We had our normal Friday morning shift at the Idaho Falls Temple on Friday morning. Getting up was made a bit more difficult because we didn’t get home from Stephanie’s graduation until about 10:30 p.m. That made for very few hours until the 3:30 a.m. wake up. The trip to Salt Lake, which included driving over to Soda Springs to pick up my mother and then taking her back home before coming home, was definitely worth it. Again, congratulations Stephanie!

I had an appointment on Friday afternoon to meet with the company in Pocatello that wants to outsource some programming work to me. I signed a pretty detailed non-disclosure agreement, so I won’t be talking about them very much on the blog, and definitely won’t be talking about any of the clients of theirs for whom I’ll be doing some work. The rate of pay is excellent and the amount of work … 20 to 25 hours a week … fits very nicely into my schedule. The first assignment will come on Monday and should be able to be finished on Monday afternoon.

A member of the Pocatello City Council has been appointed by President Obama to be the new U.S. Marshall for the State of Idaho. Brian Underwood has been the warden at the local womens correctional center as well as serving on the City Council. He’s a great guy and will be missed here when he leaves in a week or so to take up his new position.

However, that leaves an opening on City Council. I filled out my paperwork and dropped it off at City Hall to put my hat in the ring for the appointment. There’s little chance of being appointed, but not getting into the race would be a for-sure-non-appointment! The Mayor will be reviewing the applications next week, making a short list, and then interviewing candidates. I’d be really pleased just to get an interview, actually.

TTFN!