Busy, Busy

Life is busy these days.  Mostly work.  Lots and lots of work.  Long hours traveling as well as time at the office.  It’s good to be busy and it’s really good to have a job. 

Time has to be reorganized and reallocated.   Finances also need to be recalculated, new budgets figured and expenses cut where possible. 

It’s been a long time since I had to work two jobs.  In fact, as I think about it, almost exactly 10 years have passed since I first took on a second job.  We had just gone through a messy financial situation with a business that had gone down the drain and ended up with a lot of debt.  But through it all, our credit remained good and we were able to buy a house. 

By renting out the basement and building furniture in the garage, we were able to make ends meet and keep our creditors at bay.  Suddenly we feel as poor and busy as we did then.  We do have the little soap business, which, so far has paid for itself.  But it’s becoming clear that a second job is inevitable. 

Furniture manufacturing is again surfacing as the best option:  I already have all the tools, I have the space, my dad is willing to help, and it’s something I’m good at.  It makes sense and it’s a good way to make money in all the spare minutes I have in a day. 

All the spare minutes – haha.  I’ll have to find some.  I think writing has to go.  Not completely; I’d go crazy quick if I let writing go completely.  But almost completely for sure. 

Well my few minutes are spent.  Time to get on a plane.  Busy, busy.