Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tai Chi For Me
I have decided that it's time to expand my horizons. Get a hobby. Try new things. Cultivate some of those "interests" so many others seem to have. Blogging is the first new interest I'm undertaking, now I need to find something else, if only to have something to blog about! The problem lies in the fact that I am neither artistic, nor athletic. Some sort of motor skill impairment. I'm thinking tai chi. I've always been interested and I think now may be the time to pursue it. We'll see how that goes.
An Entertaining Endeavour
One might expect, judging from my Dashboard, that this would be a blog filled with "keen perceptions and cleverly apt expressions of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure", (as is the definition of "wit" according to dictionary.com.) Sadly, this entry at least will fail to meet that standard. I'll be openly honest: I just really liked the title. I'm simply a silly sucker for alliteration. Sue me.
My hope for this endeavour is to entertain - if not readers, then at least myself - and to learn more about me. Yes, it's a completely self indulgent effort. You see, I'm sort of at an impasse in my life, ok, impasse is a little bleak sounding, how's this: I'm at a crossroads with no street signs. I have absolutely no idea where to go from here and while that is freeing, it's also terrifying.
Up until a few months ago I was a Law Clerk in a Criminal Defence Firm. With all those capital letters it seems like a much more important position than it was, let me assure you. This is a job that I pursued, with no official credentials, obtained and performed for over five years. This was the closest I could get to the career I believed I really wanted: Criminal Lawyer. Well, things happen for a reason as they say, (who are they anyway??? I guess that's a topic for another blog), and after about three months I realized that this was NOT something I wanted to do for the rest of my working life either as the Big Cheese lawyer, or as the Little Cheese Curd Clerk. I could get into the reasons why, probably write a dozen blogs about it in fact, but suffice to say that I learned I am not a people person. Especially when those people are criminals with poor manners. Glad I didn't waste all of that money on law school!
Presently, I am a stay-at-home-mom. I'm loving it, I really am. My daughter is 10 weeks old and I also have a 12-year-old son and 14-year-old step-daughter. (Wow, lots of hyphens in that sentence. You'd think I was as fond of hyphens as I am of alliteration.) This is a great gig. I get to make muffins, cook casseroles and sing silly songs. Best of all, I can wear my PJs all day long if I like, which is a bonus as I don't fit into much of my pre-baby wardrobe quite yet. While this is something that I'm loving, I'm a Planner, and I know that there will come a time sooner or later, (hopefully later), when I have to return to the work force. Thus that crossroad I mentioned earlier. Where do I go from here?
My hope for this endeavour is to entertain - if not readers, then at least myself - and to learn more about me. Yes, it's a completely self indulgent effort. You see, I'm sort of at an impasse in my life, ok, impasse is a little bleak sounding, how's this: I'm at a crossroads with no street signs. I have absolutely no idea where to go from here and while that is freeing, it's also terrifying.
Up until a few months ago I was a Law Clerk in a Criminal Defence Firm. With all those capital letters it seems like a much more important position than it was, let me assure you. This is a job that I pursued, with no official credentials, obtained and performed for over five years. This was the closest I could get to the career I believed I really wanted: Criminal Lawyer. Well, things happen for a reason as they say, (who are they anyway??? I guess that's a topic for another blog), and after about three months I realized that this was NOT something I wanted to do for the rest of my working life either as the Big Cheese lawyer, or as the Little Cheese Curd Clerk. I could get into the reasons why, probably write a dozen blogs about it in fact, but suffice to say that I learned I am not a people person. Especially when those people are criminals with poor manners. Glad I didn't waste all of that money on law school!
Presently, I am a stay-at-home-mom. I'm loving it, I really am. My daughter is 10 weeks old and I also have a 12-year-old son and 14-year-old step-daughter. (Wow, lots of hyphens in that sentence. You'd think I was as fond of hyphens as I am of alliteration.) This is a great gig. I get to make muffins, cook casseroles and sing silly songs. Best of all, I can wear my PJs all day long if I like, which is a bonus as I don't fit into much of my pre-baby wardrobe quite yet. While this is something that I'm loving, I'm a Planner, and I know that there will come a time sooner or later, (hopefully later), when I have to return to the work force. Thus that crossroad I mentioned earlier. Where do I go from here?
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