I'm in Idaho!!

I fully intended to keep a blog from the time I got home from the World Race last November, but I didn’t follow through very well.  I suppose I felt like life didn’t offer much that was worthy of sharing so publicly, or maybe it’s because blogging was no longer required.  At any rate, I believe I only posted about 5 blogs over the course of the last year.

But, life has changed again for me, and now that I am away from home, I will perhaps have more to share since I my family and close friends are not a part of my adventure here.  

I moved to Idaho, and will be working at Sun Valley Ski Resort for the ski season, waiting tables and possibly bartending.  I moved without a job or a definite place to live, trusting that I would be able to find both when I got here.   I applied for two jobs online, one with Sun Valley and one with Tamarack, another ski resort further north.  The ideal situation in my mind was to work for a resort, live in the employee dorms and ski for free.  The secondary option would be to get a job or two at various restaurants in town and find a cheap place to live.  I e-mailed several churches in the area to see if anyone in their congregations would be interested in housing a young Christian lady while she works.  I got word back from one church that said he would ask around.  

After plenty of second thoughts and finally just following through with my decision, I left the morning of November 10th, for the two day journey with my sister Hannah.  It was a nice and uneventful drive through Nebraska and southern Wyoming, then through Utah, and into Idaho.  We arrived in Jerome, ID around 6pm on the 11th, and are now staying with Sarah, one of my World Race teammates.  

About two hours prior to our arrival in Jerome, I received a call from Sun Valley Resort company and we scheduled an interview for the following day (Wednesday).  It was the shortest, funniest interview I have had.  He asked if I was full time, and if I had experience, and then asked if I had questions.  I asked a few, then he said he really liked me and would work with me to see which of the 13 venues I would fit best in.  He told me to couldn’t tell me 100% that I had the job till next week, but that he would reserve a dorm room for me.  I can move in the day he calls.  He also mentioned that I could look for another job, but that in reality, once I start working, I probably won’t want both, and that there will as much work as I want or as little as I want.  Much is what I’m looking for.  

So, it looks like my ideal scenario is playing out.  Working for Sun Valley, living in really cheap dorm rooms (with 3 other girls and community bathrooms), and skiing for free in my off time.   I’m pretty excited for this change of pace.  I am looking forward to learning a new job, facing new challenges, meeting new people, and learning to ski, as well as perhaps some other fun winter sports.  

Sun Valley is an upscale resort, frequented by celebrities and millionaires, so it will be a totally new experience for me to say the least.