was first conceived in. . .
because of . . local farmers, only one and a half million acres were allocated.
"What you see here, What you do here, What you hear here, Stays here."

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unrelated: I'm addicted to Sudoku.

At the moment, it seems like the best cup I've had.  Then I think about that a second, about Caribou (Coffee), and a little shop in uptown (Minneapolis,) and I know that is a fallacy.  In fact, it's made with a tea bag, and mostly water, but it warms my soul seemingly.  I have direction today- I'm working to pay off an overdrawn account.  It seems like all of my friends have had problems with the bank before, but I thought I was immune, and I was wrong.  Fortunately, I am working, so I can pay it off.  No big deal :)

Last night, I was worn out, and yet got pushed and dragged (almost) from store to store with Amber.  It wasn't really that horrible, but I was tired.  When we got home, I just wanted to crawl into bed, but we did a devotional instead (very exciting!) except that I wasn't excited, but God blessed me anyways, and after going to sleep, I woke up extremely refreshed two hours later- I was ready to go for the day! (but I didn't)  Do most people have big ups and downs?  I think so, but some try to play it off like nothing bothers them...

Thoughts on. . .

*U-Haul:  They can be helpful sometime.  Amber's car wasn't working when she was visiting home and I was moving our things to the new place, so somehow UH seemed a good idea.  Maybe because the sound affordable??  Well, they would have been much more so if they had been with the terms on-line, (about half the cost for mileage, and unleaded fuel)- so although it was big enough to carry everything in one trip, with about twice as much room as necessary, it still came as a big shock to me.  Me who walks rather than pays $1.25 for the bus when possible.  Besides being cussed out during the first 15 minutes of me driving this enormous deisel truck, the trip went fine.  I would drive one again if necessary.  By the way, thank you to all of you who may have gotten extremely agitated with me in the past, and have not pulled in front of me driving something I'm just getting used to, slammed your brakes on and parked in front of me to get out and call me all sorts of names and flip me out.  If you've handled your anger towards me better than that, I thank you.  I can accept anger and not doing things the way that always gets the approval of others, but I'm human- I at least deserve the benefit of the doubt, right??  Let's just say it shook me up a little and made me appreciate the awesome friends I have and all the grace that many people bestow on others (librarians :)).  If I'm able, I'll rent a van next time, or better yet, get rid of everything I own minus what I can carry in one trip.

*Midwest friendliness:  Does it exist?  Are people really that much more friendly, approachable, and easy to be around in a certain region of the country?  Amber and I are leaning in that direction, because the 'friends' we have here are apparently more selfish and just don't seem to put the effort into the relationship that our good Midwestern friends do.  But there are thousands of people here we haven't met, so maybe we just haven't found the right ones?  I like strangers and acquaintances that I've met, but does that mean they would stay consistent or that things would work out?  Amber is so frustrated that we've even talked about 'where can we find good friends?'  In How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, there's a sort of club scene, and we decided to find that.  (Somehow I can't see Amber going there, and I don't know how many people I'd actually approach- I'm all about small groups/ one-on-one.)  I know that not everyone in the Midwest fits the true friend category (myself included), but it's easy to romanticize something that is not currently part of your life.

*Growing up:  It's nice to feel more responsibility and to be respected.  Right now I feel like I'm treated like an adult and not looked down upon as much as at some other jobs and times in my life.  It feels good, and I hope others get that repect from me, too.  I really hold others highly, but I don't always act/come across with my true intentions.