This week we hit the world's most annoying roadblock: Quality Control. My team rocks, first of all, and further, we set up an assembly line system that means we QC each other by default anyway, but we still have to go back and "double check" piles of work...it's frustrating when you strive for excellence and yet pay for the sloppiness of people you don't even see or know. >:(

That aside, this week has been easy socially and moving rather quickly. And Mom and Steve fly in tomorrow night, which should be fun -- both showing them "my" San Francisco and learning their history with it too. Ghirardelli, here we come...

By the way, if you have never heard the noise a Cowbird makes, you should see if you can find it somewhere. It's fascinatingly different from other birds; it sounds more like a water drop than a chirp.