New apartment in Bakersfield

Life in Bakersfield has been good. I thought I'd have
my first trial, but it didn't end up happening. But
it looks like I'll have one in the next week or two.

Apart from work, I've mostly just been settling in to
my new apartment (after having rented a room in a
house for a month temporarily). I'm pretty amazed at
how much money I've spent already. I thought I'd be
living a pretty simple life, but even the simplest
furniture and fixtures and such seem to all add up.
And there's also clothes and shoes for work, too.

There's a lot of Hispanic folks in my apartment
complex, but I've yet to actually meet
anyone--probably because I'm at work so much.

The other thing I've started to do is look for a
church. I think this process may take a while,
because I'll be going back to Irvine for a good number
of weekends this summer, for various reasons,
including a few weddings.