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To all I adore,

For those that did not catch the tittle of my last blog it was the numbers from the hit show "Lost". It is odd for those who do not watch there is a character named Hurley. He at one point is in an insane asylum and another patient there that he hangs out with only says one thing over and over again, and it is those numbers. Anyways Hurley plays the number on the lottery and wins $100 million or so. Then the cursed numbers take over, while his financial life becomes more and more secure (i.e. he gets richer) other things in his life come crashing down in a disaster. His best friend ditches him, his grandfather dies, the house he bought his mother burns down, he breaks his mother's foot, and he gets Lost.

Yesterday after I got home something weird happened. I got a phone call from the job I applied for in Idaho Falls, and they are flying me out next month. Coincidence? I think not, it is the numbers. I played them and they are taking the effect now. Ha ha just joking. I just thought it was odd that such a great thing happened to me the day I "played" the numbers.

I am looking forward to next month and will hopefully like the job I am interviewing for. However, at the same time I have been contacting OSU and my old advisor is now the head of the graduate department, and wrote me recently that I am in the running for funding. So now the question is what do I want? I have been saying all year I am burned out on school, but at the same time I am afraid to leave it. School is all I have ever known. Also, what if the job is not in the area I am interested in but pays well? Or if it is in the area but does not pay well? That is the catch 22 I am currently in.

As far as school goes right now I am in classes I really enjoy, so I am not burned out this term. However, it only takes a little bit to get burned out like last term. Where the work load was normal, but all the classes I had I did not like, and I hated school. I think it will come down to the job. If it is what I am looking for or closely related, something I will enjoy, and it has the salary I desire then I will take it. If not I can keep looking and keep on with school.

Idaho is also pretty far from parents and family, for both Kailey and I. However, the only other employment I could get in the Northwest would be in Richland or up near Seattle with the Naval Shipyards. On the other hand Idaho is a lot closer to home than North Carolina, there it is only a days drive, or a short flight. Idaho would also be ideal for Kailey to go back to school. She really wants to finish her degree and they have exactly what she wants there. She wants to work as a radiographer in a hospital (x-ray), but most colleges have a 2 year associates program. She also wants a 4 year degree. Well at ISU they have a 4 year B.S. radiographer degree. That would be very ideal, for her to finish up.

I love Idaho Falls, the past two summers have been damn near the best time in my life. It is a very relaxed community, I have almost no stress there at all, maybe it is the mountain/desert air. I have friends there already, more than I have here. It is a wonderful community. There is a lack of larger cities nearby but I figure I do not really need cities. I know I am also getting way ahead of myself I am just interviewing for the job, I have not been offered it. I think if they offer something decent I will accept. Otherwise, one more year!

Love and kisses,
Rick

To leave you with a quote:
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. "
~Benjamin Franklin