Having fun?

There's something about running your own business that makes "work" seem fun.

I'm just starting to realize it. I'm doing essentially the same things I've been doing for years...but now there are moments I sit back and genuinely feel like this is all cool.

I guess maybe because it's like a video game. You start off with a character who has to struggle from the bottom, but you know the end-game. One day your little fantasy character is going to go off and shoot some big ass weapon at the final boss and everything is happy ever-after.

My business feels like the little character right now. It's new, but it has life and with each little success it's advancing ahead. Ever call from a potential customer feels fantastic.... I may not have landed the job yet, but they're finding my baby business to be worth a phone call. That's a happy feeling.

I won't lie....getting paid feels a lot better then that. But I've had those feelings too! haha.

I'm beginning to understand why people can claim they've had fun working. Perhaps these are all people who have struggled for themselves.

The only thing that absolutely SUCKS is the tax paperwork. UGH.

One of my best friends is expecting a 2nd child!!! YAAY. His first child, let's call him "Little E" is the cutest little thing but he's a bundle of energy right now at 3.5 years old. I pray my friends don't lose their minds with 2 kids! Chances are the 2nd one will be opposite of the first right? Hahah. They'll be fine. I'm finding out my best friends are all ending up to be the most responsible parents I know... I'm proud of them.

Yesterday I was at Baskin-Robbins for a quick dessert. In walked this family with 4 or 5 kids. The parents were both huge, belly's sticking out of their shirts. None of the kids had shoes on, a couple of them didn't have a shirt on. None of the kids were being watched, they had what looked like a 3 or 4 year old who tried walking out into the street a couple times, yanked on the neon "Open" sign, threw cups of water all over the tables.

I was just watching in fascination. How does a family like this function? How do these parents survive raising these kids, and what are their future prospects? I don't want to prejudge them, but they didn't seem like the brightest eggs in the basket. Here I am struggling to pay my own expenses here in Hawaii and this guy who looks like he's on welfare is raising 5 kids? Ice cream shouldn't have been their priority. Get those kids some shoes!

I'm glad my friends are all more responsible then that.

Christy sent me socks yesterday heheh. So sweet. She's either telling me she loves me, or she's simply saying I have to cover my stinky feet up. I'll assume the first....life is better that way.