So what am I doing on this lovely day? Bashing my brains out trying to create logos in Photoshop 4.0 without a manual. Sure, I've got the back door open to let air and sunshine (and the cats) in, but my eyes are fixed on the twelve zillion layers I'm fussing with. In the back of my mind, I feel guilty for not working on the privacy seat I promised to program on ElderMOO. And of course, there is laundry, lurking in the depths of my closet. It astonishes me that the days go so fast. Working at home is really the greatest thing in the world, as far as I'm concerned, but time really zips by when you have no lunch hour.

I wonder if I can bear to go back to an office job after this idyll? I said I was going to, once we moved, and I'd like to if I could work for the right agency. What I never want to do again is play the game. I've forced myself into immensely tight corners by pretending I wanted to move up in a corporation. I don't! Not at all. I tried to figure out what other people thought I should want from a job. Everyone else wanted to move up. So, I said I did, too.

In fact, I'm not very keen on change when it comes to jobs. I like challenges as much as the next puzzle-solver, but I want to have the same desk every day, and the same job title, and the same paych...hey, wait a minute. All right, maybe I don't mind moving up and dealing with some changes, but I don't want to run the show. I don't want to write mission statements, and go to long management meetings, and act as the middle person between the head honchos and the grunts. I want to be a grunt. Tell me what you want, tell me how much time I have to produce it, I'll do the best possible job in the fastest possible time, and have a few suggestions on how to improve it as well. That's my kind of job. That's why I like doing web design consulting. From home.

I'd rant a little more, but the cats and I need our afternoon nap. Time for some quality snoozing with the pets. Enjoy your spring day.