Our fifth meeting occurred in the Bay Area in the state of California. Tiffany flew into the San Jose International Airport on August 18, 2001 to stay with me. At the time of this writing, I am currently training with Novellus at our San Jose headquarters, so Tiffany and I decided to meet up here in California.

Among the more interesting things we did included going to San Francisco (Pier 39 and the Embarcadero, Financial District, etc.), going to the Great America Theme Park, and visiting the Intel Museum. We also went to a couple of movies, went out to dinners (both alone and with other guests), went out shopping, and just spent time together as a "real" couple. Tiffany was even nice enough that she prepared dinner several times for me after I got home from work! That was really nice and appreciated.

On the night of August 30, 2001, I took Tiffany to the airport during my dinner break (I was working swing shift at the time). I was even lucky enough to RUSH (and I do mean rush) back to the airport as soon as I got out of work to see Tiffany off. So we spent the last few moments together at the airport, and she finally departed, almost an hour late (but that gave us more time together!). Once again, it was hard to part from each other, and it really felt crappy after I got into my car and started driving home. I guess it really hit me then, and coming home to an empty apartment (which was once filled with Tiffany's joy and love) was quite hard.