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So this week I ask myself “Tell us something about yourself that others might think is strange or weird”.

Okay.. I’ll just do a list, that’s easier:

• I ask myself questions on my own blog.
• I like to have the window rolled down while driving / riding in a car regardless the time of year, temperature or current weather conditions.
• AC in cars typically makes me sick to my stomach.
• I’ve never applied to or attended any institute of higher learning.
• I come from a family of teachers and educators, I have a background in training; but I HATE formal education.
• You wouldn’t know it to look at me, but I can run very fast.
• I’m fairly skilled in ballet, but won’t dance in public
• I always feel like I’m being watched… always…
• I imagine my own death by my own hands or someone else several times a day.
• I have my own “My Little Pony” named “Fireworks”. He has all sorts of crazy adventures.
• I have memorized and can recite both the Hollywood and Stage productions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, word for word, song for song, note for note.
• I once dressed as Dr. Frank-n-furter and walked around Trolly Square in Salt Lake City.
• I don’t enjoy a song until I can memorize it.
• I have a very good “ear” for Music but have failed miserably at all attempts to play music.
• I always assume people think the worst of me… usually I’m right.
• I typically dislike people who are smarter than me and typically disdain those I feel are not as smart as me.
• I distrust dentistry in all it’s forms.

Gosh - I better stop there before I get into the really weird stuff.

This week Kim from www.lostinplace.org asks: “What makes you homesick for Utah? Do you get homesick? And on the other side of the coin, what makes you absolutely certain you never, ever want to go back there again.”

What do I miss and what makes me never want to go back again? Well that’s pretty simple the answer to both is family. I really miss being able to hang out with family, have babysitters close-at-hand and getting to see everyone. Of course on the other side of the coin it’s often what helps remind us to be happy where we are. Every time I hear of some new family drama, some new bickering or not being able to spend holiday without running house-to-house it reminds me how nice it is to be away from home.

At the end of the day, if I could have it as good in Utah as I have it in Virginia, I’d move back. But the Utah job market is crap and only going to get worse as the economy self-destructs over the next few years. The wise bet is to stay in the government-heavy job market of N. VA.

“Other Kim” asked me: “Do you have any resolutions for the new year? If so… Will you share them?The short answer is no, I do not have any new year’s resolutions for 2008. At this point I would typically go into a rant about how I dislike the whole concept of New Years resolutions and their ultimate demise a few weeks later. But I won’t. Rather I think I will recall a discussion I had with Amber soon after the dawning of the new year.
We had just returned from the New Years party we attended, got the kids up to bed and were sitting down at our PC’s to unwind. Yes to us, that is unwinding. We started to talk about what was ahead in 2008 for us as a couple/family and frankly it’s going to be a rough year for us. This will likely be the last year we live in our current home. We’ve been renting since relocating back in 2006. With our lease expiring in early 2009, finding a new place to live and going through the hell of moving is going to be a chief challenge of 2008. It’s likely, either voluntary or involuntary I’ll be changing jobs this year. It’s been a long run, but I’ve just got a feeling it’s over.
When you consider relocating your home and changing jobs are two of the top stressors in a person’s life it’s likely to be a very stressful year. I’d rather not add to it by setting resolutions I likely wouldn’t maintain anyhow.