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My previous job search was a slog. It was a months long process, it was frustrating and humbling. This time I got the first job I applied for, and the interview took all of five minutes. Been working for over two months now at Walker's Grill. I'm back to cooking: sautee and grill.It feels weird to be cooking. I have two patents, finished a huge business deal last year, and recently re-upped my teacher certification. On the other hand, my deal with the patents prevents me from working in the bike industry for the next twenty years, and nobody is hiring teachers right now around Absarokee Montana.
First few weeks were weird. It was like I'd gone back in time fifteen years, life revolving around a kitchen again. Now I'm back in the groove. Mostly sautee lately. It's a cool kitchen. Menu and service is stuck in a bit of a time warp too, all very 80's, like a lot of parsley garnishes, and shredded Parmesan piled high where it doesn't belong. Overall though, there's a good chef, some cool people in the back of the house, and it's solidly placed as one of Billings' finest restaurants.
Remember Your Family? Now Say Goodbye Again. . . . .
Our family was apart for 2012, and for most of 2014. We were together for all of a month, before Yokie and Rose left for Malaysia. So, a topsy-turvy year continued with a month alone back in Absarokee, working in Billings.Home Alone
During my one month return to bachelor life, I biked, watched TV, worked (a lot), played Fallout New Vegas until 2 am almost daily, and worked on the house. I built a shelf play / chill / eat area for our cat up on the living room wall. I doubled the shelf space in the pantry and organized it. The fireplace is now sitting on a custom built stand, filled with river rocks. And lastly I built a desk and shelf office area behind the TV, in a weird spot in the house's architecture.Settling In
Now, we're all back together, for the past month or so. The new normal is a lot of homeschooling, cooking, driving back and forth to Billings, and hanging out with the family by the fireplace watching TV and listening to music.With the off season about wrapped up, it's time to add biking back to the mix. Here's to a successful 2016 racing season!