Our New Home!

(Warning - This document contains dated information.)

In October of 1999, Cindi and I bought a Victorian farmhouse in historic Nevada City, CA. First built in the 1890's, it was recently remodeled by a couple in town who've done the same thing to several old homes in the area. It's got new plumbing, gas, wiring, etc, but retains its romantic charm, including hardwood floors and high ceilings.

Nevada City is up in California's gold country, nestled in the Sierra foothills between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe. The town is quite a tourist mecca, with lots of old buildings, etc. The fall colors are stunning (though they do translate into quite a bit of raking around our house!), and we usually get one or two snows each year.

I'm still taking the train into Oakland every other week to work in my research group and spending the rest of my time at home doing TransPac work. I was unsuccessful this year in landing a part-time teaching position at Nevada Union High School. Apparently, those jobs are pretty hard to come by, partly because the district is second in Calfornia (as measured by SSAT and other standardized tests). I've been trying to sell them on my background in technology, but with the recent decline in enrollment, it's an uphill battle. They've already got an award-winning Physics instructor, but a couple of math positions over the summer. I took some tests in June to add a supplementary math teaching credential, but they didn't even call me in for an interview.

Cindi's got her application in at nearby Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, but they're not beating down our door either. For now (believe it or not), she's still commuting to Stanford (3+ hours by car) and staying a 5 nights every 2 weeks with various friends in the Bay Area. Since Ken & Chris moved up here recently, she's had to branch out a bit with her couch-surfing.

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Last updated 3 March 2001