as well.
On Thursday we looked at potential places to live. The first townhome we looked at was pretty much our dream house. It had every single thing we wanted. We signed a lease for it today! It's a little further commute than we hoped for (about 40 minutes on public transit). But it's a block from the river (with bike and running trails), a block from a grocery store, across the street from the park and a short walk to the bus stop. It's less than 10 years old and everything's in really good shape. It's just a tradeoff we had to make because anything closer in is like 200 years old or very tiny. It would have been really hard (psychologically) on us to move out here, have great jobs, and live in a smaller and older place than we lived in as grad students!
On Friday afternoon we checked out the Community Boat House orientation. I think Patrick and I will join! You pay a yearly membership fee and then all the classes are free to take and the boats are free to use. In addition to sailboats they have kayaks, windsurfing, and stand up paddleboards, so I think it will be fun.
On Saturday we moved to our new apartment in the heart of the city. I was sad to leave the hotel (free breakfast! free dinner! free cleaning!) but at the same time we're glad to have a little more space. It's pretty nice here.
Starting Work in California
On Sunday we flew from Boston to San Francisco. Besides having to wait 2 hours for our rental car travels went smooth. We reported to work on Monday morning at 8.
Our orientation/training was mostly fun. We were assigned our Noogler (new googler) propeller hats on Tuesday. We found the ball pit:
We went to a company-wide meeting on Thursday where we got to see our CEOs speak, and then we all celebrated the release of Android Marshmallow (new cell phone software) with dancing and marshmallow treats.
We flew back to Boston on Saturday. Sunday morning we visited Park Street Church for the morning service.
We'll update at the end of the week about our first week here in the Cambridge office!
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