Getting ready for the off

It's been a busy week. I've been looking for and applying for jobs (nothing completely ideal, though, and haven't heard anything yet) plus going to my volunteer placements. Jon has been busy too and had a bit of a crisis at work yesterday when the specs for a machine he'd been preparing for the last two weeks were suddenly changed! We've done some socialising too, though: I went to another French meet-up on Wednesday night and we went out for dinner at James and Emma's (James is Jon's colleague) on Thursday night. Yesterday, I went to view the event space (where the Shanti fundraiser will be held) with the event co-ordinator, and we ended up having a lovely lunch afterwards in a vegetarian restaurant at Fort Mason (a former military installation) overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. Today it has rained a lot and we've just been getting ready for our holiday. We're off to Hawaii early tomorrow, specifically to the island of Kauai. I'm hoping it doesn't rain too much there - the mountain in the middle is the wettest place on earth! We're hopefully going to do a helicopter tour on Thursday, which is my birthday. When we get back, we're going to see the Arctic Monkeys in concert. I just got the tickets today - the gig had sold out, so I contacted a guy through Craigslist (the San Francisco website for EVERYTHING) who had a couple to sell and we went to get them from him this afternoon. For those of you who don't know, the Arctic Monkeys are a band from Sheffield, and their song, "Fake Tales of San Francisco" is probably the only one in the world which makes mention of both San Francisco and Rotherham! Anyway, should have lots to blog about next time - until then!