Constantly have to re-select wireless network

Ever since installing Lion, I constantly have to reselect my home wireless network after shutting the lid to put the machine to sleep or rebooting. I'm curious why it isn't automatically re-joining the network? My network is set up with a closed SSID and uses WPA2. After waking the machine up, I have to click on the AirPort menu, wait several seconds for the gear to spin and display my network )even though it is closed) and then select the network to reestablish the connection. I have deleted the network as one of my preferred networks and added it back, but it hasn't resolved the issue.

I'm having the same exact problem with my MacBook Pro. My wife's MacBook automatically connects every time. All our iPhones and iPads automatically connect every time. Even my Sony media player connects just fine. It's just my MBP.
I've tried everything that my searches have come up with.
Deleted and reconnected the network.
Created a Location.
Put WiFi on the top of the Network connection hierarchy.
Put my home network on the top of the wireless hierarchy.
Etc.
This is soooooooooo annoying!

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