Autumn 2004, the Abridged Version

The autumn of 2004 marked many a personal milestone. Rather than revisit each with a lengthy, long-winded tome, I thought it better to just list them out and save the in-depth commentary for future weblog entries: - A picturesque and memorable wedding, reception, and extended family reunion in the Sonoma wine country - A wonderful family gathering at the house on the Russian River - A week of decadence and irresponsibility on the banks of the Seine in Paris on our honeymoon - Hosting more than three hundred church members in Walnut Creek for a second wedding reception - Celebrating our first Christmas weekend together as a combined family on the north shore of Lake Tahoe - Having a number of out-of-town friends crash at our new place including two that recently made the decision to move back to the Bay Area - In the midst of all of this, somehow completing the fall quarter of my second year in the MBA program - Watching the Cal football team climb to a top five national ranking after more than a decade of grief as a long-suffering fan - Participating in the annual Big Game bonfire at the Hearst Greek Theater and watching Cal demolish Stanford the next day for the third straight year - Too many other memories to recount in one blog so this will have to do for now.