Follow Your Bliss

I'm giving up on the idea of starting a pet-care business. I just don't have the dog experience. In a large city, I might try to make a go of it caring for cats only, but not in this town. It's a dog town, although I know several people who have both dogs and cats.

Younique isn't really my thing either. When I was younger, I could have done a great job with Younique, but I can't say that my passion right now is makeup. I'd like to still be involved with it a little though because I like the discounts.

So what are my passions?

1. Books and learning. I get some of that in my librarian position.

2. Cats. Already considered that.

3. Travel.

My dad worked for United Airlines when I was a kid, and we traveled all over. I love, love travel, although I haven't been doing nearly enough of it. There was a period of time that I considered being a travel agent, but my dad informed me that he didn't send me to college to become a travel agent. But now I'm considering doing it part-time from home. My focus would be on retirement and senior travel.

So now I'm doing my due diligence. One big thing that I'd need to do is go on a cruise because I've never been on one. So I'll keep my eye out for a short, cheap one. (My dream cruise is cruising the Mediterranean, but that's pricey.)

No one gets rich as a travel agent, but there are some nice travel perks. The combo of being a librarian and a travel agent sounds like a pretty nice life. And I could see jumping out of bed to work on travel agent stuff, which isn't true for a lot of other endeavors.

"Excessive Heat Warning"

We're having an "excessive heat warning" from now until Sunday. And it sucks. At the height of it this afternoon, it was so hot and humid that it made it hard to breathe. I was drowsy during the evening at the library. The cats are flat out. I didn't really want to eat much tonight and definitely not cook, so I made some waffles with frozen yogurt on the top. At least they were multigrain. Yes, I do have air conditioning, but somehow, it's still bad.

I love the phrase "excessive heat warning" though. Who decides what is "excessive"? "Frankly, Mother Nature, some heat and humidity is expected in the summer, but what you're doing is just EXCESSIVE." I guess that I'm easily amused.

This is the start of my "weekend". Working Sunday through Thursday is working well, except that I keep getting confused as to what day it is. I'm planning to stay in due to the heat, except for possibly running to the grocery store for a few things tomorrow night. I think that I'm going to go to bed early and read.