48 hours- what a difference

This morning, walking around San Francisco's Chinatown, I was thinking about how far I had come, and how much things had changed since Tuesday. The previous 24 hours have certainly happened at a fast pace.

Tuesday was spent being a human lab rat in New York. Bloodwork, a CT scan, and an MRI took up my day. It was cold outside, and the majority of the day was spent hurrying up and waiting. On the culinary front, I got to have some sushi, though, so that was cool.

Yesterday consisted of four airports, two planes, and a long day of travel. I woke up to temperatures in the low teens in Hobart, NY, before heading up to Albany to leave for California. The first leg had me flying to Baltimore, mainly because I think you can't fly anywhere on Southwest without changing planes there. I even think there flight from Long Beach to Oakland requires that you change planes in Baltimore. I had a burrito in Baltimore, because, well, I didn't feel like McDonalds or Chinese food. From Baltimore, it was on to Kansas City, where the airport is literally in the middle of nowhere. I don't know how far away downtown is, but the area surrounding the airport did not resemble that of a city that is home to an NFL and Major League franchise. When almost the entire plane got off in KC, I was worried that somehow I was on the wrong flight. I wasn't, though, and soon took off for Oakland. Upon my arrival in Raider Nation, I got into a cab for San Francisco. Apparently bay area cabs don't have fixed airport fares like they do in NYC, and my cab cost me nearly 2/3 my flight out.

Today I enjoyed the touristy side of San Francisco. I think that being a meteorologist here has got to be an easy gig. High fifties and cloudy is probably your forecast 90% of the time. This place is hilly, too. I wonder how much wear it is on your emergency brake when you are parallel parked on a 25% grade?

So it's been a busy three days, and it's not slowing down anytime soon. Tomorrow I head to Sacramento, the same town as Governor Terminator. Than on Saturday I will make my Sierra skiing debut at Kirkwood. Hopefully Tyrone doesn't misguide me towards Hospital Air.