I lost my last post!

It was really kind of nice--a metaphor about how I'm learning that I don't really need to work so hard at my life and how even though it doesn't look like I'm making good progress on my career goals, etc., at the moment (still under-employed) that I can trust God to keep my boat floating.

Well, it disappeared somehow. Sorry.

That's okay, though, because it was probably a little self-serving anyway. My having occasional flashes of trust in God doesn't necessarily help you to feel any better about your particular situation. Really, it could just be me trying to make myself feel better about my latest useless interview. So, maybe here's something less Pollyanna:

I've mostly been getting temporary work that I don't like. I'm good at this kind of work because I'm a quick learner, not because it's natural to me. But I am getting to meet a whole different swath of people and experiences that I probably would've never seen otherwise. Did you know that there are entire companies that install office furniture? Or laundry machines? Or ductwork for your central air? I'd never thought about them until I worked with them. The work world is very wide, I have to say.

So, when I sit at my desk waiting for the stupid phone to ring so I can transfer the call (BORING), I'm at least meeting some more people God loves. And if they swear at work (which I'd also never really heard until about two weeks ago) they're at least friendly and kind, God love 'em. It's a whole different environment, and one I never saw myself working in before. A change from Massachusetts, to be sure.

So I don't have work I like, and it's not very clear to me what God wants me to be doing right now, and I'm feeling like I'm drifting and powerless. But you play the hand your dealt, so at the moment I'm just trying to enjoy the scenery.