This blogger has been busy and wiped. The commute to the new job has been taking about 1.5 hours one-way on the average. My back kills me by mid-week from all the sitting. Unfortunately (in some ways), the Sacramento adventure part of my job has fallen through. I've started apartment searching in the DC area and am quite overwhelmed. I still need to make some basic decisions, such as living solo vs. roommate, DC vs. NoVa, etc. It's quite disappointing that to live in the District one pays Manhattan-like prices, w/o any of the excitement of living in Manhattan! DC has many great things, but still has a small-town feel to it.