life in OC

Hi folks - sorry I have been so MIA. I have been busy...and without internet except at work. Although sometimes frustrating, this has actually been a good thing for me. I like that I limit my computer time to 8 hrs a day. That's enough, isn't it?

So, I have been in OC for a little over a month now. It does not feel like October already. Considering it is still 80 degrees most days, with beautiful sunshine, it still feels like summer. For the most part I am liking it out here -- nice biking weather and the beach is super close. The ocean is very relaxing. Work is ok, except that it's not too intellectually challenging. I'm missing straight-up advocacy work and I'm missing both Portland and environmental law. Perhaps I will be back to both sometime soon... but in the meantime, I am trying to find the best in being where I am. I am gaining quite a bit of new legal knowledge and have been exposed to areas of the law that I know next to nothing about (such as employment law and childcare law). My office is super supportive and it's nice to feel good about what I'm doing.

I went to a Sierra Club beach bonfire the other night and was looking forward to meeting people involved in environmental issues and who are nice 'n'progressive. Instead I found that I was the only one who brough organic veggies.....most everyone ate meat....and basically everyone works for corporations or real estate developers or something equally sinister. Ok, so I try not to be snob, but I think it says a lot about where I landed that members of an enviro group aren't really enviro-conscious.... but it was nice to be social and I realized that that's just the way life is out here - lots of education needed I guess. It's not really in my best interest to give up yet.

Hmmm.... life is pretty much routine most of the time.... but I will try and keep y'all better updated on the occasional non-routineness of my life.

I miss everyone terribly.... why I keep moving to places where I know no one as opposed to moving to places where my friends are is beyond me....and something that I have promised myself I will not do again....