The trip to Mountain Home was happily uneventful. I only got lost once--in Twin Bridges, Montana. Something I shouldn't even admit, as Twin Bridges has a population of 400...
Mountain Home, Idaho, population of 11,000 is your typical airforce base/agricultural community--no shopping other than Walmart and two grocery stores, no decent restaurants, nothing resembling a health food store, altho there are lots of tatoo joints and pawn shops. It'll be fine, it'll all be fine...
I think I'm going to enjoy the job once I get through all the necessary hoops. I spent a day and a half getting my first security clearance, which was actually in record time. Now if I could only get my computer clearance.
The library is small (30,000 books), with 5 part-time staff. They all seem nice and willing to work with me. Training was a whirlwind day and a half. But hey, it's not rocket science just government. I'm trying very hard to keep my mouth shut...
I don't have any pictures yet. So far, all I could take a picture of is haze. Apparently, the potato harvest is happening and there's a dust haze all over the valley. However, we had a nice rain this morning so I'm hoping for some clear vistas.
My big frustration this week was housing but I finally got into a phenomenally expensive- but-cheaper-than-the- motel-I-was-living-in -for-4-days furnished condo that I can rent by the day/week/month. I plan to house hunt this weekend to potentially buy a place. Rent is quite expensive here, but home prices are reasonable. We'll see. It feels good, however to have a temporarily permanent place. Hmm, one month seems permanent these days--I think there might be something wrong with that picture...
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