The blogging has been blogged down due to a full complement of employees- all 220 wanting to use the internet at the same time. As this is my day off, I am up early and in the second floor lobby in hopes of getting this completed before the other early risers all come to plug in.
Work- Joe is loving his, joking around with all the kids, keeping them in line, vacumning floors ( his favorite vacumn cleaner is "Sam", then he has "Little Joe", the portable and "Baby Joe", his bucket of cleaning supplies.
As for myself, I started on Monday, and was so happy to go to work after a week or more of hanging out. It was kinda overwhelming at the beginning but Patrick, my supervisor, a typical accountant who likes everything organized and in its place has been very patient with me and after six straight days I feel more comfortable and more than ready for a day off.
We have had little time to get far from home as our days off have not yet been synchronized, but soon they will. We plan a big day going to Cody, later this week and will be taking Khurtzbayer, from Mongolia, and his girlfriend, Keesa, from Singapore with us. They are beside themselves with joy. Transportation is difficult for them to come by so we are happy to have them along. Hurtz will be starting his last year of law school in his country and I don't know what Keesa is studying. We do not have near the number of international students as before. I think they did most of their recruiting in the US.
Weather-we have had snow or rain every day we have been here. Rain now, for the first week it was snow. We are not yet able to go out without a jacket. The skyes are unbelievably beautiful, filled with clouds of every kind. It is a continually changing tapestry of beauty.
A friend went to a remote area yesterday and spotted a group of bears, adults and babies and watched them play for an hour or so. We have not seen any, just tracks around the cabins which Joe has to patrol on a nightly basis so he gets a little leery sometimes.
We have not been getting our mail regularly, just a couple of magazines. Pete, can you check our box and see if ther is anything there. Thanks!
A word of warning to anyone with a kindle. If you are planning to travel with it, download your books before you leave home or check the map to make sure there is accessablitly where you are going. There is none here, the closest place being Idaho Falls. It would be possible for me to download them on the computer then transfer to the kindle but with the internet service being slow or non existant, I can't do that.
Pax
Pat
Your weather sounds wonderful. After being kidded into thinking that summer here was pleasant, the heat arrived with a vengeance this past week. I'd love to see it rain and snow.
ReplyDeleteYour jobs sound just right for you this year. Do you think that they got more US kids because of the economy? Have fun on your trip to Cody.
So far, Dad is still in a plateau stage, so we have no plans for a trip to SD as yet. Ted is hiking the Canyon on Tues--rim to rim. Has a friend who is on the North Rim who'll pick him up and drive him back to the south when he is done. Stupid time to do it, i tell him. But he says this is when he has the ride! (And when he is bored : )
Love
Trish