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November 16, 2005
Home on the Range
Heading out to Boise this morning. Oddly, the company I work for acquired a software company in Boise. What are the odds of that? My mother is ecstatic. She thinks it means more trips home. Maybe a few more but for the most part there isn't a lot of reason for me to go there for work. This trip, yes, because of transition stuff but once that has happened there isn't much need for me to go back. We'll see.
Other than seeing my family, I'm never very excited to go back to Boise. It's flat, full of cows and lacks character. Well, at least the character I'm interested in hanging around. It's becoming such an awful sprawl of cookie cutter houses, strip malls and chain restaurants. I don't agree with the politics and the general religion of the place. Just doesn't do it for me. There is a lot of outdoor things there--skiing, hunting, fishing, but well, not into those either. Their little downtown area is perking up a bit, finally, but it's less than a square mile of the entire town.
My mom thinks that I bolted right after high school because I was running away from them. That's not really true--I was running away from the dead end hole called Boise. Still, I'm excited to see my family, especially my adorable little nephews who are growing up so quickly. But coming back to Boston will be a big breath of fresh air otherwise...
So dang tired. I never sleep before trips. So I tossed and turned all night and finally got up at 4:30, even though I don't leave until 6. Argh. And of course we're out of coffee. *pout*
Back in a few days...
Posted by crystallyn at November 16, 2005 05:26 AM
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You totally just described my hometown and how I feel whenever I visit. Except we don't have the skiing. :)
Posted by: Redpanda at November 18, 2005 12:01 PM