I'm not really necessarily ready to talk about corn dogs, but I need to bury the image of that beautiful horse a little deeper down the blog so I don't see her until the auction is over, thus preventing myself from doing some rash. Corn Dogs. CORN DOGS.  DEEP FRIED DELICIOUSNESS. . . . . . . . . . ...After all that, I'm still salivating over the damn horse. <3

Since I think we've covered places and ideas pretty good lately, I think it's time to mention horses again. Corn Dogs will follow soon. I have ranted and railed against people adopting a mustang, because they are ALWAYS getting in over their heads, and they are almost ALWAYS making a mistake. Has that stopped me from calling every boarder between Spanish Fork and Bountiful looking for a BLM approved site to board the horse seen here? No, no it hasn't.  Her online adoption auction ends in 7 days and 11 hours, and I am racking my brain and bank account to figure out if I can do this. I haven't fallen this hard in a long time. And I have no idea what to do about it.  Great timing, right?

"If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace."  -Gaston Bachelard  

WORK. I'm scrambling to get this post in during my lunch break because it has been so long. My posts have had to become less regular as I now am in a position which requires me to do real and rewarding work from 8-5. This requirement is nothing short of absolutely wonderful. For the first time since my long ago posts at the Committee on Foreign Affairs, I feel like I am doing something special, challenging, and rewarding. I have great expectations and responsibilities on me, but I also have coworkers and superiors who are thoughtfully guiding me towards not only being an effective employee for today, but for forever. They’ve invested in my knowledge, education, and satisfaction. They’ve provided me a bigger picture of WHY I do the things I do, and not just how. Really, I feel like by total accident I fell into a field that I am not just making a living in, but really that I’m thriving in, and putting all my skills and abilities to use. I AM USEFUL!!!! Beautiful words to my soul. I