Has it been an inexcusably long time since my last blog post? Yes. Do I have an excuse? Of course! July has marked the beginning of a remarkable journey in which I have bid farewell to my hometown of Albuquerque, and hello to a new life in California. My journey to Berkeley has been to pursue a Masters degree in Architecture, and begin an odyssey into a new chapter of my life. My mom and I loaded up a moving truck, I took the reigns, and we drove across the country to sunny California! I will have to say that one of the most strenuous parts of any move involves the packing and unpacking of stuff. The unbelievable amount of stuff that one accumulates over the course of many years can be nothing short of overwhelming. Without having too much of this 'stuff' to pack, I somehow still ended up with boxes upon boxes piled in my apartment. Very slowly these boxes are being unpacked; and I am attacking them with the same ferocious procrastination as I attack most things.