Mary Panttaja

…where updraft implies a high preponderance of likelihood that something is really happening—that you are on the right track.

This morning, Saturday September 1, we are ensconced in our new apartment 95% moved in and totally functional. We chose the apartment Monday, signed and took possession Tuesday, hired movers Wednesday, and Friday did the whole shebang by 2PM when the movers left. Okay, I had some more unpacking and organizing yet, and it took a bit to do the whole first grocery run thing, but we ate dinner in our organized and furnished apartment. It surely helps that we only brought what we needed (except for three extra boxes of kitchen stuff), and that we had a house full of goods already packed and ready to ship. But here we are.

In addition, our partner Tom takes possession of his apartment today, partly furnished because the owners, at the last minute, didn’t want what was there. And we found and signed a letter of intent on an office that totally meets our specifications in size, style, location, etc. And that was quite a story: Wednesday, we asked to be shown the “Jack Falstaff” building at the corner of 2nd and Brannan, but when we got there the broker called and said that he made a mistake and he was about to show us (to his surprise) a place down the street. But it turned out to be perfect, perfect and the letter of intent was signed yesterday. It is three blocks from our apartment and two blocks from Tom’s apartment. (Our fourth partner, Matt, lives in Oakland and will be commuting.)

Last odd fact, we have a straight visual shot through a maze of buildings to the upper floors of our office building from our balcony–didn’t know that when we took it, because we hadn’t found the office yet—and that will help us with some network challenges.

That’s a bit of what you get in an updraft—a high preponderance of things going your way.