real good!

THINGS are going REAL GOOD! I've been doing some temp. work the last month+. The first position was part-time, mornings at a oil repair company called TIC (The Industrial Company). I chased paper trails and contemplated life's purposes. I worked the original contract of 4 weeks there, but when they asked me to stay 5 more weeks, I decided to move on. The only reason we were able to make it work in the first place was because Matt was able to shift his work schedule around for the short-term so we could earn the extra money.

BUT no sense crying over that!!!! I didn't even like it anyways. PLUS I started a new job. It's been cool-- the position is titled Research Assistant. My job is to fact check all the information for this magazine the newspaper puts out every summer called Kern Life. Kern Life is a resource book for residents & visitors alike. It lists all kinds of information like community highlights, concert venues, post offices, etc. My job is to make sure everything in that magazine is correct... so I go through it piece by piece. I'm excited because writing experience is something my life resume lacks & if I want to inch closer to a public relations career, i need that. It IS a temp. job of 5 weeks, but maybe it'll lead to more, who knows. So far, I'm enjoying it. And if nothing else, it's stinkin' cool to work in the newsroom. Plus I can eavesdrop on the news- like B-grade celebrity DUI's- before it is even published!

We're taking a trip to Nashville April 19-23. We're totally stoked... but trying not to think too hard about it cuz it's taking too long to come up! It's our favorite place to go & a total surprise because we didn't expect to go this year. Matt's mom is coming to watch Zoe. It's going to be perfect. :D

Oh & I'm having a baby... a coffeehouse baby. Ha. I planned a coffee house night with my church & we're doing it this Friday. It's called Mile 124. Music, coffee, art, community, expression, connection-- that's what it's about, should be real fun. I'm also psyched cuz we have a super awesome team of helpers to make it happen. Hands, mouths, eyes... many parts!

This is my perfect match-- I'm glad to share my life with him:

Here's a recent picture of Zoe & I from our Valentines love book we made for daddy:

Lucky there are a few other coffee shops here other than Starbucks or else my soul would long for Caribou Coffee all the more. I'm not saying I can't live without Caribou. What I am saying is Starbucks tastes like burnt dung. It often still feels surreal that we're here-- with this totally different life. I feel like a different person & reality is different here. I am determined to live in the now & I refuse to not dwell in the "if onlys." That doesn't always happen, but at least I'm trying to live on purpose. I'm trying to be someone who loves wisdom & loves love. I'm trying to be proactive in our thinking & think of how living in the present can give us a better future. And more all the time I realize how life is not handed to you. Only hard work & living life's adventures & riding out the valleys & and mountains......... life... we fight for life throughout the highs and lows. I want to work hard. I want to love. I want to do this right. Time for bed.