I am still struggling with the decision when or if to start my dog business back up. I certainly need to keep busy, and I do love to walk the dogs. Besides the money comes in handy. It isn't a lot, but it does help with the kids college expenses, and it bought Becca the car she got as her graduation present.
But the thought of building back up a clientele from ground zero is daunting. I keep coming up with reasons not to start just yet, if I do start at all:
1)I can't do it in November because I am babysitting the grandkids for 10 days, plus traveling back and forth to Utah to pick them up and take them back.
2) I can't do it in December because we will be gone a week over Christmas, and it is such a busy month anyway.
3) I can't do it in January because Chuck and I are going to Hawaii for a week. Since Sam is on a mission and Jared is going to school full time and working full time, there is no one to cover my dog route while I am out of town.
If I do start it back up, it needs to be a time when I can commit fully to it.
So in the meantime, what do I do with myself?
Perfect solution: volunteer at the Seattle Humane Society which just happens to be 5 minutes from my house.
I attended the necessary orientation for volunteers last month, which was an overview of all the different volunteer positions available. There are literally HUNDREDS of different ways to help out. They ask for at least a six month commitment. A lot of the jobs that I would like to do you need to commit to a specific weekly time slot at a specific task. I can't quite commit to that yet because of my travel schedule. So right now I am helping out with administrative duties where I am just kind of on call. I went in on Wednesday for 3 hours to help get a newsletter mailing out. It was fun, and I got to meet a lot of new people. Plus I got my own volunteer badge on a lanyard!! I guess that makes me official!
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