August 23, 2005

But I did get Bonnie a wonderful pantsuit

It's that time of year again.

The time of year when I, gearing up to go back to school, engage in two annual activities: shopping for clothes and entertaining thoughts of the fantasy career that involves working from home. After two blissful months of leisure, I must put aside my come-what-may attitude for schedule and routine.

Although I love shopping for shoes, I hate hate hatehatehatehatehatehate shopping for clothes. I used to do this twice a year, but I've whittled it down to once. I hate stepping in an unexpected dressing-room wet spot with my bare foot, I hate pushy, perky retail salespeople, I hate the plastic bags they put over your hanging garments, I hate it all. But because I don't iron and don't buy anything that requires dry cleaning, I beat my clothes to a pulp and that means replenishing my work wardrobe every August. Oh, and I hate "career casual" clothes.

I have entertained so many fantasy careers, it's ridiculous. I love teaching. I can't really see myself doing anything else, except mothering, but the idea of working from home and getting paid to do something creative and fulfilling is the carrot that could definitely get me to bite. This year's fantasy career involves becoming a registered dietician and chef, teaching workshops on vegan cooking/lifestyle, teaching new parents about the benefits of raising a vegan child, and teaching vegan cooking classes. In my spare time, I will be writing a vegan cookbook and volunteering at my local animal shelter.

Donations to the Danielle Fund make great holiday or birthday gifts. Also, I accept PayPal. Hee.

Funny, I also spent much of today contemplating doing something besides teaching, even though I love it too. I keep wondering if I can figure out some angle to just have a vegan business too and I also want to work from home. I just get tired of the grind, and grinding it for someone else.

On the clothes front, the upside for me is that my career casual is exactly the same as my everyday casual, which means jeans and a t-shirt, which is good for me, because I don't like shopping for clothes either (at least not anywhere near where we live).

I think your business sounds hot. go for it!

I don't buy clothes that need to be dry cleaned because I'm lazy and I'll never drop them off. I like the idea of new clothes, and the idea of shopping for them in theory, but every time I get into a store I get freaked out and I don't feel like trying anything on. But my wardrobe is starting to get old, unfortunately.

Definitely been going through the end-of-the-summer blues since classes start on Thursday. Ugh. Every time around this part of the year I wonder why I didn't learn some sort of valuable computer skill that would allow me to work from home.