Good Jobs and Good Books

I like my jobs. That's pretty much all I have to say about that. My favorite project right now is creating a mural of all the MBMSI missionaries. i get to work on a world map (yay maps), plot the locations, and make it all pretty.

Right now, for some reason, I am reading 4 books. I keep starting new ones and reading whichever one suits my fancy at the moment.

The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne. Don't read this. Not unless you want to get seriously messed up. Seriously. Also don't check out The Simple Way. Because you might get ideas and want to do that too. :)
Under the Overpass by Mike Yankowski. Similarly Up-Messing, although not to the same degree because I don't think I would actually do it.
In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen. Little but powerful.
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. You either love her or hate her, I love her.

Uh-oh, Even Lolo is Posting More Than I Am.

I guess this is a good chance to catch everyone up on the state of my life.

1. I am not crazy, nor am I going crazy, nor having a major breakdown, although I had a close call on the weekend.
2. I will not go crazy in the near future due to the fact that I have a new job as a part time admin assistant at MBMSI. This brings my job total back up to three again, however, the MBMSI job is at the same place as the Conference job and will end up being just less than full time put together. Pretty much 8-4 Monday to Friday. Which is Almost Normal. Hence the Not Going Crazy if you define crazy as abnormal. Zehrs is now relegated to one shift/week, which is very close to the ideal of none.

But I Didn't Even J-Walk! I Swear!

Today I got picked up by a policeman.

I was just walking home from work, minding my own business when I hear this voice over an intercom. I couldn't hear what the voice was saying but I turned around to look just as a police car pulled up beside me. I bent down to ask what he wanted trying frantically to figure out what I had been doing wrong. Turns out it was Lolo's cousin Jeremy! He drove me the rest of the way home in the squad car...he wouldn't let me put on the sirens though.

My love life takes yet another hit

John Mayer, who was quite possibly my most likely love prospect, is rumored to be dating Jessica Simpson. For my sake, lets hope he is sending a cryptic message to the world on that topic via this blog post.

Pedestrian Adventures

I've been walking to and from work a lot because I don't own, or have access to a car. While walking, I've noticed that pedestrians seem to be invisible to the rest of the world. In three weeks I have been:

1. Sprayed by lawn sprinklers.
2. Doused by passing motorists driving through puddles.
3. Almost run over by inconsiderate and/or blind motorists attempting to execute right hand turns.

I have also almost been late for work several times.

This makes it seem like walking has created a soaking wet, half-dead, fired-from-her-job Stephanie. In fact, it has made me healthier, more aware of time, and less stressed. I highly recommend it.

Another very good reason for walking is the fact that it is good for the environment. Which isn't really true, it would be truer to say that it isn't bad for the environment. I recently did an ecological footprint quiz and discovered that mine is 5.6 global hectares (compared to the 1.8 global hectares available for every person alive right now). This essentially means that it would take about 3 earths to sustain those living the way I do. And I DON'T DRIVE. Pretty scary. I actually filled in the quiz again to see what my score would be if I did drive and it wasn't as different as I thought it would be: a 6.3 (three and a half planets). The biggest part of my score was actually the food part. After filling the quiz in several different ways I determined that it is practically impossible for anyone to acheive a score close to the 1.8 ideal without being vegan, eating 100% locally grown food, not having electricity and walking everywhere. It really opened my eyes to how unsustainable my lifestyle is. And it made me feel a lot less smug about all the "good" I'm doing by walking.