Good afternoon, sweet cottage friends!
I hope that everyone is enjoying the first Saturday of 2020. We are having rain today and the temperature is dropping from 50°F this morning down into the 40s this afternoon. It is supposed to hit into the 30s tonight with some snow in the mountains. We are in the Kanawha Valley region and not expected to get any accumulation here, though.
I am having a quiet Saturday and am just hanging out on my computer and Facebook today. I am stopping, from time to time to get some little house chores done, however. Lately I have been giving some thought to returning to work. No, not in the capacity I once enjoyed, rather just some form of part-time employment. I have looked into the idea of a receptionist position, but most of those seem to be full-time or located farther away than I care to drive. I also think a lot about how my Fibromyalgia and other health conditions would affect the way I work at the job. For example, I would have to get up much earlier than I do now, get a shower, do my hair and make-up, have a proper breakfast, put on (pinch-y) business casual attire and shoes and then face morning or afternoon traffic in order to get where I am going. Then there are the interactions with others; customers and co-workers, which tend to drain me now. Add to that the days when my Fibro takes a major flare-up causing it to be necessary to call off, and lay under a blanket on my sofa for a few days and I think you all get the picture by now~(sigh).
I do think about doing some sort of work-from-home Tea Party type business with a friend or two. I think it would be fun to have a traveling tea party for showers, birthdays, ladies groups, etc. I would love to bring my pretty china and silverware for groups of no more than 20 or so, along with finger sandwiches, scones, petit-fours, clotted creme and specialty teas. If I had a couple friends in this along with me, we could all come together to make sure things went along smoothly. We could also limit the number of parties we would do any given month. I think this requires some prayer and research before it would become a reality. We will just have to see.
How about you? Do you have a dream for the New Year? Maybe you want to start a new business or return to work. Maybe you dream of leaving work for a simpler life like I did back in 2006. Feel free to share your hopes and dreams in the comments. For now, I hope that your weekend is lovely and enjoyable, dear ones. 😍💝
Stay Cozy,
Charlotte
I am having a quiet Saturday and am just hanging out on my computer and Facebook today. I am stopping, from time to time to get some little house chores done, however. Lately I have been giving some thought to returning to work. No, not in the capacity I once enjoyed, rather just some form of part-time employment. I have looked into the idea of a receptionist position, but most of those seem to be full-time or located farther away than I care to drive. I also think a lot about how my Fibromyalgia and other health conditions would affect the way I work at the job. For example, I would have to get up much earlier than I do now, get a shower, do my hair and make-up, have a proper breakfast, put on (pinch-y) business casual attire and shoes and then face morning or afternoon traffic in order to get where I am going. Then there are the interactions with others; customers and co-workers, which tend to drain me now. Add to that the days when my Fibro takes a major flare-up causing it to be necessary to call off, and lay under a blanket on my sofa for a few days and I think you all get the picture by now~(sigh).
I do think about doing some sort of work-from-home Tea Party type business with a friend or two. I think it would be fun to have a traveling tea party for showers, birthdays, ladies groups, etc. I would love to bring my pretty china and silverware for groups of no more than 20 or so, along with finger sandwiches, scones, petit-fours, clotted creme and specialty teas. If I had a couple friends in this along with me, we could all come together to make sure things went along smoothly. We could also limit the number of parties we would do any given month. I think this requires some prayer and research before it would become a reality. We will just have to see.
How about you? Do you have a dream for the New Year? Maybe you want to start a new business or return to work. Maybe you dream of leaving work for a simpler life like I did back in 2006. Feel free to share your hopes and dreams in the comments. For now, I hope that your weekend is lovely and enjoyable, dear ones. 😍💝
Stay Cozy,
Charlotte
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