Monday and Tuesday seemed to drag but today went by quickly for some reason. The weather has been beautiful, not that I get to see it very much. No rain in sight but my water tanks are still pretty full even after 7 loads of laundry last weekend. The Fair is here and I can see the lights sparkle in the distance when the sun sets. Although I am not going this year, I am enjoying the pictures that friends are posting on Facebook. Their children are in 4H and are showing chickens and sheep. I showed chickens one year when I was 12. The big kids all had little bantam chickens and I had a huge Rhode Island Red that I could barely lift. I missed the First place ribbon because I didn't know where the hackles were. I'll never forget that. I also missed out on my 4H pin because I didn't know we were supposed to turn in a report. It doesn't matter now but it just brought back the memories.
Thinking of those missed opportunities when I was young makes me think of what I am missing now. I still go to work everyday and wish I wasn't there. I want to be doing something that makes me excited to get out of bed instead of dreaming of sleeping in. I want to do something that makes me forget what day it is instead of longing for the too short weekend every week. Life is slipping by. I look back on the last few years and I see progress on paying off my mortgage and I see 52 foster dogs so far. The dogs were much more memorable than the money. Of course my job gives me the money so that I can foster dogs but very soon I need to figure out how to make money doing something I enjoy. Life is too short for clock watching.
4 comments:
Have to agree. Wishing your life away. Not good. How about dog boarding kennels to finance your dog fostering habit?
Life is way too short to work at a job you don't enjoy. I hope you will soon find work you LOVE! And you will soon be in a financial position to pursue what interests you instead of what pays well. :)
You certainly have the room to build some kennel facilities if that is what you wish to do.
You are doing a wonderful thing giving so many dogs a second chance at a happy life!
Lizzie, I think I would need money for a house in order to do dog boarding. Or maybe I could fix this mobile home up to be respectable. Still, I would need money and that means another few years at this job. I certainly wouldn't leave a dog here. It looks a bit run down and trashy.
Thanks Petunia. I am just getting restless the closer I get to paying off my debts. I am certainly considering all of my options. I haven't found the answer yet but I know it is out there.
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