November was not very eventful as I was sick the entire month. And at work there was a little bit of frustration as I was having to learn the Google toolchain again which slowed me down. But I did manage to see some friends during the month (as I did throughout the visit).
December I was finally up to speed at work and thus actually contributing. But during my off hours I was busy working on my AOSD paper as it was only "conditionally accepted" which, according the email, meant it was actually rejected (not exactly a positive way to inspire someone to put work into their paper to improve it). But in the end it was accepted and I will be the absolute talk given at the conference.
January was good. With nothing taking up my free time but what I wanted, I actually was able to relax. I actually noticed that I was laughing out loud again, which was odd feeling since I had not realized I had stopped.
February was more of the same. The release of 1.1.9 of App Engine actually contained code by me which was neat.
During my trip I managed to go to SF MOMA and the de Young. SF MOMA was rather contemporary, which meant I didn't like a decent chunk of the stuff. The de Young I didn't get to see enough of.
It was nice to see my friends again. I actually managed to see almost everyone at least once. One friend just never responded to my emails (taking that as a hint) and the other fell ill both times we were going to meet up (not taking that as a hint).
From this trip I remembered why I do and do not like having a roommate.
Overall the visit was good. I definitely was fine with the idea of just staying, but with two years left on the degree I once again fought the temptation of just staying at Google and came back to Vancouver.
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