Moving Closer to the Point of No Return

Saludo!

It's a regular Monday afternoon. I woke up early today after having gone to bed early last night-- novel idea, no? That felt good, I'll just go ahead and write it.

I'm faced with how to fill the day. There is a part of me that wants to immediately find employment for myself, and there is also the part of me that wants to hold out for the brilliant idea that I know looms. This idea I speak of is my new business undertaking.

I feel that I've been close lately, but close does not take me there. It does not get me where I need to go. It does not earn me an income. Sadly, that seems to be my most pressing need as of late.

Let's see... it's early in the week and I have a few things on the agenda. First, I need to find a new place to live for late December. I need to call Mr. Gibson and chat with him a bunch. I need to start working on my short story entry for The Chronicle, which is due December 12. I need clean out my refrigerator. I need buy a ticket home for X-mas. I need to find a turkey costume for Thanksgiving. In short, there are a lot of things I need to do.

But where do I begin? How do I get my priorities in line? There are so many concerns and so little action being done. What gives? Why do I feel like I'm revving the engine in idle? Is it because I don't have a job and constantly fiddle with the small things around my apartment? Most likely. Note to self: Get a job, you lazy bum!

Philio got into Madison. That's pretty darn exciting and grand. It's especially great because I didnt think that they would give him the nod based on his short hussle this semester at Normandale. But apparently, there is someone watching over him. Hopefully that person/thing watching over him will watch over me when I buy my lottery ticket(s) tomorrow. We're shooting for 300 million plus. That's pretty exciting.

In about two hours, I am going to go check out a few apartments in the Hyde Park/Central Austin area with my new real estate agent Aaron. That should be fun; at least I will get out of my place for a little while. It's sad that I need an excuse to leave the house for a while. It's much healthier, even I will admit it.

So here's my latest business idea: Selling cooking lessons to families. Here's the program. I go around to households in the area and find out what they are looking for, food/cooking/etc. I then organize a program, catered to their needs, and we go to the grocery store, get the goods, return home, and cook the food.

Here are the issues... Getting people to buy into my program. Also, how much would one charge for such a service? Also, would there be interest in learning how to cook? Is there a market for a cooking tutor? I'm willing to bet that there is, so I think I'm going to investigate.

For now, it's almost lunch time, so I'm going to resurrect some of the tasty treats from this past weekend. My casserole just wasn't what I was hoping it would be, especially after a few cocktails on Saturday night. Perhaps that's why it didn't taste so hot: I had been cooking under the influence (CUI). Not a good idea.

Things under the influence never appear to be a good idea. CUI equates to pooey.