Tagged

I've been tagged, dear friends! By the lovely Cuffington.
And since I feel guilty for having been tagged before and always ignoring it (and also, possibly because I am trying to avoid doing the freelance job I am supposed to be completing today) and since I'm a little loopy on all the Benadryl I've been consuming today (grass allergies are the worst, just the worst), I am going to DO THE MEME!!

What were you doing ten years ago?
I was a high school graduate, getting ready to go off to college and fully prepared to reinvent myself. I aspire to the church of "I will be happier if I only...looked prettier/lost 10 pounds/behaved more mysteriously/got new friends/lived somewhere else/bought a new lip gloss."
Essentially, I find myself believing my life will be infinitely better if I just reinvent myself as someone else.
One of the ways I was preparing to morph into a glamorous, artsy collegiate gal was by changing my name. I hatched a plan to introduce myself as "Jen" rather than the Jenny I'd been my whole life. After all, what kind of glamorous artistic person is named Jenny? Jen was so much more alluring. And it worked.
Was I successful? Well, the name change stuck. No one has since called me Jenny - except for my husband, he always has - I have no idea why, and my dear friend, Emi NG. In my desperate effort to change into something better, I lost many of the qualities that made me, well, me. And it's taken a long time to get some of those back. I'll always have that desire to become something else, but the truth I know is true is that the very best version of me already resides deep inside...the place where there is stillness and sureness. It's allowing her to surface that's tricky.

What are five things on your to-do list today?
*Finish my freelance project
*Rent episodes of Weeds to watch while the Boy is off doing man-like things with his friends for the weekend
*Tidy the place up
*Martini night at Strega
*Attempt to stay cool in the sudden heat wave

Snacks you enjoy?
Starbucks(sorry Catie)doubleshots on ice with soy milk, edamame, salty chips with salsa, frozen Junior Mints, and gluten-free chocolate chip cookies.

Places you've lived?
*La Grande, OR
*Redmond, OR
*Priest River, ID
*Kettle Falls, WA
*Colville, WA
*McMinnville, OR
*Portland, OR
*Corvallis, OR

Not very exciting

What are 5 things you would do if you were a billionaire?
1. Pay off all my debt and the debt of those I love
2. Take a serious sabbatical to a tropical destination
3. Buy a sweet bungalow cottage for the 3 of us
4. Eat a lot of good food at good restaurants
5. Leverage the rest of it for major social and philanthropic entrepreneurial pursuits

People you want to know more about?
My parents, my grandparents, my sisters. The girl I saw 3 days ago that I know I know from somewhere but can't place; almost everyone I come in contact with. Our stories are what make this tapestry so beautiful.

I'll be kind and not tag any of you today..