Hello from Virginia, our new, albeit temporary, home! As part of a program through J's work, we will be spending the next four months in Hampton, Virginia, a town in the Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News area, also known as Hampton Roads . J will be teaching first-year computer science at Hampton University , a historically black university (HBCU), as part of the Google-in-Residence (GIR) program. As for me, I have left CAW, and will be taking a sabbatical while I figure out what's next. Our plan is to return to the Bay Area in January, and move to San Francisco. We vacated our apartment at the beginning of August, put everything into storage, and left for DC, where J had training before starting at Hampton. While we were sorry to leave our great apartment in Mountain View, I think we were both ready for something new. We also said good-bye to my beloved 2006 Pontiac Vibe, which went to a new home. During our week in DC, I took the...
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