Transitions...

Right on schedule, I submitted my application for a retirement benefit from CalPERS today. Carolyn went with me. The forms required either that our signatures either be notarized or witnessed by an authorized employee of CalPERS so we figured we might as well take care of the signatures and submission of the application at the same time.

I had been told that you could just drop in and take care of it. It turned out they
were shorthanded so we had to wait almost an hour to take care of our business. The customer service representative was very nice and apologetic as well as very efficient once we got to see her.

Sort of in celebration of Carolyn's recuperation and her getting back to work next week, we then dropped in for a tour of the Stanford Mansion which has recently been completely refurbished to it's 19th century glory. It is gorgeous inside but they wouldn't let us take any pictures. Besides being available for public tours, it is also the official "protocol location" for the governor and legislature to host official receptions for visiting dignitaries. I think that actually makes it look more real than a regular museum might.

Lunch at Paragary's Bar & Oven completed our exhausting field trip to downtown Sacramento.