my blog is a follow-up to my first one, which kind of chronicled events (esp. an eviction process!) and random life tidbits about my relocating FROM san diego TO the bay area … so this blog is about having relocated TO the bay area FROM san diego – readjustment stuff, my moods & thoughts & activities, food places, just keeping in touch with my san diego friends, and reconnecting with old friends (and i’m a closet writer, i s’pose).

first, i must say that i love what i do for a “work” living. blogging is totally a hobby and my outlet for writing, keeping in touch with friends, and sometimes just amusing myself. (i love the writing part – because it’s totally different from the ‘technical’ writing i do for the “work” stuff.) for the “living” part, i’m fortunate to be happily self-employed for more than 10 years as a consultant, and i have been providing environmental project management and decision-making support services for energy sector projects (e.g., power plants, technologies, markets, other geek stuff), with a specialty in air quality issues. since moving to northern california this past oct 2006, i also am evolving my business to integrate sustainable business principles and strategies.

in short – for fun and as an outlet to write. how i ended up starting to blog? … a friend (thanks to joanne!!!) in northern california enjoyed the stories i was telling her about the ‘drama’ of moving from san diego to the bay area, my random dating stories, my love of writing, and my natural angst (to name a few). she said “you should blog! it’s easy.” so i started.

i’ll say for more than a year and a half. for this particular blog, since november 2006 – but REMEMBER, this blog is a “follow-up” to the one i started in january 2006 when i lived in san diego. i’m now just in a different zip code, eh?!

ooooh, not really many. according to stats on feedburner, about 16. as far as those that i know personally who just check-in, an average of about 4 per day.

for starters, my friends and family … and maybe my friends’ friends, also … perhaps a person who has some interest in the bay area (and san diego) … and just some stories and random thoughts from a bit of a quirky gal.

yikes! on average, between 1-2 hours. this is probably more than i should spend because i’m s’pose to keep up the billable hours, but sometimes i just gotta blog.

simply put, you’d just have to be curious about me and/or what i’m gonna write about. it’s just a personal blog.

just be authentic and have fun with it. and a little witty banter doesn’t hurt.

You can visit this blog at http://shirlrelo2.blogspot.com/