{"id":41,"date":"2011-01-24T09:02:40","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T16:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2011-01-24T09:04:52","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T16:04:52","slug":"getting-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"Getting Around"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any new job there’s alot of figuring out just how to do things. When to show up. Where the bathrooms are, what to wear.<\/p>\n

The answer to the last question is jacket and tie ALWAYS. Often a suit. I had to dig ties out of the back of my closet from Residency days. They still fit. And I bought a suit. Then I found two at a consignment store, so I’m set for clothes. And I can wear a jacket and\u00a0tie now and not feel like I’m sticking out like an unseeded row in a Palouse wheat field.<\/p>\n

The Capitol has great bathrooms. I haven’t tried them all yet.<\/p>\n

But the question I have been working on has been how to get around. I have arranged an apartment over off Warm Springs that is almost exactly a mile from the Capitol. I walked every day the first week, but it was 20 minutes each way and I’d be hot and sweaty when I came to work. I walked home in the rain last Tuesday and decided a bicycle might be a good idea. I have a car here. And a parking pass for the garage. But drive a mile and back? It seems wasteful.<\/p>\n

I asked Jonnie, my attache, about bikes in Boise and he told me about the Boise Bicycle Project<\/a>. I walked there on Wednesday afternoon after Health and Welfare Committee and made this $50 purchase.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

They were pretty amused to be selling a little Schwinn to a guy in a suit and tie with an\u00a0overcoat. But they were sure helpful. And friendly.<\/p>\n

It’s a Schwinn two speed rear hub with a coaster brake. I just had to raise the seat a little and get a light. So now it’s a short 10 minute ride and my thighs are getting stronger.<\/p>\n

I still am working on the when to show up. I was the first one in this Monday morning. And the last one here last Friday too. I figure\u00a0I’ll get more efficient with my time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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