-If money and age were not a problem, I would be a dancer. Since that is not looking viable, I took a Zumba class this semester, and it was amazing. My Zumba instructor, who I semi-worship, told me I should become an instructor. And don't worry, I wouldn't be a very good "Traditional Zumba" instructor. It'd be more like semi-choreographed Matt and B dance party moves. But that's not really a career in these parts, more like just a way to get paid to work out. So that would be a side job. And I will never do it in a neon sports bra with hoop earrings to Latin Techno. More like plaid leg warmers and a Flashdance style sweatshirt to Flogging Molly.
-This is just funny/sad. I recently got bullied into becoming a Mary Kay consultant. BEFORE YOU JUDGE ME, hear me out. My skin had hit rock bottom. It depressed me every time I looked in the mirror. It was distracting to Matt. Everything I tried wasn't working, and I tried SO MANY things. Matt and I decided that I could invest in some good skin care stuff, and my friend, the consultant, called me to tell me Mary Kay was half off, so I decided to try their stuff. It worked, and has continued to work. But she wasn't happy with just selling me stuff, and I'm terrible at saying "Back off!!". So, many details omitted later, it turns out that in April the starter kit was $50 instead of $100, and it had a few hundred dollars worth of "product" in it, including the entire skin care line I've been using, some nice mascara/foundation, etc. I went for it, nicely told her to get off my back, and have since been giving away all of the extra product (Bronze #5 anyone?) and throwing away the startling amount of propaganda that they've been sending me. I will never ever ever go forward with this because the very thought of being pushy makes me want to curl up in a corner and die. I'm much more of a Ben than a Dan :-)
Oh, this is also funny/sad. I've been measuring all of my future careers based on 2 things; Would my mother want to do it, and will it be a useful skill when the end of the world comes. Really great benchmarks, I know. If my mother would like it, it's out of the question. That's why the two at the top of the list are interior design (which my mother would hate, it's too impractical) and accounting (the one form of math that I'm good at and my mother hates). I would love to make everything more beautiful and efficient, but really, how useful is that going to be in a post-apocolyptic world? And accounting, I really wouldn't mind as long as I didn't have to work with too many stupid people. That's another benchmark; How many stupid people would I have to deal with on a regular basis.
-I still have a scholarship that I could activate in order to attend the University of Wyoming for close to nothing, and I looked and there is an accounting program online, whereas all of the interior design stuff is far away/expensive. I've already missed the registration deadline for the fall, but for the time being (i.e. the next 2 weeks) I am going to go forward with hopes of getting a degree in accounting.
That felt good to get out of my head.
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Okay I'm going to try this again...third time attempting to comment...but I love ya and think you should be a dancer anyway. And I'm excited for you to become an accountant. That way you can show me the ropes when I get around to doing that too!! And also you crack me up. The end.
Amazing. Absolutely amazing. You are hilarious! You could do anything you want to do & I will back you up 100% - unless it means your too busy to hang out!
Wow, good luck with all that! I'm curious, though. I work in the accounting department at work. I do accounts receivable and accounts payable. I also do the labor accounting, grant expensing, and sales tracking-type work. And I LOVE IT! Are you into that kind of stuff, or real like CPA stuff? Because that makes me shudder. I kind of get a glazed look if the depreciation schedules are mentioned around me.
Good comment, Cat and good questions for B. Debits and credits and balance sheets make me dizzy and pukey. I support her goal to get a degree in accounting. With that and her experience at the Credit Union she should always get a decent job in business or at a bank. Sure beats working as a clerk at the Maverick gas.
Cat, that really is the part that I like best. That's a lot of what I do at work too. But at the same time I'm SO scared of depreciation schedules and taxes and even W-4's that it might be nice to know how they work and be able to help others understand them.
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