{"id":777,"date":"2017-06-27T00:34:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T00:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adamflanders.com\/blog\/?p=777"},"modified":"2017-06-27T00:34:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T00:34:52","slug":"look-to-the-western-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamflanders.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/look-to-the-western-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Look to the Western Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been living in California for a month now and I’ve been enjoying it very much. The first few weeks were very busy getting a California driver’s license and registering my car (which is from here), finding a good gym membership, and taking care of all those other little details. I’ve been volunteering with the San Diego Zoo and I just started a cool new job in horticulture.<\/p>\n

My timing was good – Orange County Pride<\/a> kicked off last week and they had a fully loaded schedule culminating in the all-night Laguna Beach Party<\/a>. I’ve made lots of new friends and I’m looking forward to meeting more!<\/p>\n

To be honest, I miss my family and the poms a lot, as well as my friends in Maine and Louisiana. Home is always where the heart is (so maybe I can get them to move out here, hehe). It was a difficult decision to leave, but a big part of me feels like I belong here. I often felt like a square peg in a round hole when I lived in Maine. SoCal values align much better with my own – health conscious people, environmental protection, and science and tech everywhere, not to mention it’s so<\/em> much easier to be a vegetarian here. And no snow! Each region of SoCal has its own subculture, but I’m quickly adapting to life in the OC.<\/p>\n

Torrey Pines Gliderport in La Jolla, San Diego<\/center><\/p>\n


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