Why Idaho?

Why Idaho you ask?  I realized I haven’t fully explained that for those who may want the backstory. 

Back in mid October, my former WR teammate, Sarah and her husband had their stateside wedding celebration, so all 4 of us other ZEO gals took a trip to help celebrate.  Leah, Amy and I fly into San Francisco, where we met up with Lynette, and spent a few days in the city before driving to Twin Falls, ID together for the Humbach festival.  Twin is in southern Idaho, where there is not much more than desert, desert hills and a fabulous canyon.  To be, it is beautiful.  There is something about the west that pulls my heart every time I’m here.  We went a couple hours further north, spending a day in town of Ketchum, home to Sun Valley Ski Resort.  The town is cute, and the mountains are beautiful.  After the day there, we progressed further north towards Stanley, and the beauty only intensified as we drove.  We stayed in a huge, stunning log cabin overnight before we all had to part ways.  

In the midst of those times together, I grew more attached to the place, and was sick to think about leaving.  Having been born in Colorado, and being back over the years for visits, the mountains are settled in my heart, with their own definition of home.   I had this crazy idea about waiting tables and/or bartending in a restaurant in the resort area for the ski season.  The potential for money is great, especially considering the Sun Valley area services the wealthy folks of America, and I would have some opportunity to ski, something I have always desired to do.  I didn’t know if it was even feasible for me to think about such an endeavor considering that it was about the 20th of October and the ski seasons starts Thanksgiving week.  It would have to be a quick turn around.  

I decided that if my urge to move dwindled when I got home, as many of my other urges tend to do, then I would just let it go.  But when it didn’t, I just told the Lord to shut the doors if it wasn’t meant to be.

I applied online for a couple of jobs, one at Sun Valley Resort and one at Tamarack, about 4 hours further north.  I hadn’t heard response from either one of them before I left, but I just decided to go.  Sun Valley called during my drive up from Iowa.  I have been offered a job with them, working in one of their many restaurants, and living cheaply in the dorm housing, with a free season-long ski pass.  It came together more easily and perfectly than I had even thought, hoped or expected. 

I move in tomorrow, friday, Nov 21st and will begin working next week. I don’t know what the dorm room looks like, but I figure, I can’t be disappointed.  I already know they have wi-fi, among other amenities, an employee cafeteria with meals for about $2 and they are within walking distance of most of the resort area.  I’m excited for the new start!!