Sniffle

Many thanks to my kind and adoring husband. He's so great, he shares everything - even his cold! If only I didn't find him so irresistible, then perhaps I could have quarantined him during his sickness, throwing Gatorade, tissues, and medicine in every so often to "nurse" him through. But i didn't and so now it's my turn to be stuffed up. It's super professional to go to an interview like this, dressed in my suit and heals and a box of Kleenex under my arm. Why won't they shake my hand?

Not really though - no new interviews. I am waiting, semi-patiently, to hear back from a couple of places that want to hire me, but don't know it yet. In the mean time, I've been watching our DVD collection. We don't have cable and I've run out of things to clean and organize. Today was Audrey Hepburn day - it made me miss Natalie terribly! (both Natatalies that i know - ironically).

On to another topic - we hit the jackpot! We've found a church on the first attempt. This place is definitely my third favorite church! First being Morning Star, second Oak Leaf, and now Journey to Ecclesia ranks number 3. They do need to work on the name. They were just Journey, but then merged with a church called Ecclesia and so they just kind of stuck the two names together - oh well. This is the first church that I've been to in SO long that i feel like I'm fed gourmet spiritual food - I'm talking the Smith and Wollensky of steaks, high-quality, right-on theologically spun preaching that fills the soul and demands another trip week after week. LOVE IT! Oh, and the worship is not just good, or thrown together. We have a christian recording artist as our music pastor - Drew Cline. The worship there is sweet and fills the place thickly with the presence of God. You can check out the website: www.journeyecclesia.com

The horizon looks bright and filled with goodness. It seems like we will settle in well here. We're starting to make friends, we've found a place to worship, Kevin found his dream job, and soon I'll find a job and we can start to put down roots here in the "hills" of Tennessee. They call them hills - I call them baby mountains.

Easy Come Easy Go

Yesterday I was filled with both excitement and moral angst when offered temporary employment with a mining company. Excitement at the paychecks to come and so that bills can be paid. Angst because I have to say that I've never seen anything positive come from mining. They strip the land, raping it for minerals that we use in products we don't need. At least they are legislated here in the US but in Africa and elsewhere they pollute souls not just the land with their corrupt politics and Chinese influence -- don't' get me started.

But, I need money and so I agreed to work for them on a temp basis until I found a permanent position. I was open and candid about that fact with them and with the temp agency. I was to start work tomorrow. All morning while trying to sleep in all i could think about is how my entire career has been filled with positions that help people and tried to change the world for good and now I'm going to work for a company that rapes the earth for a profit.

Well, now I don't have to worry about selling myself to evil. The temp agency that arranged my temp work was also to arrange an interview for a permanent position. Long story short, they decided to arrange the interview for the permanent position but then take away the temp work. Moral dilemma solved - financial dilemma still here.

I'll just trust Alicia Keys that every thing's gonna be alright. Well, Alicia Keys, Kevin, and my mother. Oh, and that whole Romans 8:28 thing or for the more obscure reference Nahum 1:7 - read it. Ooh and Proverbs 3:5. Good thing I've had lots of practice at this trusting God thing.

"I'm smiling at you because you're crazy"

I've watched an entire season of Gilmore Girls in two days. I'm filled to the brim with spectacular quotes and no one to share them with. Kevin HATES the Gilmores, hate perhaps is too light, he loathes it, it fills him with ire, his feelings for Gilmore Girls rival those of the Unibomber and Oklahoma City. (Did I mention I've watched a lot of Gilmore Girls?)

Why so much Gilmore Girls? Easy. No Cable. No job. Our new house is pretty much put together and Ellie's tired me of making her dance for my pleasure. I need to make friends or become gain fully employed. I've alphabatized our dvds, our books, and our food. Ok, not the food but there's always tomorrow.

So, now without a great tranisition - I LOVE MY NEW HOUSE!!! It's as close to perfect as I could hope for. I shall take pictures once I get batteries and then I shall be posted. Ellie likes it too, except for the cows that scare her when they moo (or lowe if you will). That's right cows. We live a stones throw from several ranches. I assume they're ranches - they have cows, cows that become yummy steak and are pretty to look at before they become my next Strip Steak. I digress.

We live in a cute small town about 30 miles outside of the Country Music Capital. We have yet to meet anyone famous, but the people who used to live in our house know a lot of famous (to me) people. The wife works for INO records (Mercy Me, the Afters, and more) and the husband plays bass for the Afters and some other bands that I've forgotten. They don't know it yet but we have plans to force them to be our friends and introduce us to their famous musician friends. It's only a matter of time.

So tomorrow I shall find to find new ways to entertain myself between interviews. Hopefully I shall soon be employed and all my creative, crazy, energy can be put to use making piles of cash. Ok, maybe not piles, but at least a stack large enough to pay our bills.

Ta ta for now dear friends. (See, too much energy + Gilmore girls + boredom = craziness from Bridget. But you all love me for it.)