Other New Adventures

On Monday, my office moved from downtown San Francisco to Half Moon Bay. I am now a commuter (or, rather, a reverse-commuter as more people commute into San Francisco). Half Moon Bay is 30 miles South of San Francisco. It is a beautiful coastal community and the locals are very friendly.


For those who don't already know, I work for a small accounting firm. I've been with them for seven years. I am an administrative assistant who occasionally moonlights as an accountant. The owners of the company live in Half Moon Bay. Some of my co-workers already lived on the Peninsula and a few of my co-workers have relocated to the Coast. There are three of us still living in San Francisco and, fortunately, we are being given a travel stipend to help with our new costs of commuting.

This week was all about finding the best travel route. From our location in the city (near the East end of Golden Gate Park), there are a million and one ways to get to the freeway. So far, all of them take 15 minutes, but I still have some more experimenting to do. Once you're on the freeway, there are two options for getting to Half Moon Bay - Highway 1 (along the coast, very scenic) and Highway 92 (over the hills, mildly scenic and curvy). The drivetime has been almost identical every way I've tried it - 45 minutes... about 5 minutes longer than my bus & train commute into downtown.

I'm glad to no longer be at the mercy of public transportation. However, I'm not thrilled by the environmental impact of being a solo commuter. Hopefully I can work out some carpool days with my fellow S.F. resident co-workers. That would also give Daniel weekday access to the car when he needs it for grocery runs and Mather-tending errands.

I've really enjoyed my four-day weekends with Mather these past seven weeks. With Dan now home full-time for the summer, I will probably be taking Friday's off and working a 4-day week.

Next up, Papasan's big 3-0!