Sigh...Sunday evening comes too soon, doesn't it? We've had a fairly busy weekend, since Matt's eldest brother is here visiting from New Jersey and we've wanted to show him all the fun we could pack in to his trip.
Yesterday, I cooked my infamous drunken chicken recipe, except I used shrimp this time. Mmm! After dinner, we headed up to Gold Fork Hot Springs. Saturday night is not a good time to go. We thought it would be fairly quiet--we didn't think for a minute that we'd have the place to ourselves, but we found ourselves in the middle of a huge group of people who didn't exactly show up to relax. One extended family was playing football in the larger pool, which was fine except that they were bouncing all over the place and running into people. The grandparents were both drinking beer and getting noisy in the hottest pool, and then Grandma lit up her Marlboro and chased us out of there. Classy...
Today we went down to Boise. We wanted to show Kevin the World Center for Birds of Prey, which really is a "must see" place for visitors to Boise. They breed California condors on site, which is so cool to check out. It's a great interpretive center, and while there, I got to thinking, "Hey, I've got plenty of visitor center experience..." so I hit them up for a job. They're not hiring at the moment, but I did get a volunteer application so that I could possibly get my foot in the door.
Afterwards, we headed to Columbia Village to check out houses. It's a subdivision in southeast Boise, which is a pretty good area to live in from a commute standpoint. The place appears to cost a little more than we wanted to spend, but we did pick up some good area information. At this point, we're about 95% sure that Matt will be putting in for the transfer down to Boise. His agency told him that they'd likely be able to give him a couple of months before he needed to be down there full-time, and that would give us enough time to sell our house and buy a new place. I'm hoping for a transfer of sorts from my current employer, but I think we'll be okay even if I do take a big pay cut.
Exciting stuff! And for you Boise area readers, let me know if you've got any information on real estate or agents that you'd recommend.