I'm moving into a Mansion

I'm moving into a mansion! Remember the game we would play in church sometimes, where you would write M.A.S.H and depending on the number you had to count (based on the hypnotic circle drawing before you proclaim "Stop!"), you'd find out if your destiny was to live in a mansion, an apartment (or attic - depending on where the DOW was at that Sunday), a shack, or a house. Well, to all the siblings that had a laugh when I landed on mansoin and said it would never happen...

It might not technically be a mansion, in fact it is a townhouse. But after living in a one bedrooom apartment and asking not to have visitors for lack of seating, it is the biggest living space I think I could handle without a maid.

So I'll be moving again, come February 25th. A small, young family from my ward is moving to Hawaii to do an internship for 6 months. They come back literally a week after I'm scheduled to move to Atlanta. Beautiful. They found out about this move just a couple of weeks ago, so have been scrambling to find someone to move into the house that they trusted. After only talking to his wife once in Relief Society, I fit the bill somehow. They have arranged so that I am paying the same in rent, but now living in a mansion. Visitors welcome.

Other than that big news, I'm keeping busy with work and yet to get to Tampa to see Matt and Andrea. My car registration has expired and I've had a hard time getting to where I need to be in order to get what needs to be done during the work day. Maybe I'll pull an illegal weekend. I think that's not uncommon in Florida - it's what Florida is all about!

Such an interesting week in current events. I wake up and listen to the BBC, which right now is all about the riots surrounding the cartoons published re: Mohammed. A shift to NPR brings news of Coretta Scott King's funeral, the proposed budget (reflecting the administrations priorities and the true state of the union), wiretapping, and lobby reform. I'm trying to figure out how my work fits into this world, because I'm sure it does. Sometimes it seems like all the action is happening with the elite power structure, but I don't quite buy it. I'm working on making the grassroot efforts of citizens, the values and ethics cultivated by individuals being the real power structure. It's not as linear of a connection as I'd hope just yet.

Hope all is well with the family this week. Keep posting, even if you think it's mundane (see above). It's interesting to hear all the nuances of growth in the lives of those you love.