Better Breakfasts

A few weeks ago I questioned my youngest son, "What would be some advantages of me becoming a stay-at-home mom?" First and foremost on his list was "better breakfasts". At this answer I smiled and requested another item of importance to him - the second was "a snack waiting when I get home from school". Desperate for something substantial and meaningful - looking for something to bolster the courage to quit my job - I asked, "Son, are there any reasons that don't revolve around FOOD?" His third plea to bring me home had something to do with my immediate availability to pick him up at school should he become ill. That was all I needed - especially since I was 98% sold on the idea to start with.

Tomorrow I will be cutting loose from the cubicle - the place that has been my weekday imprisonment for the past year and a half. I have been given the gifts of choice and time. For this I am incredibly grateful - to be allowed the freedom to fully and wholeheartedly explore a dream that has circled in my brain for years. For me, at what I feel may be past my mid-life, this is all about not having any more regrets than are already inevitable. It's about wanting to be a DOer, not just a dreamer. So much life awaits I know. However, I find myself almost paralyzed with fear - perhaps a fear of failure, perhaps a fear of success and the changes it may bring. At any rate, as I near my hour of freedom, I am experiencing an almost unbelievable inability to call forth my inner child - the part of me that is alive with ideas and creativity, talent and passion. Feeling a sort of physical and mental numbness...so this is what writer's block is? I know it will pass - and I almost have a sense that this only means I am on the brink of something wonderful and exhilarating! Tomorrow I will leave my job - Tuesday I will begin a whole new chapter - I am both ecstatic and terrified. As for my son, it simply means...better breakfasts!

Best Buy My Eye

Highway Robbery Report

Date of Incident: Friday, July 20 (and still occurring)

Location of Incident: Best Buy

Details of Incident: Retailer committing crime against people purchasing the last in the series of Harry Potter books, which was just released Friday. Purchase price at Best Buy is $26 plus change. THE SAME EXACT BOOK AT Chinamart (aka Walmart) is $17 plus change.

Thus, the title of this blog. I really never have liked Best Buy and this discovery sealed the deal for me.