My oldest graduated from college and went straight from there to an 8 1/2 week training program to be a flight attendant. She graduated from training on July 23 and flew immediately to her new base. She returned home on the 25th with her relocation date; she had to be in Miami, Fl and ready to fly her first flight on July 31. That meant a road trip and I became a relocation specialist for the next week. We not only had to finish up the details of purchasing a car, find an apartment and get to Miami. It is a bit of a nerve racking task to find an apartment over the internet in a city you are not familiar with, but we did it. We were able to do everything over the phone and drive into Miami on Tuesday afternoon to pick up the keys and move in that night. We purchased a bed and the necessary starter items for a new apartment on Wednesday we even managed to make some time to get to the beach to have lunch. She flew here first flight on Thursday. Mission accomplished! I headed for home of Friday. Weekends don't really seem the time for me to write either. I just couldn't seem to figure out a time this weekend. I thought that maybe I didn't find time because I had been gone for a week and had to catch up. As I reflect back on the weekend I think it was just that we do things together so I don't feel as lost as I do during the week. It is when there is so much quiet, alone time that I am lost. On a more uplifting side, I had a great weekend with my husband, brother and youngest daughter. My daughter and I were crafters extraordinaire.
Anna is a member of the Delta Gamma sorority and wanted to make crafts for her sorority little sister. We had hundreds of ideas so we started on several. We painted drinking glasses and I expanded the idea from sorority to airlines. I made a special glass for my oldest daughter and if I can say so myself, it turned out really cute. We decorated letters and made letter shirts. Not all of the crafts are complete, but we got a great start. Maybe that is something I should pursue, but when I mention it to my husband he always says that it is too time consuming and you can't make any money. I will keep that in mind.
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| Our completed crafts. They look pretty good! |
On Monday I went back to staining my sofa. The progress is slow but the outcome is completely worth it. I know that when it is finished it is going to look great! I will keep you posted with the progress. It is on my What Now? list to do tomorrow. Tomorrow I will be furniture restorer again.
Tuesday I was Juror. I was not at all happy to be down at the court house at 8:30 am, but it proved to be a kind of interesting day. I have received a jury summons before, but have always been lucky enough to get dismissed and make it home by lunch time. Yesterday was different. I was actually selected. I was dreading it but it was an all new experience to see it from that side. This is not a career that I want to pursue, once was enough for me.
Today, well it seems like I didn't really accomplish much. I got up and baked mini rum cakes to send to my nephew and son. I try to send them care packages a few times a month just to let them know I am thinking about them. I enjoy baking, not cooking. My problem with baking too much is that if I bake it I eat it. I used to tell my husband that my dream job was to bake cakes and decorate them. Maybe I should reconsider that as my next career. Andrew says all I would need to do is a great marketing job in order to make it a career.
How are you supposed to choose what to do? There are things I know for certain like I need a project or goal to work towards every day to work or else I feel like I wasted the day. That's why I keep thinking that I need a job or a business. I have pretty much concluded that working for someone else is not an option because no one wants to risk hiring a person who has been out of the workforce for 15 years, so a business is my goal. I just have to figure out how to do it without disrupting the college tuition payment or the retirement. Any suggestions?
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