30 September 2005
I’ve been back from Honduras for about two weeks now. The tans fading fast and I’m missing the forest, but my relocation to California is moving along nicely. In a bid to raise funds after 3-months of voluntary service I am currently working at Line Communications while I wait for next week’s Visa interview. I will then be flying out to San Francisco for a house hunting trip (if anyone reading this happens to know of a nice big room going spare, drop me a line). Following that, it’s back to the UK for a week, during which I will wrap up all loose ends and attend the Opwall reunion. Then it’s a one way ticket out west to start work at Google HQ on the 31st — just in time for the Halloween Party (maybe).
It’s all pretty mental really.
Things I’m looking forward to:
– finding out what project I’ll be working on first
– working with a load of crazily skilled people (as well as those linked, the many I’ve not heard of yet)
– free diet coke
– buying a car
– living close to ski-slopes
– climbing in Yosemite
3 September 2005
From Email:
Hey everyone,
So about 11 weeks ago I sent out an email saying I was going to be working in Honduras for the summer. I had meant to send updates about what has been going on, but things have been pretty crazy and I actually ended off working 63 straight days in the forest before getting a break and leaving the mountain.
That was two weeks ago; and today, I drove the last truck load down from Base Camp.
A weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
I started out as a Camp Manager and finished as Forest Operations Coordinator. I feel I’ve done a good job, and we were successful, but it has been a bloody tiring, stressful and, at times, unpleasant few months.
I’m not going to go into any more detail, because I don’t really know where to start, so I’m just going to gloss over it and say I’ve had a very odd summer…
Next: I’m going to travel around Honduras and the bay islands for a while and return to England to prepare for my move to San Francisco. It is a scary, daunting and exciting prospect to be moving continents and to be working with a company such as Google. I hope I can live up to their expectations.
Thanks to the three of you who sent emails asking if I’m still alive; the snakes tried their best, but failed!
I hope you are all well, please reply and let me know what you’ve been up to this summer. I know it sucks that I’m sending mass mails, but I’d appreciate it.
Take care
Dan
