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Mark unofficially has a job! He had dinner tonight with his new employer-to-be, and everything went very, very well. The district attorney has to get board approval to officially offer the job to Mark, but other than that issue, the job is his!! Mark was told to expect a call early next week. We don't know $$ yet, so we are holding our breath until we get the call. We are planning on taking the job regardless of the pay, and then figuring our next move. If it isn't enough and it doesn't get better, we will have a short stint in Madison, MN. If it is great and Mark loves it, we may be there for a very long time. We were only given two options for a rental, so at least we don't have to agonize over the choice there. Mark drove by our first pick today, and he said it is beautiful. So beautiful that we might like to buy. The problem, of course, is that buying in this community seems to be a forever choice. Houses stay on the market for years. Yikes. If we do buy, it had better a forever house.