Sentence:  We might be in Montana—but, no, that's wrong. We spent time in Montana a month ago. After a few days we have to move. We settled in Oregon for a <WSD>hot minute</WSD>, figured it was a good place for disappearing, but one morning we woke to find footprints in the gravel around our rented cabin. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An unspecified period of time; while.