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From: russ
Date: Tue Sep 30 12:13:41 MST 2003 Subject: Tempted with Depression on Vacation

I woke up this morning in a bad mood. I don't really know why; it was just one of those times when you wake up and everything seems wrong. It turned out that Em was feeling the same way, so our first 30 or so waking minutes were pretty miserable. Eventually, though, God pointed out to me what was going on. That was nice, because I was then able to turn myself away from it all and lead Em to do the same.

It's really weird. When I'm in such a mood, it seems as though it's the only logical, reasonable response to what's going on around me. The thought of just "rejecting it," and choosing to feel some other way feels like, at best, an impossibility, and at worst, lying to myself. But the odd thing is that, at least sometimes, when I try to do it, I find that I'm not only able to do so, but also to find out that there are real reasons to be content.

So now we are entering our second full day (of three) here at Rob & Renna's place. I started this blog on their iMac in the living room (ah, wireless!) and had to finish it downstairs. But Em & I are now happy and looking forward to the day.

Actually, the day is already started - it's 1:05 pm - but we just finished breakfast. :)

Em cut my beard as a favor to my traditional grandparents, whom we will be visiting this afternoon. (Pictures to follow, in time.) Then we went upstairs and enjoyed good conversation over home-cooked biscuits, sausage, and eggs. Nice! We have the whole afternoon free (to see grandparents, then do anything we want) because we cancelled the night of camping in the National Park that we had earlier planned. Simplification is wisdom, it seems. Especially on a vacation!

Anyhow, that's the continuing saga of our time out here. Hope all is going well with you all.

Russ

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