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Contentment killer

I have this issue where, whenever I feel most content or get something I've really wanted, I start wondering when the other shoe is going to drop, when God is going to wake up and realize that I don't deserve so many good things and start putting me in my place. It's ridiculous--I know it is. In my entire lifetime of experience, He has never done that to me. In fact, I have always been extremely fortunate in pretty much every aspect of my life. But, of course, rather than affirming all of the things I know to be true about my heavenly Father, all that does is make me think that it can't possibly continue. People who are really close to me will know that I am also like this with other relationships. Again, with no real reason. I've never had any truly bad or disastrous relationship experiences. Why do I think this way? And how do I get out of this vicious cycle?

Work is tough

I am blogging from this hotel where I am staying for a few days while some of my co-workers as I drive around hunting for new companies and learning about existing ones. (Today we visited a mushroom farm, which was fascinating, but really smelly. The farm is like a bunch of chilly barracks full of big bunkbeds of mulch and fungus.) The hotel is great! We've all agreed that we would come back here in a heartbeat. Fireplaces in the rooms, ocean views, and all for under $100 a night. There doesn't seem to be much to do in Ventura, but how much do you really need besides a beach?

Random stuff about me

Tirzah tagged me for this little survey:
4 jobs I've had:
-teaching violin
-cafeteria dishwasher
-riveter
-marketing manager

4 films I could watch over and over:
-Pride & Prejudice
-Intolerable Cruelty
-Anne of Green Gables
-Better off Dead

4 Places I have lived:
-Wooster, OH
-Guatemala City
-Chicago
-Rancho Cucamonga

4 Favorite TV shows:
-Battlestar Galactica
-Heroes
-Star Trek (original series)
-umm... that's it. I don't really watch much TV.

4 Favorite Foods:
-peaches in any form
-pastries from Some Crust bakery
-falafel
-salsa

4 Websites I visit everyday:
dnbi.com
facebook
gmail
my company's website

4 Places I would love to be:
-pretty much anywhere outside
-with my hubby (he's teaching right now)
-with the rest of my family
-Alsace

4 Favorite Colors:
I have to have four? I have trouble picking one.
-blue
-purple
-yellow
-jade

4 Names I love but would/could not use for my children:
Joe 1.0 (thanks, Also Amy, for this one :)
Joe 2.0
Punctuality
Chewbacca (already taken)

I tag Will,Suzanne, the Nelsons, and my dad.

Now I can be cool like all the 10-year-olds

Those of you who like to give me gifts on gift-giving holidays, take note. Rockin.

For those of you who have been trying to call me

I got my replacement cell phone today, and once it's fully charged (sometime tomorrow) I should be good to go with the same old phone number you know and love.

Chillykoot

One month until we hit this trail. And right now showers are forecast for the next week. Hope it clears up by September.

From beyond the grave

Last night, Josh and I attended a screening of Pee-wee's Big Adventure at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. "What could be better than watching such a wacky movie in a really overdone cemetery-for-the-stars?" you ask. Why, an appearance and short speech by the man-child himself as well as appearances by Dotty and Simone. Unfortunately, the man who is probably the sole reason it was a good movie was not there. No, fortunately Pee-Wee did not engage in any of his now-famous movie theater antics.

I would be stuck wearing virutal clothing created for online communities

Mr. Henry brings up a good point--why just eat locally? Why not do everything locally?