{"id":668,"date":"2007-11-17T03:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-17T03:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=668"},"modified":"2007-11-17T03:31:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-17T03:31:00","slug":"668","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2007\/11\/17\/668\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey<\/p>\n<p>I was going to update a few days ago, but decided against on the fact that I wasn&#8217;t motivated enough.<\/p>\n<p>So, this much is true- Sacramento reminds me of San Francisco, &amp; San Francisco reminds me of what Might have been.  When I was riding through the streets of Sacramento I couldn&#8217;t help but think of what my life might have turned out like had I made some different choices.  What a trip that can be.  Northern California &#8211; I think I&#8217;ll always feel that way even if in the smallest way.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m back, again.<\/p>\n<p>This time all moved in.<\/p>\n<p>Fun, except &#8211; not.  I hate moving.  In fact.. I loathe it.  yes, for real.<\/p>\n<p>I went to an interview today.  They told me I have the job if I want it, I might end up taking it.  I have a week to mull on it.  I also have at least one or two other jobs to consider that want me to work for them.  So that much is encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>It feels like I never left.  Many at Cascade don&#8217;t know, still don&#8217;t, and frankly don&#8217;t care enough to know in the first place.  One person I told and they remarked &#8220;what the hell is wrong with you?&#8221; yep, thats why I don&#8217;t tell people.  Thanks for reminding me.<\/p>\n<p>This is all I have for now.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8220;In the arms of your mercy I find rest, cuz you know just how far the east is from the west, from one scared hand to the other&#8221; &#8211; Casting Crowns]<\/p>\n<p>just Pray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey I was going to update a few days ago, but decided against on the fact that I wasn&#8217;t motivated enough. So, this much is true- Sacramento reminds me of San Francisco, &amp; San Francisco reminds me of what Might have been. When I was riding through the streets of Sacramento I couldn&#8217;t help but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11558,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2025\/09\/29\/exploring-sacramento\/","url_meta":{"origin":668,"position":0},"title":"Exploring Sacramento","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"September 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey there, Earlier this year, we obtained a museum pass to the California State Railroad Museum thanks to the kids' charter. 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