My pride and joy is my blog and baking. Some may say children are supposed to be, but I get my fulfillment teaching others’ children. I don’t know how my parents did it . . . raising children and teaching! One or the other, please. RIght now, it looks like it’s teaching . . . and blogging and baking!
I have totally been neglecting my blog in the last couple of months, and haven’t been able to tell as many stories as I like to . . . or as many cardio posts (hmm, I think I have mentioned that a number of times!) I think of CCC as a way to express how I’m feeling at any given moment, what is going on in my world, or the latest recipe I stumbled upon and recreated. I am leading a very busy life at the moment, but one of my friends pointed out on the weekend that I “function very well when scheduled”. She was right, but of course it’s all within reason. Who needs sleep!?!
I love schedules. If I could be a professional scheduler, I would be! What has been difficult as of late, has been learning to schedule a NEW responsibility into my already busy schedule . . . JJ’s Custom Cakery. Obviously (to everyone else) I am going to need to give up some of my “jobs”, but that is a hard pill to swallow for someone obsessed with scheduling.
My gut reaction to fight this sensible notion of “giving something up” and replace it with “NO, I CAN DO IT ALL!” but, I’m learning I can’t. Emotionally it leads to breakdowns, it leads to lack of sleep, it leads to a poor memory (which I kind of need for teaching and baking . . . baking powder does NOT do the same work that baking soda does!) and it leads to a complete lack of a social life (thank god Paul is liking caking). I can’t forget to mention how “doing it all” severely affects my TV watching schedule! Oh the shame, the shame.
As I set out in this next journey with a new business, I am so excited to see what lays ahead. Scared at the same time, but excited about what might be. Everyday a new opportunity may come my way, and new excitement can begin to build, one order at a time.
