We’ve been so busy preparing for the big move to the Bay Area that I haven’t had time to convey a bit of good news: I won’t have to look for a new job! A couple of weeks ago, I told my boss that I would be leaving, and then that afternoon he floated the idea of working from home. I was like, from California? Sure! So thanks to the Internet, I’ll be doing more or less the same job… just on the other side of the country. (It’s all very “knowledge economy,” as Rajani said when I told her about it.)

Speaking of the Internet, I’ve started taking an online class in copyediting from UC Berkeley Extension. The type of editing I do at work is so specialized that I thought I’d spend some time learning additional general skills, and the online format is perfect; provided I have Internet access, I can participate in the class wherever I am, even on our cross-country road trip.

In other news, Thom and I had a nice Memorial Day weekend visiting his family in Covington, Va. It was a little bittersweet, especially for his mom, who was happy for our move but sad at our going so far away. I told her that we’d get in touch more often and that Thom (and probably I as well) would be back for the holidays before you know it. One of Thom’s cousins told me, “You take care of Thom,” which I promised to do, and that made me think of Sam and Frodo. Heh, one day I’ll have to be all, “I made a promise, Mr. Thom. A promise!”